Cairo inaugurates 1st public bike-sharing system ahead of COP27

CAIRO - 20 October 2022: Cairo Governorate will inaugurate Thursday the first phase of the Cairo Bike project as the first public bike-sharing system in Egypt, coinciding with Egypt’s preparations to host the Climate Summit (COP27), and its keenness to provide healthy and environmentally friendly transportation.

 

Major General Khaled Abdel-Aal, Governor of Cairo, will participate in the opening, accompanied by a large number of officials and international development partners, as the opening ceremony will be held at the top of the Liberation Garage in front of the Egyptian Museum.

 

The Governor of Cairo indicated that rent value per hour will be one pound for citizens, and a maximum of 8 pounds per day, and the hourly value for secondary and university students is 70 piasters per hour and a maximum of 8 pounds per day. While the subscription price will be 600 pounds annually, and it will be reduced to 400 pounds for students of high school and university. 

 

The project will be implemented in Downtown Cairo, Garden City and Zamalek areas, and includes 500 GPS-tracked bikes distributed over 45 solar-powered stations and secured with surveillance cameras in strategic places that integrate with metro stations and public transport lines, and its deployment in other places will also be studied.