2025 Lime Mobility Insights Competition
Lime, together with the League of American Bicyclists, is launching our second annual Mobility Insights Competition in March 2025, for 1-3 communities in the U.S. to identify and address transportation issues around safety, equity, access, and more. In 2024, we partnered with Washington, DC, and Bloomington, Indiana to investigate the relationships between ridership, bike infrastructure, and safety outcomes (see details below).
A Message from Lime
At Lime, our mission is to build a future where transportation is shared, affordable, and carbon-free. By partnering with cities and universities worldwide—from studying the impact of our reduced-fare program with Monash University to sharing collision data to improve safety in Seattle—we support our riders and cities with technology, information, and data. We draw valuable insights to tackle real-world challenges, underscoring our dedication to creating more equitable and sustainable cities.
Background
This initiative will provide selected communities a unique opportunity to harness Lime's extensive datasets, such as detailed trip and safety analytics, and leverage expert guidance from Lime's transportation professionals and the League's Bicycle Friendly America team.
Deliverables
Lime will work with the selected communities to provide:
- Access to Lime's wide array of travel, safety, and survey data.
- Collaboration with Lime's in-house planning and research experts.
- A custom report and/or presentation.
The results will also be presented publicly during a webinar co-hosted by Lime and the League of American Bicyclists. Read last year’s “Lessons from Lime Data” report here and watch the webinar featuring the 2024 Mobility Insights Competition winners here!
Eligibility
The Mobility Insights Competition is open to U.S. communities that are both a Lime city (currently has Lime bicycles and/or scooters) as well as a Bicycle Friendly America (BFA℠) awardee or applicant.
Apply by April 18, 2025 at 5pm PT to be considered for the 2025 Mobility Insights Competition. Winners will be announced in May.
Contact [email protected] for any questions.
Meet the 2024 Lime Mobility Insights Competition Winners
The 2024 Mobility Insights Competition revealed the impact of bike infrastructure on ridership and safety in Washington, D.C., and Bloomington, Indiana.
Read last year's announcement to discover the key findings of the 2024 Mobility Insights Competition. Download the report, "Lessons from Lime Data: How Cities can use Shared Micromobility Data for Transportation Planning & Policy" and watch the full recording of the 2024 announcement webinar below.
Washington, DC
In Washington, DC, we found that riders strongly prefer bike lanes. Streets with new bike lanes saw a 2x greater increase in trips than streets without bike lanes. Bike lanes also have the capacity to enhance safety outcomes. The rate of rider reported safety incidents per trip fell by 39% between 2021 and 2024, while Lime trips on bike lanes increased by 38%. We also found that investing in parking corrals improves parking outcomes. In Washington, DC, we saw a 60% increase in parking compliance after installing parking corrals.
Bloomington, Indiana
In Bloomington, bike lanes are heavily used by our riders. Despite only 25% of street segments having bike infrastructure, nearly 60% of Lime trips occur on these lanes. We also found that protected bike lanes drive ridership. The installation of a protected bike lane resulted in a 100% increase in trips, over 5x the growth seen on streets without bike lanes. Lastly, we found that safety incidents are improving. Over time, we’ve seen a decrease in rider-reported safety incidents in Bloomington as we observed an increase in the percentage of trips on bike lanes.
