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The 2022 release announces the joint bus-and-bike ticket as a new product.", "caveat": null, "interpretation": { "added": false, "interpolation": false, "note": "The passport copies the published claim and its recorded source mapping without adding a conclusion." } }, { "id": "clm-8212da7c2a7b9da5", "field": "snippet", "text": "grown to about 100 stations, reaching into neighbouring municipalities", "statementKind": "quantitative", "textMode": "verbatim-from-project-record", "mappingStatus": "mapped", "sourceRefs": [ "src-58675ea73b847673" ], "supportNote": "Verbatim: 'The bike share system consists of 750 bikes in 100 bike stations across the city and nearby municipalities.' The 2024 yearbook counts 103 stations.", "caveat": "Station counts move between 100 and 107 depending on source and date.", "interpretation": { "added": false, "interpolation": false, "note": "The passport copies the published claim and its recorded source mapping without adding a conclusion." } }, { "id": "clm-7a896206f85e6dfc", "field": "snippet", "text": "stays open all winter, when 230 studded-tyre bikes stay out while the electric fleet rests", "statementKind": "quantitative", "textMode": "verbatim-from-project-record", "mappingStatus": "mapped", "sourceRefs": [ "src-a765cf603dfd5d71", "src-58675ea73b847673" ], "supportNote": "The winter release: 'Talveks jääb Tartu tänavatele 230 naastrehvidega tavaratast' (230 studded-tyre regular bikes stay on Tartu's streets for the winter), while the electric bikes are taken to the workshop; the service page states the general rule that electric bikes run until sub-zero temperatures and only regular bikes circulate in the cold.", "caveat": null, "interpretation": { "added": false, "interpolation": false, "note": "The passport copies the published claim and its recorded source mapping without adding a conclusion." } }, { "id": "clm-ea8c77596d3c3725", "field": "snippet", "text": "Every bike reports its position and rides in real time", "statementKind": "descriptive", "textMode": "verbatim-from-project-record", "mappingStatus": "mapped", "sourceRefs": [ "src-58675ea73b847673" ], "supportNote": "Verbatim: bikes 'can communicate with the bike share system in real-time. This gives us information about the bike's location and in case there is some problem, we can react quickly. Software installed in the bikes collects data for statistics about your rides, speed, distances etc.'", "caveat": null, "interpretation": { "added": false, "interpolation": false, "note": "The passport copies the published claim and its recorded source mapping without adding a conclusion." } }, { "id": "clm-af07b2d915edf1b2", "field": "snippet", "text": "The hardware came from Canada's Bewegen Technologies, which went bankrupt in 2023", "statementKind": "quantitative", "textMode": "verbatim-from-project-record", "mappingStatus": "mapped", "sourceRefs": [ "src-4f66dfbff60409b8", "src-93fe57f9365f91b0", "src-d1e1a69c59180b35" ], "supportNote": "The launch release: 'The bike share system is being supplied by the Canadian company Bewegen Technologies Inc, who won the public procurement.' ERR's June 2023 report calls Bewegen 'pankrotistunud ettevõtte' (the bankrupt company), and the city's October 2024 release says the same bikes can no longer be ordered 'ettevõtte pankroti tõttu' (because of the company's bankruptcy).", "caveat": "In April 2023 the proceedings were still a restructuring; Estonian reporting treats the collapse as bankruptcy from mid-2023 on. No Canadian court record was read.", "interpretation": { "added": false, "interpolation": false, "note": "The passport copies the published claim and its recorded source mapping without adding a conclusion." } }, { "id": "clm-fac00072f750e39f", "field": "impact", "text": "counts 810,889 rides, 2.17 million kilometres and 13,415 users in 2024", "statementKind": "quantitative", "textMode": "verbatim-from-project-record", "mappingStatus": "mapped", "sourceRefs": [ "src-b70bcd5ad9885752" ], "supportNote": "The yearbook's transport table: 'Sõitude arv 810 889' (number of rides), 'Sõidetud km 2 172 131' (kilometres ridden) and 'Kasutajate arv 13 415' (number of users), under 'Rattaringlus' for 2024.", "caveat": "Operator's own statistics; 2.17 million rounds the stated 2,172,131 km.", "interpretation": { "added": false, "interpolation": false, "note": "The