Overview
- Provinces Noord-Holland and Utrecht signed a cooperation agreement with 10 municipalities to jointly fund a shared-bike system, targeting first deployments in summer 2026.
- Parties will invest about €600,000 annually, choose one provider and start procurement now, with execution coordinated by the Goedopweg program.
- In the Gooi en Vechtstreek, the joint approach enables a fleet of more than 250 bikes and lowers the cost per bike compared with separate tenders.
- Municipalities will place bikes at neighborhoods, transit hubs, schools, shopping areas and work sites, with capped fares of up to €3/20 minutes, €4/30 minutes and €5/40 minutes.
- Separately, Noord-Holland and four Zuid-Kennemerland municipalities signed a ‘doorfietsroutes’ agreement backed by structural provincial subsidies and concrete works including Haarlem’s Lodewijk van Deyssellaan fietsstraat, Heemstede’s Glipperdreef widening and upgrades to the Oude Trambaan.