# ToBike > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/ToBike > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/ToBike.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ToBike > Source revision: 1292555777 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Bicycle-sharing system in Turin, Italy This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "ToBike" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (June 2012) (Learn how and when to remove this message) [TO]Bike Overview Locale Turin, Italy Transit type Bicycle-sharing system Number of stations 128 active (+76 planned & confirmed) Website tobike.it Operation Began operation 5 June 2010; 16 years ago (2010-06-05) Ended operation 13 February 2023; 3 years ago (2023-02-13) Operator(s) ToBike, Comunicare s.p.a. Number of vehicles 600 active (1300 planned & confirmed) **[TO]Bike** was the [bicycle-sharing system](/source/Bicycle-sharing_system) of the city of [Turin](/source/Turin). Planned between 2008 and 2009, it was operational from 2010 to 2023. ## Service The service was operational 24 hours a day every day of the year. It was based on the [Bicincittà](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bicincitt%C3%A0&action=edit&redlink=1) system: every station was formed from 8 to 20 terminals (or more). Each terminal was in a small metallic column with an RFID reader interface on top. This included two LEDs: a green one for normal operation ad a red one to indicate malfunction or errors while reading users' cards. A complementary piezo speaker acted with the LEDs to indicate the correct or incorrect reading of the user's code. The user approached the terminal with their personal card, which mechanically releases the bike. From that moment the bike is available for a period of 30 minutes. All the terminals are connected together to create a network which allowed the user and service administration to locate the stations where the bike has been withdrawn (every bike is equipped with its own RFID chip). The service was completed by a web platform, from which the user could check their credit, renew their subscription and keep track of all the trips made and the number of bikes used. The system was also linked with the [BiciInComune](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=BiciInComune&action=edit&redlink=1) services, operational in the near cities of [Alpignano](/source/Alpignano), [Druento](/source/Druento), [Rivoli](/source/Rivoli%2C_Piedmont), [Collegno](/source/Collegno), [Grugliasco](/source/Grugliasco) and [Venaria Reale](/source/Venaria_Reale) all operated with the Bicincittà technology too. In this way, you can catch a bike in the center of Turin and put down in every station of that cities. ## Bikes The bikes adopted by the ToBike services were low-profile women's model citybikes. The livery was inspired by the official colors of the city with yellow main frame and blue large stickers for the ToBike logo. Equipment included a 7-speed chain transmission, front and rear lights powered by a dynamo installed on the front wheel hub, and a metallic basket on the handlebar and a bell. On the left side of the junction between the handlebar and frame was the cylindrical locking joint that contains the identifying RFID chip and allows locking it to the terminal. The wheels were made of [aluminium alloy](/source/Aluminium_alloy) on which reinforced tires are mounted. ## Rates The annual cost of the service was of €25, with a preventive €5 addition in order to create a credit on the user's account. In case the user exceeded from the 30' canonic time for a single use of a bike, the service applied fines and automatically scaled sums from that credit. A €5 global insurance against damages to third parties was also offered optionally. The offer also included daily and weekly subscriptions. ## Stations and further development ToBike system consists of a growing number of bikes and 176 stations among operational, under construction ones and planned ones. Joining the 28 stations of [Alpignano](/source/Alpignano), [Druento](/source/Druento), [Rivoli](/source/Rivoli%2C_Piedmont), [Collegno](/source/Collegno), [Grugliasco](/source/Grugliasco) and [Venaria Reale](/source/Venaria_Reale) the number of stations reached 204. ToBike ceased operations in February 2023.[1] ## See also - [List of bicycle-sharing systems](/source/List_of_bicycle-sharing_systems) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** D'arcangelo, Asja (26 January 2023). ["ToBike: Torino dovrà dire addio alle sue biciclette gialle"](https://mole24.it/2023/01/26/tobike-torino-dovra-dire-addio-alle-sue-biciclette-gialle/). *Mole24* (in Italian). Retrieved 1 January 2025. ## External links - [Official website](https://www.tobike.it/) v t e Bicycle-sharing systems List of bicycle-sharing systems Asia East Asia Anywheel (Singapore) CityBike (Kaohsiung, Taiwan) Ddareungi (Seoul, South Korea) Gobee.bike (Hong Kong) Hoba Bike (Hong Kong) Ketch' Up Bike (Hong Kong) Hangzhou Public Bicycle (Hangzhou, China) LinkBike (George Town, Penang, Malaysia) LocoBike (Hong Kong) Mobike (China and Singapore) Moov Technology (Singapore) SG Bike (Singapore) YouBike (Taiwan and China) South Asia JoBike (Bangladesh) Tiruchirappalli Bicycle Share (India) West Asia Antbis (Antalya) Bdood (Tehran, Shiraz) Bisim (İzmir) Cyacle Bikeshare (Abu Dhabi) Esbis (Eskişehir) İsbike (Istanbul) Kaybis (Kayseri) Kobis (Kocaeli) Sambis (Samsun) Tel-O-Fun (Tel Aviv) Central Asia Astana Bike (Astana, Kazakhstan) Europe in multiple countries: nextbike Donkey Republic Lime Bolt Rekola (Czech Republic, Slovakia and Estonia) countrywide: Call a Bike (Germany) OV-fiets (Netherlands) Beryl Bikes (United Kingdom) in one city: Aarhus City Bikes Belfast Bikes BicikeLJ (Ljubljana) BiciMAD (Madrid) Bicimia (Brescia) Bicing (Barcelona) BikeMi (Milan) BuBi (Budapest) Bycyklen (Copenhagen) Dublinbikes Helsinki City Bikes Forest (bike share) (London) İsbike (Istanbul) Mevo (Tricity) Oslo Bysykkel Santander Cycles (London) Sevici (Seville) Stockholm City Bikes Styr & Ställ (Gothenburg) Valenbisi (Valencia) Vélib' Métropole (Paris region) Vélivert (Saint-Étienne) Vélo'v (Lyon) Velobike (Moscow) Vélopop' (Avignon) Veturilo (Warsaw) Villo! 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