passport copies the published claim and its recorded source mapping without adding a conclusion." } }, { "id": "clm-48d71edc2c3df352", "field": "impact", "text": "in a city of some 98,000 residents", "statementKind": "quantitative", "textMode": "verbatim-from-project-record", "mappingStatus": "mapped", "sourceRefs": [ "src-b70bcd5ad9885752" ], "supportNote": "The yearbook's population section: 98,247 residents in the population register on 1 January 2025 ('Elanike arv rahvastikuregistris 01.01.2025 98 247').", "caveat": null, "interpretation": { "added": false, "interpolation": false, "note": "The passport copies the published claim and its recorded source mapping without adding a conclusion." } }, { "id": "clm-c5b575482cb0864d", "field": "impact", "text": "up from 706,325 rides in 2023, the year the supplier failed", "statementKind": "quantitative", "textMode": "verbatim-from-project-record", "mappingStatus": "mapped", "sourceRefs": [ "src-abb101237c09e0dc", "src-93fe57f9365f91b0" ], "supportNote": "The English yearbook's transport table for 2023: 'Number of rides 706,325'. That 2023 was the year of the supplier's collapse is carried by ERR's June 2023 report on the nine-day halt caused by the bankrupt company.", "caveat": null, "interpretation": { "added": false, "interpolation": false, "note": "The passport copies the published claim and its recorded source mapping without adding a conclusion." } }, { "id": "clm-e19c9ca24570cd47", "field": "impact", "text": "ranks Tartu residents the fourth most active bike-share users among 148 European cities", "statementKind": "quantitative", "textMode": "verbatim-from-project-record", "mappingStatus": "mapped", "sourceRefs": [ "src-330650bf92da5767" ], "supportNote": "The city's release on the Cycling Industries Europe 'Shared Ambition' study: 'residents of Tartu are the fourth most active users of bike-sharing services in Europe', 'based on data analysis from bike-sharing services across 148 European cities'.", "caveat": "The ranking is an industry association's benchmarking study, reported by the operator; it is not an independent audit.", "interpretation": { "added": false, "interpolation": false, "note": "The passport copies the published claim and its recorded source mapping without adding a conclusion." } }, { "id": "clm-1cecb4e2643ba271", "field": "impact", "text": "after the July 2022 ticket change ended bike-share access on an ordinary bus pass", "statementKind": "quantitative", "textMode": "verbatim-from-project-record", "mappingStatus": "mapped", "sourceRefs": [ "src-d6fbf9dd9b34dfbe" ], "supportNote": "Verbatim: 'Alates 1. juulist ei kaasne bussisõidu perioodipiletiga rattaringluse sõiduõigust, vaid rattaringlusele tulevad eraldi piletid' (from 1 July a bus period ticket no longer carries bike share riding rights; separate bike share tickets are introduced).", "caveat": null, "interpretation": { "added": false, "interpolation": false, "note": "The passport copies the published claim and its recorded source mapping without adding a conclusion." } }, { "id": "clm-3de7e231d306076d", "field": "impact", "text": "monthly rides fell from about 140,000 to about 115,000", "statementKind": "quantitative", "textMode": "verbatim-from-project-record", "mappingStatus": "mapped", "sourceRefs": [ "src-4811fa5769cbc1b1" ], "supportNote": "Deputy mayor Raimond Tamm, quoted verbatim: 'Enne hinnatõusu oli seal suurusjärgus 140 tuhat sõitu kuus ja tänasel päeval on ta seal suurusjärgus 115 tuhat' (before the price rise on the order of 140 thousand rides a month, today on the order of 115 thousand).", "caveat": null, "interpretation": { "added": false, "interpolation": false, "note": "The passport copies the published claim and its recorded source mapping without adding a conclusion." } }, { "id": "clm-57009bd3bdc498e9", "field": "impact", "text": "summer 2024 use ran 28 per cent below the first paid summer", "statementKind": "quantitative", "textMode": "verbatim-from-project-record", "mappingStatus": "mapped", "sourceRefs": [ "src-4811fa5769cbc1b1" ], "supportNote": "Tamm, verbatim: '2019 suvi, kui me võtame sealt juuli, august, kui kasutamine oli normaliseerunud – sellega võrreldes on 28 protsenti selle aasta suvel kasutamine väiksem' (compared with July–August 2019, once use had normalised, use this summer is 28 per cent