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Veturilo: Warsaw's GPS-Tracked Public Bike-Share

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In 2023 Warsaw cut its bike-share from almost 5 thousand bikes to 3030, and rentals rose by a million. The city keeps drawing a single bidder; only the racks are its own.

Outcome🔄 Ongoing
Evidence🏛️ Official
what does this mean?The strongest source is the operator's or the city's own reporting — an official report, dataset or press release. It grades who did the looking — not how well the project went. All four grades →
Run byNextbike Polska (nextbike group), under contract to ZDM, the Warsaw city road authority; the 2023–2028 contract was signed with Nextbike GZM
Scale🏙️ City-wide
FundingCity of Warsaw through its road authority ZDM: the 2023–2028 contract was priced at 104.858 million złoty gross against a budget of 96 million; the one-year bridge contract for 2021 cost almost 14.3 million złoty, with the city council adding the money above the 13.5 million budget.

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Veturilo is Warsaw's public bike-share, running each year from March to the end of November. It started in 2012 in 3 districts with 55 stations and 1000 bikes and grew to nearly 5 thousand bikes. For the 2023–2028 contract the city road authority ZDM rebuilt it: the electric-lock docks and computer terminals went, every new bike carries a GPS receiver and a lock in its rear wheel, and a station is a GPS-defined area around plain U-racks that belong to the city. Rentals run through a mobile app built from scratch. The core is 3000 bikes at 300 stations, 10% of the fleet electric. ZDM signed the contract with Nextbike GZM, the only bidder; the city's season reports name Nextbike Polska as operator, and the system publishes a live GBFS data feed under a CC0 licence.

Live 📅 since 2012

📊 Impact

In the first season of the rebuilt system, 2023, ZDM counted 4,910,240 rentals from 3030 bikes at the start of the season, a million more than in 2022, when almost 5 thousand bikes were available; each bike was rented 5.62 times a day, which ZDM puts at 131% above 2020–2022. That baseline is the pandemic years: ZDM's own figures put 2019 at nearly twice the roughly 3 million rentals of the two pandemic seasons. Rentals then eased to 4.79 million in 2024 and 4.62 million in 2025, at 4.86 rentals per bike per day. The 300 e-bikes carried almost 19% of rentals in 2023 and, by the operator's count, 15% of trips in 2025. These are the city's and the operator's own counts; no source measures which trips the bikes replaced.

🎓 Lesson

Warsaw's contract history shows how a bike-share's continuity depends on who owns the hardware. In 2020 the eight-year tender drew one offer, of 160 million złoty, and was annulled as over budget; the operator had filed for bankruptcy in May, a petition that was rejected before the company entered restructuring; and the Spanish bidder argued that the stop-gap tender could only be won by the incumbent, which owned the bikes. The one-year bridge contract went ahead only after the city council added money. For 2023–2028 the city again had a single bidder, at 104.858 million złoty against a 96 million budget, and this time wrote into the contract that the racks are city property, so the stations can outlast the system's operator. The bikes still come from the operator, and a winter service is not expected before the contract ends, in 2029.

