Bolt, shared mobility to move easily

Thinking about the mobility of tomorrow

The enthusiasm for new modes of mobility has continued to grow in recent years.

Thus, micromobility jumped 42% in 2021* on the sale of electric scooters.

The Bolt company encourages the

, offering

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Bolt micromobility services (e-scooters and e-bikes) offer a convenient, sustainable and affordable way to get around short distances in urban areas, while the VTC service is ideal for longer and intermediate distances.

Bolt offers a mobility platform capable of offering residents of medium and large cities a wider choice in terms of transport as well as services complementary to the existing offer, with a

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This is why Bolt has decided to respond to the next calls for applications from micromobility operators launched by several major cities in France, including Paris and Bordeaux.

Positioning itself as the

, Bolt promises a

, especially in terms of security, one of the main concerns in the city.

The company has already developed a two-person driving prevention system, a cognitive testing system preventing drunk driving of scooters, as well as a system for verifying the identity of scooter and bicycle users. electricity in Bordeaux.

For shared mobility

Since the pandemic, there has been a 15%** reduction in car use by individuals in France.

The future of urban travel tends more and more towards multimodal transport and a stronger interconnection of public transport with shared mobility and micromobility is more than ever expected.

With this in mind and with the desire to promote modal shift and more sustainable modes of transport, Bolt has recently partnered with the Norwegian Institute of Economics and Transport (TØI).

They have launched a European pilot program, particularly in Bordeaux, aimed at encouraging users to replace their shortest journeys in VTC with journeys in scooters.

This study revealed that up to 60% of Bolt users have chosen a scooter rather than a VTC.

Bolt's ability to encourage modal shift strengthened thanks to its more affordable prices than those practiced on the market.

It is therefore a priority today to encourage the transition of travel habits through soft and shared mobility.

With its super-app, Bolt is today the market leader in terms of multimodality, particularly in terms of safety, by

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The company works hand in hand with local authorities

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*Study by the Federation of Micromobility Professionals (FP2M): more than 900,000 electric scooters were sold in France in 2021, an increase of 42%.