lower).", "caveat": null, "interpretation": { "added": false, "interpolation": false, "note": "The passport copies the published claim and its recorded source mapping without adding a conclusion." } }, { "id": "clm-49b0e1fe04419a80", "field": "impact", "text": "upkeep costs the city more than €1 million a year", "statementKind": "quantitative", "textMode": "verbatim-from-project-record", "mappingStatus": "mapped", "sourceRefs": [ "src-f8be4dc073a692df", "src-952936ff6168900b" ], "supportNote": "ERR, August 2026: 'Linn on süsteemi ülalpidamisse panustanud igal aastal rohkem kui miljon eurot' (the city has put more than a million euros a year into upkeep); ERR, April 2026: 'Rattaringluse ülalpidamine maksab Tartu linnale miljon eurot aastas'.", "caveat": null, "interpretation": { "added": false, "interpolation": false, "note": "The passport copies the published claim and its recorded source mapping without adding a conclusion." } }, { "id": "clm-1dc373b2f6710758", "field": "impact", "text": "By August 2026 roughly 600 bikes were in service", "statementKind": "quantitative", "textMode": "verbatim-from-project-record", "mappingStatus": "mapped", "sourceRefs": [ "src-f8be4dc073a692df" ], "supportNote": "Verbatim: 'Tartu rattaringluse rattaid on praegu ligi 600, kaks kolmandikku neist on elektrimootoriga' (there are now nearly 600 bike share bikes, two-thirds with electric motors).", "caveat": "The operator's book fleet remains 750; not all bikes are deployed at once as the ageing Bewegen stock is drawn down.", "interpretation": { "added": false, "interpolation": false, "note": "The passport copies the published claim and its recorded source mapping without adding a conclusion." } }, { "id": "clm-2ad0c1babc01a6a2", "field": "impact", "text": "a replacement tender had been annulled", "statementKind": "descriptive", "textMode": "verbatim-from-project-record", "mappingStatus": "mapped", "sourceRefs": [ "src-952936ff6168900b" ], "supportNote": "Verbatim: 'Tartu linn tühistas hanke uute rendirataste hankimiseks linna rattaringlusele' (the city annulled the tender for procuring new rental bikes), after the losing bidder's successful challenge.", "caveat": null, "interpretation": { "added": false, "interpolation": false, "note": "The passport copies the published claim and its recorded source mapping without adding a conclusion." } }, { "id": "clm-fa1bcbc57ec592ee", "field": "impact", "text": "the city — after weighing closure — confirmed the service continues while it looks for savings", "statementKind": "descriptive", "textMode": "verbatim-from-project-record", "mappingStatus": "mapped", "sourceRefs": [ "src-f8be4dc073a692df", "src-952936ff6168900b" ], "supportNote": "ERR, April 2026: the city 'kaalub rattaringluse senisel kujul sulgemist' (weighs closing the bike share in its current form), with an autumn decision among three operating models; ERR, August 2026: 'Abilinnapea Priit Humal kinnitas nüüd, et rattaringlus jätkab' (deputy mayor Priit Humal now confirmed the bike share continues) while the city seeks savings.", "caveat": null, "interpretation": { "added": false, "interpolation": false, "note": "The passport copies the published claim and its recorded source mapping without adding a conclusion." } }, { "id": "clm-1f52897c26002355", "field": "lesson", "text": "Tartu owned every bike and dock outright", "statementKind": "descriptive", "textMode": "verbatim-from-project-record", "mappingStatus": "mapped", "sourceRefs": [ "src-753e44b512b92d30" ], "supportNote": "Verbatim: 'Tänavu kasutusel olevad ligi 800 ratast ja 94 parklat on Bewegenilt välja ostetud' (the nearly 800 bikes and 94 stations in use this year have been bought outright from Bewegen).", "caveat": null, "interpretation": { "added": false, "interpolation": false, "note": "The passport copies the published claim and its recorded source mapping without adding a conclusion." } }, { "id": "clm-e6854b8150c0c61f", "field": "lesson", "text": "the software that rents and tracks them came bundled from the supplier at no extra charge", "statementKind": "descriptive", "textMode": "verbatim-from-project-record", "mappingStatus": "mapped", "sourceRefs": [ "src-753e44b512b92d30" ], "supportNote": "The management system 'on meie tänase lepingu kohaselt tulnud linnale osana riistvara soetamisest' (came to the city, under the current contract, as part of the hardware purchase), a system 'mille