🚲 MobilityShared mobilityCyclingOpen data

Sources

↗ ZDM Warszawa — Czas na Veturilo 2023-2028 (tender announced)Published 9 March 2022The city road authority's announcement of the 2023–28 tender. It says Veturilo started in 2012 in 3 districts with 55 stations and 1000 bikes, that the system had grown to nearly 5 thousand bikes of various kinds at almost 350 stations, that rentals and returns still ran through stations with a computer terminal, and that the contract with long-standing operator Nextbike Polska was ending, with the old rules running only until the end of November 2022.
↗ ZDM Warszawa — Veturilo 2023-2028 – umowa podpisana (contract signed)Published 23 June 2022ZDM on signing the 2023–2028 contract with Nextbike GZM, the only bidder: 12-hour repair commitment, 10% of the fleet electric, plain U-racks in place of electric-lock docks (at least 3000, all owned by the city), a wheel lock and GPS receiver on every bike, GPS-defined station areas, no more terminals (over 90% of rentals already ran through the app), integration with the city's 19115 contact centre, a core of 3000 bikes at 300 stations with an option for up to 2500 more.
↗ Rynek Kolejowy — Warszawa akceptuje ofertę na Veturilo do 2028 r.Published 9 June 2022Trade press report that Nextbike GZM, the only bidder, priced the service at 104.858 million złoty gross against a budget of 96 million, and that ZDM accepted the offer on 9 June 2022; the system was to start on 1 March 2023.
↗ TVN Warszawa — Drogowcy rozstrzygnęli przetarg na Veturilo (bridge contract for 2021)Published 5 January 2021Report on the one-year bridge contract for 2021: Nextbike's single offer of almost 14.3 million złoty exceeded ZDM's 13.5 million budget and the city council added the money. It recounts that the four-year contract with Nextbike expired at the end of 2020, that the company filed for bankruptcy in May (the petition was rejected and it entered restructuring), and that the eight-year tender drew one offer, of 160 million złoty, from a Spanish company and was annulled.
↗ SmartRide.pl — ZDM unieważnia przetarg na nowe Veturilo, Marfina zaskarża działania urzęduPublished 29 September 2020Trade press on the annulment of the eight-year 'new Veturilo' tender because the only offer, from Marfina (Moventia brand), exceeded the budget, and on Marfina's appeal to the National Appeals Chamber arguing that only the incumbent operator, which already owned the bikes, could bid for the stop-gap contract.
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↗ ZDM Warszawa — Prawie 5 mln wypożyczeń rowerów Veturilo w tym sezonie (2023 season summary)Published 11 December 2023ZDM's summary of the first season of Veturilo 3.0 (March–November 2023): new bikes with GPS receivers and wheel locks, a new app, unchanged fares with the first 20 minutes free; 3030 bikes at 300 stations in spring (300 electric), 3281 bikes and 329 stations at season end; 4,910,240 rentals, a million more than in 2022, when almost 5 thousand bikes were available; 5.62 rentals per bike per day, 131% above 2020–2022; 924,935 e-bike rentals, almost 19%. Names Nextbike Polska as operator.
↗ ZDM Warszawa — 14. sezon Veturilo za nami (2025 season summary)Published 4 December 2025ZDM's 2025 season summary: over 230 thousand people, 4.62 million rentals, 9.6 million km, 344 stations and 3460 bikes, 4.86 rentals per bike per day, average trip 22 minutes 48 seconds and about 3.66 km; linked systems in Józefów, Otwock, Piaseczno and Pruszków.
↗ SmartRide.pl — Statystyki Veturilo i Nextbike Polska za sezon 2025Published 3 December 2025Report from Nextbike Polska's 2025 press briefing: 4.62 million rentals in Warsaw against 4.79 million in 2024; 232 thousand unique users against 230 thousand; the operator's spokesman says the 300 e-bikes generated 15% of all trips.
↗ Życie Warszawy — Koniec sezonu Veturilo, system całoroczny na razie niemożliwyPublished 2 December 2025Newspaper report on the end of the 2025 season: the system goes into winter hibernation on 30 November until 1 March; the operator says it is ready to run all year, the decision lies with the city, and a winter service cannot be introduced for formal reasons and will most likely come only after the current contract ends, in 2029.
↗ Nextbike — VETURILO 3.0 GBFS live feed, system informationThe system's live General Bikeshare Feed Specification feed (version 2.3, refreshed every 60 seconds): system name VETURILO 3.0, operator Nextbike Polska S.A., licence CC0-1.0, with linked station, bike and geofencing-zone feeds.

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  1. SmartRide.pl · pressSmartRide.pl — ZDM unieważnia przetarg na nowe Veturilo, Marfina zaskarża działania urzędu
  2. TVN24 · pressTVN Warszawa — Drogowcy rozstrzygnęli przetarg na Veturilo (bridge contract for 2021)
  3. Zarząd Dróg Miejskich w Warszawie (ZDM) · city governmentZDM Warszawa — Czas na Veturilo 2023-2028 (tender announced)
  4. Rynek Kolejowy · pressRynek Kolejowy — Warszawa akceptuje ofertę na Veturilo do 2028 r.
  5. Zarząd Dróg Miejskich w Warszawie (ZDM) · city governmentZDM Warszawa — Veturilo 2023-2028 – umowa podpisana (contract signed)
  6. Zarząd Dróg Miejskich w Warszawie (ZDM) · city governmentZDM Warszawa — Prawie 5 mln wypożyczeń rowerów Veturilo w tym sezonie (2023 season summary)
  7. Życie Warszawy · pressŻycie Warszawy — Koniec sezonu Veturilo, system całoroczny na razie niemożliwy
  8. SmartRide.pl · pressSmartRide.pl — Statystyki Veturilo i Nextbike Polska za sezon 2025
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  1. Zarząd Dróg Miejskich w Warszawie (ZDM) · city governmentZDM Warszawa — 14. sezon Veturilo za nami (2025 season summary)

