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Jelbi — BVG's Integrated Mobility App

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Claim 1 clm-f28f4a248ce81e0f quantitative
Berlin transit operator BVG launched Jelbi in 2019
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What the mapping says
The BVG/Jelbi whitepaper's own timeline states the Jelbi alliance was presented in February 2019, the first Jelbi station opened in April 2019, and the app itself launched in June 2019: "Im Februar 2019 wurde das Jelbi-Bündnis vorgestellt, im April die erste Jelbi-Station eröffnet und im Juni 2019 die Jelbi-App gelauncht." ITS International's 21 February 2019 article independently confirms BVG ("public transport company Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG)") as the operator partnering with Trafi.
Caveat
The ITS International piece was published on 21 Feb 2019 and describes the launch as still forthcoming ("will be available in the summer"), so the explicit year comes from the whitepaper's own timeline, not from ITS's body text.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Jelbi — Six Years of Jelbi, interim results (BVG/Jelbi whitepaper, 2025)
  2. Trafi & BVG launch integrated mobility app (ITS International)
Claim 2 clm-153991356747c6f7 descriptive
built on Trafi's platform
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ITS International: "Technology firm Trafi has partnered with public transport company Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG) to launch a mobility app." Trafi's own case study calls the result "an all-in-one MaaS app, powered by Trafi."
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Trafi & BVG launch integrated mobility app (ITS International)
  2. BVG Jelbi: 5 years of MaaS in Berlin (Trafi)
Claim 3 clm-db1d697b1922ca99 descriptive
bundling public transport with shared bikes, e-scooters, mopeds, car-share, ride-hailing and taxis into one app
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ITS International (2019): Jelbi lets users "access the city's entire public transportation system including scooters, bikes, ride-hailing and car-sharing as well as taxis." Trafi's case study adds the app "started with 5 Mobility Service Providers (MSPs) and has grown to include 10, covering various transport types such as public transport, ridesharing, car sharing, bike sharing, and scooter sharing." The official Jelbi stations page captions a hub photo "E-scooter and e-mopeds." The BVG whitepaper notes Berlin's own shared fleet, which Jelbi gives access to, includes "über 60.000 Mieträdern, Scootern, Mopeds, Lastenrädern und Carsharing-Autos" (over 60,000 rental bikes, scooters, mopeds, cargo bikes and car-sharing cars) alongside "ÖPNV und Taxen."
Caveat
No single cited source lists all seven modes together. Mopeds are confirmed only indirectly — a hub-photo caption and a whitepaper passage about Berlin's citywide shared-vehicle fleet, not a sentence naming Jelbi's own integrated modes. Terminology also varies: ITS International uses "ride-hailing", while Trafi's own case study calls the equivalent category "ridesharing".

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Trafi & BVG launch integrated mobility app (ITS International)
  2. Jelbi stations & points (official)
  3. Jelbi — Six Years of Jelbi, interim results (BVG/Jelbi whitepaper, 2025)
  4. BVG Jelbi: 5 years of MaaS in Berlin (Trafi)
Claim 4 clm-54d6ae167ad53a63 descriptive
for routing, booking and payment
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What the mapping says
Trafi's case study: "Jelbi offers a fully integrated experience, allowing users to plan, book, and pay for trips without switching between different apps," with listed features including "Multi-modal journey planning" and "Intermodal routing."
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