eest lepingu kohaselt ei tule Tartu linnal mitte midagi maksta' (for which, under the contract, the city pays nothing); it handles renting bikes, organising their movement and managing users.", "caveat": null, "interpretation": { "added": false, "interpolation": false, "note": "The passport copies the published claim and its recorded source mapping without adding a conclusion." } }, { "id": "clm-2dc5507561dedbb6", "field": "lesson", "text": "when Bewegen failed, the city-owned fleet went dark for nine days", "statementKind": "descriptive", "textMode": "verbatim-from-project-record", "mappingStatus": "mapped", "sourceRefs": [ "src-93fe57f9365f91b0" ], "supportNote": "Verbatim: 'Tartu rattaringlus avas pärast üheksapäevast katkestust taas rattarenditeenuse' (the bike share reopened the rental service after a nine-day interruption); the interruption followed the supplier's collapse and its ending of the management-software service.", "caveat": null, "interpretation": { "added": false, "interpolation": false, "note": "The passport copies the published claim and its recorded source mapping without adding a conclusion." } }, { "id": "clm-7ff1172a63f65423", "field": "lesson", "text": "procurement law barred renegotiating with the sinking firm", "statementKind": "descriptive", "textMode": "verbatim-from-project-record", "mappingStatus": "mapped", "sourceRefs": [ "src-753e44b512b92d30" ], "supportNote": "Deputy mayor Tamm, on Bewegen's demand for new annual payments: 'Me oleme sõlminud hankelepingu ja meil ei ole lihtsalt võimalik teha selle kõrvale mingisuguseid teisi asja muutvaid kokkuleppeid. Sest need kokkulepped ei oleks sellisel juhul kooskõlas seadusega' (we have concluded a procurement contract and simply cannot make side agreements changing it — such agreements would not comply with the law).", "caveat": null, "interpretation": { "added": false, "interpolation": false, "note": "The passport copies the published claim and its recorded source mapping without adding a conclusion." } }, { "id": "clm-d3c7856a99898474", "field": "lesson", "text": "A Portuguese company bought the software rights, the city now pays about €100,000 a year for what its contract had priced at zero", "statementKind": "quantitative", "textMode": "verbatim-from-project-record", "mappingStatus": "mapped", "sourceRefs": [ "src-93fe57f9365f91b0", "src-753e44b512b92d30" ], "supportNote": "ERR, June 2023: 'pankrotistunud ettevõtte juhtimistarkvara õigused omandas Portugali firma WeGoShare' (the Portuguese firm WeGoShare acquired the rights to the bankrupt company's management software) and 'uuele partnerile hakkab linn maksma süsteemi kasutamise eest umbes 100 000 eurot aastas' (the city will pay the new partner about 100,000 euros a year). That the software had been contractually free is in ERR's April 2023 report.", "caveat": null, "interpretation": { "added": false, "interpolation": false, "note": "The passport copies the published claim and its recorded source mapping without adding a conclusion." } }, { "id": "clm-8cb33f8064ee0974", "field": "lesson", "text": "more of the bankrupt maker's bikes cannot be ordered at all", "statementKind": "descriptive", "textMode": "verbatim-from-project-record", "mappingStatus": "mapped", "sourceRefs": [ "src-d1e1a69c59180b35" ], "supportNote": "The city's own words: 'ettevõtte pankroti tõttu ei ole võimalik samu rattaid enam juurde tellida' (because of the company's bankruptcy it is no longer possible to order more of the same bikes); the release adds that the spare stock is sufficient for the near future and that replacements are being tested.", "caveat": null, "interpretation": { "added": false, "interpolation": false, "note": "The passport copies the published claim and its recorded source mapping without adding a conclusion." } } ], "sources": [ { "id": "src-4f66dfbff60409b8", "title": "City of Tartu, launch press release (operator)", "url": "https://www.tartu.ee/en/news/tartu-bike-share-system-to-launch-on-8-june", "publisher": { "name": null, "domain": "tartu.ee", "classification": "not-classified" }, "sourceType": "web-page", "language": "und", "role": "claim-evidence", "claimRefs": [ "clm-5e04aeb336b8089e", "clm-5f36b2cea6f1d2da", "clm-af07b2d915edf1b2" ], "temporal": { "publishedAt": "2019-04-20", "updatedAt": null, "sourceCheckedAt": null, "recordLastVerifiedAt": "2026-08-28", "dossierCreatedAt": "2026-08-28", "retrievedAt": null, "status": "publication-and-record-dates-recorded" }, "locator": { "type": "descriptive-source-note", "value": "City