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Claim 1 clm-c7b2b3308ad6fdf9 descriptive
Veturilo is Warsaw's public bike-share, running each year from March to the end of November
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What the mapping says
The city's season summary says the season started in March and ended on the last day of November.
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No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. ZDM Warszawa — Prawie 5 mln wypożyczeń rowerów Veturilo w tym sezonie (2023 season summary)
Claim 2 clm-7ec954d87b67ae1a quantitative
It started in 2012 in 3 districts with 55 stations and 1000 bikes and grew to nearly 5 thousand bikes
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What the mapping says
ZDM states the 2012 start in three districts with 55 stations and 1,000 bikes, and that by 2022 there were nearly 5 thousand bikes of various kinds ('blisko 5 tysięcy').
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No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. ZDM Warszawa — Czas na Veturilo 2023-2028 (tender announced)
Claim 3 clm-0b9349368d93a8e0 descriptive
the electric-lock docks and computer terminals went, every new bike carries a GPS receiver and a lock in its rear wheel
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What the mapping says
The contract announcement drops the electric-lock racks and the terminals; the 2023 season summary confirms the electric locks disappeared, that every bike has a lock built into its rear wheel and that all bikes carry GPS receivers.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. ZDM Warszawa — Veturilo 2023-2028 – umowa podpisana (contract signed)
  2. ZDM Warszawa — Prawie 5 mln wypożyczeń rowerów Veturilo w tym sezonie (2023 season summary)
Claim 4 clm-79dbbd1b2ade35ff descriptive
a station is a GPS-defined area around plain U-racks that belong to the city
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What the mapping says
ZDM says the stations consist of ordinary inverted-U racks, all owned by the city, and that each station carries GPS to define the 'station area' where a bike must be returned.
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No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. ZDM Warszawa — Veturilo 2023-2028 – umowa podpisana (contract signed)
Claim 6 clm-af4507807f2f03fb quantitative
The core is 3000 bikes at 300 stations, 10% of the fleet electric
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What the mapping says
The contract defines a core of 3,000 bikes assigned to 300 stations, and says 10% of the fleet is to be electric.
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No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. ZDM Warszawa — Veturilo 2023-2028 – umowa podpisana (contract signed)
Claim 7 clm-384dd5928e887e68 descriptive
ZDM signed the contract with Nextbike GZM, the only bidder
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What the mapping says
ZDM says one company, Nextbike GZM, entered the tender and the contract for 2023–2028 was signed with it.
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No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. ZDM Warszawa — Veturilo 2023-2028 – umowa podpisana (contract signed)
Claim 9 clm-1d33def3c8668244 quantitative
the system publishes a live GBFS data feed under a CC0 licence
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What the mapping says
The feed's system information gives version 2.3, a 60-second refresh, the operator Nextbike Polska S.A. and the licence identifier CC0-1.0.
Caveat
The feed is published by the operator; the city's announcements do not describe it.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Nextbike — VETURILO 3.0 GBFS live feed, system information
Claim 10 clm-5df9d1a8f671aa41 quantitative
In the first season of the rebuilt system, 2023, ZDM counted 4,910,240 rentals from 3030 bikes at the start of the season
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What the mapping says
The summary gives exactly 4,910,240 rentals in the season and 3,030 bikes on the streets in spring (3,281 by season end).
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. ZDM Warszawa — Prawie 5 mln wypożyczeń rowerów Veturilo w tym sezonie (2023 season summary)
Claim 11 clm-324471de70573c5b quantitative
a million more than in 2022, when almost 5 thousand bikes were available
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What the mapping says
ZDM says rentals were a million higher than the year before, with fewer bikes: almost 5 thousand were available in 2022.
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No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. ZDM Warszawa — Prawie 5 mln wypożyczeń rowerów Veturilo w tym sezonie (2023 season summary)
Claim 12 clm-9d545ca2cc06a945 quantitative
each bike was rented 5.62 times a day, which ZDM puts at 131% above 2020–2022
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What the mapping says
The summary gives 5.62 rentals per bike per day and calls it a 131% increase on 2020–2022.
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No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. ZDM Warszawa — Prawie 5 mln wypożyczeń rowerów Veturilo w tym sezonie (2023 season summary)
Claim 13 clm-5cda3c0ff24c7323 quantitative
ZDM's own figures put 2019 at nearly twice the roughly 3 million rentals of the two pandemic seasons
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What the mapping says
In June 2022 ZDM wrote that rentals in the two pandemic years hovered around 3 million and that 2019 saw nearly twice as many.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. ZDM Warszawa — Veturilo 2023-2028 – umowa podpisana (contract signed)
Claim 14 clm-b1bd9540f3c7c0b6 quantitative
Rentals then eased to 4.79 million in 2024 and 4.62 million in 2025
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What the mapping says
The press report from the operator's briefing gives 4.79 million rentals in 2024 and 4.62 million in 2025; ZDM's 2025 summary confirms 4.62 million.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. SmartRide.pl — Statystyki Veturilo i Nextbike Polska za sezon 2025
  2. ZDM Warszawa — 14. sezon Veturilo za nami (2025 season summary)
Claim 15 clm-6624e3d5b0b74a35 quantitative
at 4.86 rentals per bike per day
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What the mapping says
ZDM's 2025 summary says each bike was used 4.86 times a day on average.
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No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. ZDM Warszawa — 14. sezon Veturilo za nami (2025 season summary)