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  1. BVG Jelbi: 5 years of MaaS in Berlin (Trafi)
Claim 5 clm-fb762d9fc315babc descriptive
Physical "Jelbi stations" and smaller "Jelbi points" cluster these shared vehicles at hubs across the city
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What the mapping says
The official Jelbi stations page distinguishes "Jelbi stations" ("Here you can rent, return and charge vehicles") from "Jelbi points" ("small hubs for all vehicles with just two wheels"). Trafi's account: "We distinguish between Jelbi stations and Jelbi points. While Jelbi points only offer two-wheeled options like bike and scooter sharing, Jelbi stations also provide car sharing."
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No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Jelbi stations & points (official)
  2. BVG Jelbi: 5 years of MaaS in Berlin (Trafi)
Claim 6 clm-f34b15bc22fc48dc quantitative
BVG reports roughly 350 such locations by 2025
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What the mapping says
The BVG/Jelbi whitepaper (dated 30 July 2025, covering "Jelbi-Standorte 2019–2025"): "Mit fast 60.000 buchbaren Fahrzeugen (Sharing, ÖPNV und Taxen), 11 Mobilitätsangeboten und 1,1 Million Downloads ist Jelbi die größte Mobilitätsplattform im ÖPNV und mit bald 350 Standorten das größte Netz an Mobilitätsstationen Europas." ("...and, with soon 350 locations, the largest network of mobility stations in Europe.")
Caveat
The whitepaper says "bald 350" (soon [reaching] 350) — the count had not yet reached 350 at the time of the July 2025 report, only approaching it. The entry's "roughly 350 ... by 2025" turns a forward-looking figure into a stated total.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Jelbi — Six Years of Jelbi, interim results (BVG/Jelbi whitepaper, 2025)
Claim 7 clm-2271cbc48f7d797a descriptive
calls it Europe's largest mobility-station network
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What the mapping says
The same whitepaper passage explicitly calls Jelbi "das größte Netz an Mobilitätsstationen Europas" (the largest network of mobility stations in Europe); the identical phrase also appears as a standalone section heading in the document ("Das größte Netz an Mobilitätsstationen Europas").
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No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Jelbi — Six Years of Jelbi, interim results (BVG/Jelbi whitepaper, 2025)
Claim 8 clm-d850b4824b5810c2 quantitative
The app was still being updated in November 2026
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What the mapping says
The App Store listing, published by BVG, shows new versions of the Jelbi app released through October and November 2026.
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No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. BVG Jelbi app listing (Apple App Store)
Claim 9 clm-cf157a1b3c8e8519 quantitative
BVG says its functions are to be folded into MAX, a joint app with Hamburg announced for the second half of 2026
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What the mapping says
In the Senate's July 2026 answer, BVG describes the existing Jelbi app as the basis for MAX, whose functions MAX is to include; the question notes MAX had been announced in June 2025 for the second half of 2026.
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No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Abgeordnetenhaus Berlin — Senate answer to written question 19/26392 on the MAX platform (2 Jul 2026)
Claim 10 clm-82d2dba61ac55f58 quantitative
whose launch was on hold in July 2026 pending talks in Hamburg
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What the mapping says
BVG told the Senate that open questions between Hamburg's Hochbahn and the HVV transport association had to be settled first, after which the timetable would be reviewed.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Abgeordnetenhaus Berlin — Senate answer to written question 19/26392 on the MAX platform (2 Jul 2026)
Claim 11 clm-59a8a02a639b4563 quantitative
the share of trips made by car fell from 46% to 37% in Biesdorf and from 36% to 28% in Adlershof
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What the mapping says
The BVG whitepaper reports falling car use in two pilot networks, based on its own survey.
Caveat
The whitepaper does not give the survey years for these figures, the sample or the method.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Jelbi — Six Years of Jelbi, interim results (BVG/Jelbi whitepaper, 2025)
Claim 12 clm-86502c4d58be9443 quantitative
reports of wrongly parked sharing vehicles practically halved from 2024 to 2025
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What the mapping says
The whitepaper states that reports on its complaint page for wrongly parked vehicles practically halved between 2024 and 2025.
Caveat
A count of complaints, which can also fall when fewer people report.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Jelbi — Six Years of Jelbi, interim results (BVG/Jelbi whitepaper, 2025)
Claim 13 clm-b6483f2ec5322fa8 descriptive
Both rest on the operator's own surveys and complaint counts, with no published method or comparison areas
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What the mapping says
The whitepaper labels the survey figures as its own survey and gives no method, sample or control areas.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Jelbi — Six Years of Jelbi, interim results (BVG/Jelbi whitepaper, 2025)
Claim 14 clm-b41cef94dba2d66f quantitative
the Senate said in 2024 that the trial's evaluation would decide how mobility hubs are built from 2026
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What the mapping says
The Senate's August 2024 answer describes the hubs as a trial and says the current budget focuses on completing the evaluation that will set how mobility hubs are built from 2026.
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No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Abgeordnetenhaus Berlin — Senate answer to written question 19/19985 on Jelbi sites (28 Aug 2024)
Claim 15 clm-b6d6aba57ddbc00d descriptive
the hubs that make the bundle visible on the street depend on district permits and public money
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What the mapping says
The Senate's answer says hub sites are approved by the districts, with approval times depending on district staffing, and that operating them is financed from the state budget.
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No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Abgeordnetenhaus Berlin — Senate answer to written question 19/19985 on Jelbi sites (28 Aug 2024)
Claim 16 clm-daa84a072bfd1cfd quantitative
in 2025 Berlin was still examining other ways to fund them, including asking the sharing operators to contribute
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What the mapping says
The Senate's May 2025 answer says further funding options for Jelbi are under review, including whether and how sharing-fleet operators could contribute.
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No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Abgeordnetenhaus Berlin — Senate answer to written question 19/22574 on Jelbi stations and points (26 May 2025)