government press release of 20 April 2019. Carries the 8 June 2019 launch, '750 bikes in 69 bike share stations', 510 electric and 240 regular, the operator ('The bike share system service is being organised by Tartu Linnatransport, a division of the city', with technicians for rebalancing and repair), the supplier ('the Canadian company Bewegen Technologies Inc, who won the public procurement'), the launch tariff in which a bus period ticket included bike access, and the build financing: ERDF urban areas measure EUR 1.7 million (including EUR 250,000 from the city) and SmartEnCity nearly EUR 800,000 (including EUR 133,000 from the city).", "exact": false }, "preservation": { "archiveUrl": null, "archivedAt": null, "contentHash": null, "status": "not-captured" } }, { "id": "src-58675ea73b847673", "title": "City of Tartu, the Bike Share service page (operator)", "url": "https://tartu.ee/en/bike-share", "publisher": { "name": null, "domain": "tartu.ee", "classification": "not-classified" }, "sourceType": "web-page", "language": "und", "role": "claim-evidence", "claimRefs": [ "clm-916fe8555df6f45e", "clm-8212da7c2a7b9da5", "clm-7a896206f85e6dfc", "clm-ea8c77596d3c3725" ], "temporal": { "publishedAt": null, "updatedAt": "2024-09-10", "sourceCheckedAt": null, "recordLastVerifiedAt": "2026-08-28", "dossierCreatedAt": "2026-08-28", "retrievedAt": null, "status": "record-date-only" }, "locator": { "type": "descriptive-source-note", "value": "The operator's standing service page: 750 bikes in 100 stations across the city and nearby municipalities, 500 electric and 250 regular, bikes that 'communicate with the bike share system in real-time' and report location and ride statistics, the requirement of a joint Tartu public transport ticket or a bike share membership, and unlocking by bus card or app. The page states only a revision date.", "exact": false }, "preservation": { "archiveUrl": null, "archivedAt": null, "contentHash": null, "status": "not-captured" } }, { "id": "src-b70bcd5ad9885752", "title": "Tartu in Figures 2024, city statistical yearbook (operator)", "url": "https://www.tartu.ee/sites/default/files/uploads/Statistika/Tartu%20arvudes/Tartu-arvudes_2024_EST.pdf", "publisher": { "name": null, "domain": "tartu.ee", "classification": "not-classified" }, "sourceType": "pdf", "language": "und", "role": "claim-evidence", "claimRefs": [ "clm-fac00072f750e39f", "clm-48d71edc2c3df352" ], "temporal": { "publishedAt": null, "updatedAt": null, "sourceCheckedAt": null, "recordLastVerifiedAt": "2026-08-28", "dossierCreatedAt": "2026-08-28", "retrievedAt": null, "status": "record-date-only" }, "locator": { "type": "descriptive-source-note", "value": "The city's statistical yearbook for 2024, transport section: 'Rattaringlus: Rattaid 750, sh elektrirattaid 530, Parklaid 103, Kasutajate arv 13 415, Sõitude arv 810 889, Sõidetud km 2 172 131'. 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the city states that because of Bewegen's bankruptcy the same bikes can no longer be ordered ('ettevõtte pankroti tõttu ei ole võimalik samu rattaid enam juurde tellida') and that the spare stock is sufficient for the near future.", "exact": false }, "preservation": { "archiveUrl": null, "archivedAt": null, "contentHash": null, "status": "not-captured" } }, { "id": "src-4811fa5769cbc1b1", "title": "ERR, on usage falling after the price rise (media)", "url": "https://www.err.ee/1609477376/tartu-rattaringluse-kasutus-on-vorreldes-algusaastaga-langenud-ule-neljandiku", "publisher": { "name": null, "domain": "err.ee", "classification": "not-classified" }, "sourceType": "web-page", "language": "und", "role": "claim-evidence", "claimRefs": [ "clm-3de7e231d306076d", "clm-57009bd3bdc498e9" ], "temporal": { "publishedAt": "2024-10-02", "updatedAt": null, "sourceCheckedAt": null, "recordLastVerifiedAt": "2026-08-28", "dossierCreatedAt": "2026-08-28", "retrievedAt": null, "status": "publication-and-record-dates-recorded" }, "locator": { "type": "descriptive-source-note", "value": "ERR report of 2 October 2024 quoting deputy mayor Raimond Tamm: summer 2024 use was 28 per cent below July–August 2019, the first summer after use had normalised; 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