Claim 16 clm-78703faeb1d50406 quantitative
The 300 e-bikes carried almost 19% of rentals in 2023
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What the mapping says
The 2023 summary lists 300 electric bikes in the fleet and 924,935 e-bike rentals, almost 19% of all.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. ZDM Warszawa — Prawie 5 mln wypożyczeń rowerów Veturilo w tym sezonie (2023 season summary)
Claim 17 clm-6bb6717c2d532ccc quantitative
by the operator's count, 15% of trips in 2025
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What the mapping says
Nextbike's spokesman said the 300 e-bikes generated 15% of all trips in Warsaw in 2025.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. SmartRide.pl — Statystyki Veturilo i Nextbike Polska za sezon 2025
Claim 18 clm-1989d9c6f97346b6 descriptive
no source measures which trips the bikes replaced
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impact · verbatim
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What the mapping says
Both city season summaries report rentals, users, distances and per-bike use but no modal-shift or car-trip figure; the absence cannot be quoted.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. ZDM Warszawa — Prawie 5 mln wypożyczeń rowerów Veturilo w tym sezonie (2023 season summary)
  2. ZDM Warszawa — 14. sezon Veturilo za nami (2025 season summary)
Claim 19 clm-966d1c5dcb2ee413 quantitative
In 2020 the eight-year tender drew one offer, of 160 million złoty, and was annulled as over budget
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What the mapping says
TVN Warszawa quotes ZDM: only one Spanish company bid, offering 160 million for eight years, and the procedure was annulled; SmartRide quotes ZDM's reason that the lowest offer exceeded the amount it intended to spend.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. TVN Warszawa — Drogowcy rozstrzygnęli przetarg na Veturilo (bridge contract for 2021)
  2. SmartRide.pl — ZDM unieważnia przetarg na nowe Veturilo, Marfina zaskarża działania urzędu
Claim 20 clm-4fc18f8b605bb4ec descriptive
the operator had filed for bankruptcy in May, a petition that was rejected before the company entered restructuring
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What the mapping says
TVN Warszawa reports that Nextbike filed for bankruptcy in May, that the system ran unchanged to 30 November, and that, per the company, the petition was rejected and it was in restructuring.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. TVN Warszawa — Drogowcy rozstrzygnęli przetarg na Veturilo (bridge contract for 2021)
Claim 21 clm-0709d046b3b7a5ba descriptive
the Spanish bidder argued that the stop-gap tender could only be won by the incumbent, which owned the bikes
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What the mapping says
SmartRide quotes Marfina's appeal: only a firm already holding the required number of used third-generation bikes could bid, and the only such firm was the incumbent Nextbike Polska, described as the current operator and owner of the bikes.
Caveat
This is the losing bidder's argument in its appeal, not a finding of the appeals body.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. SmartRide.pl — ZDM unieważnia przetarg na nowe Veturilo, Marfina zaskarża działania urzędu
Claim 22 clm-6269969732e187e0 descriptive
The one-year bridge contract went ahead only after the city council added money
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What the mapping says
TVN Warszawa reports that Nextbike's offer of almost 14.3 million złoty exceeded the 13.5 million budget and the Warsaw city council added the funds at its December session.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. TVN Warszawa — Drogowcy rozstrzygnęli przetarg na Veturilo (bridge contract for 2021)
Claim 23 clm-6f3a1f4518a756c1 quantitative
For 2023–2028 the city again had a single bidder, at 104.858 million złoty against a 96 million budget
Published field
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Mapping
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What the mapping says
Rynek Kolejowy reports the single bid of 104.858 million złoty gross and a budget of 96 million, accepted by ZDM on 9 June 2022.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Rynek Kolejowy — Warszawa akceptuje ofertę na Veturilo do 2028 r.
Claim 24 clm-461b999482663740 descriptive
wrote into the contract that the racks are city property, so the stations can outlast the system's operator
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What the mapping says
ZDM says all the racks will be city property, so they can serve cyclists outside the Veturilo season and be reused regardless of the system's future.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. ZDM Warszawa — Veturilo 2023-2028 – umowa podpisana (contract signed)
Claim 25 clm-b5c0e2a25365beba descriptive
The bikes still come from the operator
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Mapping
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What the mapping says
The contract announcement says the bikes are supplied by the operator and will be brand new.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. ZDM Warszawa — Veturilo 2023-2028 – umowa podpisana (contract signed)
Claim 26 clm-d4de84fd41a90ef4 quantitative
a winter service is not expected before the contract ends, in 2029
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What the mapping says
Życie Warszawy reports that the operator says it is ready for year-round service, that the decision lies with the city, and that a winter Veturilo can most likely come only after the current contract ends, in 2029.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Życie Warszawy — Koniec sezonu Veturilo, system całoroczny na razie niemożliwy
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Operator
Nextbike Polska (nextbike group), under contract to ZDM, the Warsaw city road authority; the 2023–2028 contract was signed with Nextbike GZM
Actor types
city-government, private
Funding model
public
Funding description
City of Warsaw through its road authority ZDM: the 2023–2028 contract was priced at 104.858 million złoty gross against a budget of 96 million; the one-year bridge contract for 2021 cost almost 14.3 million złoty, with the city council adding the money above the 13.5 million budget.
Cost
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ZDM Warszawa — Czas na Veturilo 2023-2028 (tender announced) zdm.waw.pl · 1 linked claim

