Press Area
Bike Citizens:
Facts & Figures
- Founded by two bicycle couriers in 2011 with an investment of 1,500 euro
- More than 25 employees in Graz and Berlin
- Currently more than 450 cities available in over 30 countries
- 500,000 app downloads
- Over 450,000 units sold of the Finn smartphone mount that was developed by Bike Citizens
- A four-days-week to allow more time for cycling and clearing the mind
Latest press releases, image material and further information on Bike Citizens
Press Kit
Version: July 2017, 134KB
Press releases & press reviews
Here you can view our latest press releases that are available to download. We would be happy to answer any specific questions you might have at any time.
Press releases
Fast forward in a gold rush
Bike prize for reward system for cycling
New analysis tool visualises bicycle traffic data for urban planning
PING if you care! First map shows bottlenecks marked by Brussels‘ cyclists
PING if you care! Cyclists in Brussels mark bottlenecks by the push of a button
PING if you care! Brusselse fietsers markeren knelpunten met een druk op de knop
A cycle race through a gallery? Only in the Altbaukriterium at the Berliner Fahrradschau.
Press reviews
Thinking Cities Magazine – Small button, big data – 20-05-2018
7sur7.be – 40.000 PINGs by the cyclists from Brussels (in French) – 08-05-2018
Agoria.be – PING if you care! wins GeoSpatial Award (in Dutch) – 04-05-2018
Lavenir.net – PING if you care! and Uber Eats messengers – 10-01-2018
Smartcitiesworld.net – New tool to help urban planners with cycle route design – 22-11-2017
Road.cc – New tool shows urban planners which routes cyclists are taking – 21-11-2017
Internationales Verkehrswesen [German] – Neues Datenanalyse-Tool für die Radverkehrsplanung – 01-11-2017
Three.co.uk – These cycling apps will get you over the Tour de France finish line – 10-07-2017
The Guardian – Can you guess the city from its bike lane maps? – 15-06-2017
Press photos
These photos are free to download. We are happy to provide further graphical material (e.g. a heatmap of a particular city) on request.
Urban Cycling
Bike Citizens App
Founders and Company
Bike Benefit System
PING if you care!
Credits: Bike Citizens/Mobiel 21
Bike Citizens Analytics
Credits: Bike Citizens/OpenStreetMap contributions/Mapbox
Awards
Bike Citizens has received a number of different awards in the past few years, including awards for our future-orientated working model, our exemplary approach that helps inspire more people to travel by bicycle and our innovative product solutions.