Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouli attended Thursday the inauguration of phase one of the “Cairo Bike Project” in the streets of Downtown Cairo.

Cairo will be the pioneer in implementing this project, as this system is the first of its kind in Egypt, given that previous experiences were limited to closed urban communities or in other narrow areas.

Cairo Governor Khaled Abdel Aal was present and a number of officials and international development partners.

The Cairo Bike Project, which aims to reduce harmful gas emissions, was launched ahead of the 27th UN Conference of Parties on Climate Change (COP27) that will be held in Sharm El-Sheikh this November.

The governorate inaugurated the project by setting up five stops for the pilot operation at Tahrir, Mohamed Farid, and Abdel-Moneim Riyad Squares, in addition to El-Falaki and Abdel-Khaleq Tharwat Streets in Downtown Cairo, according to a statement.

The first phase of the project includes 250 bicycles distributed across 26 stations.

Users can rent a bike for EGP 1/hour and EGP 8 for the whole day through a mobile application or with prepaid cards. All bikes are fitted with a GPS tracker.

It is a project that aims to encourage and promote the use of bicycles as an alternative means of transportation. It is also the first bike-sharing system to be implemented by the government in Egypt.

The project depends on the presence of a large network of points where bikes are available for public use through the mobile application.

Source: State Information Service Egypt