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BVG
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8 source dossiers

Trafi & BVG launch integrated mobility app (ITS International) itsinternational.com · 3 linked claims

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2019-02-21
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Independent trade press confirming 2019 launch, BVG+Trafi, and initial modes.

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Jelbi — Six Years of Jelbi, interim results (BVG/Jelbi whitepaper, 2025) jelbi.de · 7 linked claims

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Name not classified · jelbi.de
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pdf · language not classified
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2025-07-30
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Operator primary source: modes, station count, vehicles, downloads (self-reported).

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Jelbi stations & points (official) jelbi.de · 2 linked claims

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Name not classified · jelbi.de
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Describes the physical hubs, distinction between stations (with car-share) and points, and the 'largest network' framing.

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BVG Jelbi: 5 years of MaaS in Berlin (Trafi) trafi.com · 4 linked claims

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Name not classified · trafi.com
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Published
2024-09-17
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2024-11-06
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Provider account: growth from 5 to ~10-13 services, 230+ hubs, ~70,000 vehicles, ~885k downloads.

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Abgeordnetenhaus Berlin — Senate answer to written question 19/19985 on Jelbi sites (28 Aug 2024) pardok.parlament-berlin.de · 2 linked claims

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2024-08-28
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Senate answer: 257 Jelbi sites in August 2024; the hubs are built and run as a trial, and the current budget focuses on finishing the evaluation that will decide how mobility hubs are built from 2026; sites are approved by the districts.

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Abgeordnetenhaus Berlin — Senate answer to written question 19/22574 on Jelbi stations and points (26 May 2025) pardok.parlament-berlin.de · 1 linked claim

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2025-05-26
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Senate answer: seven Jelbi stations and 68 Jelbi points opened between June 2024 and April 2025, about 100 sites built in 2024; further funding options, including contributions from sharing operators, under review.

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Abgeordnetenhaus Berlin — Senate answer to written question 19/26392 on the MAX platform (2 Jul 2026) pardok.parlament-berlin.de · 2 linked claims

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2026-07-02
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Senate answer on MAX, the planned joint Berlin–Hamburg app: launch on hold pending talks between Hochbahn and HVV; the Jelbi app is to be its basis and its functions included in MAX.

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BVG Jelbi app listing (Apple App Store) apps.apple.com · 1 linked claim

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BVG's store listing for the Jelbi app, with version history showing releases in October and November 2026.

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