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2022-03-09
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The city road authority's announcement of the 2023–28 tender. It says Veturilo started in 2012 in 3 districts with 55 stations and 1000 bikes, that the system had grown to nearly 5 thousand bikes of various kinds at almost 350 stations, that rentals and returns still ran through stations with a computer terminal, and that the contract with long-standing operator Nextbike Polska was ending, with the old rules running only until the end of November 2022.

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ZDM Warszawa — Veturilo 2023-2028 – umowa podpisana (contract signed) zdm.waw.pl · 7 linked claims

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2022-06-23
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ZDM on signing the 2023–2028 contract with Nextbike GZM, the only bidder: 12-hour repair commitment, 10% of the fleet electric, plain U-racks in place of electric-lock docks (at least 3000, all owned by the city), a wheel lock and GPS receiver on every bike, GPS-defined station areas, no more terminals (over 90% of rentals already ran through the app), integration with the city's 19115 contact centre, a core of 3000 bikes at 300 stations with an option for up to 2500 more.

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Rynek Kolejowy — Warszawa akceptuje ofertę na Veturilo do 2028 r. rynek-kolejowy.pl · 1 linked claim

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Trade press report that Nextbike GZM, the only bidder, priced the service at 104.858 million złoty gross against a budget of 96 million, and that ZDM accepted the offer on 9 June 2022; the system was to start on 1 March 2023.

