Bicing availability to grow by 50%
The new Bicing contract to be tendered in the autumn of 2026 will see the current fleet of 8,000 bicycles increased to 12,000, representing a 50% boost. The new service comes into operation when the current contract ends and will run until the end of 2028.
Somebody riding a Bicing bike along the bike lane in Ronda del Guinardó. Author: Carlota Serarols
The current Bicing service has more than 170,000 subscribers and this term of office has seen the service bolstered with a further 1,000 bikes to reach 8,000 units in all. The electric bike section has also been added to so that there are now 5,000 electric bikes and 3,000 push bikes. This increase came as more stations were added, with the figure of 519 stations in 2023 set to grow to 593 by the end of this term of office.
The network of bike lanes also continues to be added to and improved. The city currently has 270 kilometres of bike lanes and 1,200 kilometres of cyclable routes, including streets with speed limits of 30 kmh, where bikes get priority over motor vehicles, as well as all the traffic-calmed streets with curbless paving.
Notable recent examples include the improvement to the bike lanes in Via Laietana and Av. Diagonal, where the transformation of Glòries and Verdaguer has seen the lanes shifted onto the road surface, and more progress to condition the section as far as Cinc d’Oros and the section between Glòries and the Fòrum. This autumn should see the revamp to Av. Meridiana completed between Felip II and Fabra i Puig, with a new wide segregated bike lane.
According to the annual figures from 2025, the use of bike lanes grew by 17% compared to the previous year. Nine out of ten points recording data on bike lane usage saw growth.
Bicicletes ancorades en una estació de Bicing