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TVN Warszawa — Drogowcy rozstrzygnęli przetarg na Veturilo (bridge contract for 2021) tvn24.pl · 3 linked claims

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Report on the one-year bridge contract for 2021: Nextbike's single offer of almost 14.3 million złoty exceeded ZDM's 13.5 million budget and the city council added the money. It recounts that the four-year contract with Nextbike expired at the end of 2020, that the company filed for bankruptcy in May (the petition was rejected and it entered restructuring), and that the eight-year tender drew one offer, of 160 million złoty, from a Spanish company and was annulled.

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SmartRide.pl — ZDM unieważnia przetarg na nowe Veturilo, Marfina zaskarża działania urzędu smartride.pl · 2 linked claims

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Trade press on the annulment of the eight-year 'new Veturilo' tender because the only offer, from Marfina (Moventia brand), exceeded the budget, and on Marfina's appeal to the National Appeals Chamber arguing that only the incumbent operator, which already owned the bikes, could bid for the stop-gap contract.

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ZDM Warszawa — Prawie 5 mln wypożyczeń rowerów Veturilo w tym sezonie (2023 season summary) zdm.waw.pl · 9 linked claims

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ZDM's summary of the first season of Veturilo 3.0 (March–November 2023): new bikes with GPS receivers and wheel locks, a new app, unchanged fares with the first 20 minutes free; 3030 bikes at 300 stations in spring (300 electric), 3281 bikes and 329 stations at season end; 4,910,240 rentals, a million more than in 2022, when almost 5 thousand bikes were available; 5.62 rentals per bike per day, 131% above 2020–2022; 924,935 e-bike rentals, almost 19%. Names Nextbike Polska as operator.

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ZDM Warszawa — 14. sezon Veturilo za nami (2025 season summary) zdm.waw.pl · 3 linked claims

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ZDM's 2025 season summary: over 230 thousand people, 4.62 million rentals, 9.6 million km, 344 stations and 3460 bikes, 4.86 rentals per bike per day, average trip 22 minutes 48 seconds and about 3.66 km; linked systems in Józefów, Otwock, Piaseczno and Pruszków.

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SmartRide.pl — Statystyki Veturilo i Nextbike Polska za sezon 2025 smartride.pl · 2 linked claims

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Report from Nextbike Polska's 2025 press briefing: 4.62 million rentals in Warsaw against 4.79 million in 2024; 232 thousand unique users against 230 thousand; the operator's spokesman says the 300 e-bikes generated 15% of all trips.

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Życie Warszawy — Koniec sezonu Veturilo, system całoroczny na razie niemożliwy zyciewarszawy.pl · 1 linked claim

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Newspaper report on the end of the 2025 season: the system goes into winter hibernation on 30 November until 1 March; the operator says it is ready to run all year, the decision lies with the city, and a winter service cannot be introduced for formal reasons and will most likely come only after the current contract ends, in 2029.

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Nextbike — VETURILO 3.0 GBFS live feed, system information gbfs.nextbike.net · 1 linked claim

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The system's live General Bikeshare Feed Specification feed (version 2.3, refreshed every 60 seconds): system name VETURILO 3.0, operator Nextbike Polska S.A., licence CC0-1.0, with linked station, bike and geofencing-zone feeds.

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🇬🇧 Starling Bank Bikes: Greater Manchester's Cycle Hire After Mobike Left · Manchester Both rebuilt bike hire around GPS bikes and contracts; Warsaw wrote the racks into city ownership when it re-tendered. 🇩🇪 MVG Rad Bike-Share · Munich Both station bike-shares hit the end of a fixed contract term; Warsaw re-tendered and drew a single bidder again. 🇵🇹 GIRA Bike-Share · Lisbon GPS on every bike in both; Lisbon's operator is the municipal company EMEL, Warsaw's a private contractor under ZDM.

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1001 Smart Cities (2026). “Veturilo: Warsaw's GPS-Tracked Public Bike-Share” — Warsaw, Poland. The Smart City Atlas. https://1001smartcities.org/projects/warsaw-veturilo/ (last verified 2026-10-17). Data: CC BY 4.0.

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