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MVG Rad Bike-Share

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Munich's bike-share didn't fail — it reached the end of its contract. What followed was a gap of months, a procurement challenge and a council motion to cancel the successor outright.

Outcome🎯 Succeeded
Evidence📰 Media
what does this mean?The strongest source is press reporting; no primary evaluation was located. It grades who did the looking — not how well the project went. All four grades →
Run byMünchner Verkehrsgesellschaft (MVG)
Scale🗺️ Regional

Part of 1001 Smart Cities — 1,167 documented projects · 🏙️ 6 more in Munich · 🚲 Cycling guide · 🚲 Mobility projects

Munich transit operator MVG ran a station-based bike-share from 9 October 2015 until its ten-year term ended on 30 September 2025. It opened with 600 bikes at 24 stations; by late 2020 it had about 4,400, roughly 3,200 of them in the city and 1,200 in the surrounding districts, at around 300 stations reaching the Munich and Starnberg districts and Poing. Riders found and unlocked them through MVG more and later the MVGO app. The system was MVG's, but the operation was nextbike's under a contract — and when that contract ran out, the successor had to be procured in the open.

Completed 📅 2015–2025

📊 Impact

By November 2020 the system had passed two million rentals, with up to 7,000 a day, an average hire of 15 to 20 minutes and its busiest stations at Münchner Freiheit and the two big universities; students and commuters were the main users, and 125 further stations were being planned with the city and the Landkreis sharing the cost. The public money behind it stayed contested to the end: in a motion of 21 August 2025 the CSU and Freie Wähler group on the city council asked the mobility department to stop the successor system outright, putting its cost at up to 6.7 million euros a year against private operators in Munich that take no public money.

🎓 Lesson

A system can end on time and still leave its city without one. MVG Rad closed on schedule after ten years because that is what the contract said, but the replacement did not open until 7 May 2026: a losing bidder challenged the award, first in a review procedure and then before the BayObLG, and the city gives that as the reason there could be no seamless handover. The succession was not politically safe either — a council group had moved to cancel it altogether on cost grounds. What eventually opened was not MVG's system rebuilt but a regional one, run by nextbike for Munich and 36 neighbouring municipalities.

🚲 MobilityCyclingShared mobility

Sources

↗ MVG Rad — münchenwikiCommunity reference work: launch on 9 October 2015 with 600 bikes at 24 stations, later around 4,500 bikes at 300 stations across Munich and the districts of Munich and Starnberg and Poing, bikes weighing 23.4 kg, the nextbike GmbH operating contract expiring in 2025, and the council motion to scrap the successor.
↗ Wochenanzeiger — MVG Rad passes two million rentalsPublished 6 November 2020Regional press on the two-millionth rental: 4,400 bikes in total, about 3,200 in the city and 1,200 in the surrounding area, 125 further stations being planned with the city and the Landkreis sharing the cost, up to 7,000 rentals a day, average hire 15 to 20 minutes, busiest stations Münchner Freiheit, the university and TU München.
↗ MVG Rad: Betrieb endet im September 2025 — München unterwegsCity of Munich mobility department: MVG Rad reached the planned end of its ten-year term on 30 September 2025, and the handover to MyRadl could not be seamless because a losing bidder brought a review procedure and then a complaint before the BayObLG.
↗ MyRadl launches 7 May 2026 — MVV press releaseMVV advisory: MyRadl opens 7 May 2026 across Munich and 36 surrounding towns and municipalities, operated by nextbike after a Europe-wide tender.
↗ Rathaus-Umschau — motion "Haushalt konsolidieren – Nachfolge MVG Rad stoppen"Published 21 August 2025The city's official bulletin of 21 August 2025 lists the motion 'Haushalt konsolidieren – Nachfolge MVG Rad stoppen' from members of the CSU with FREIE WÄHLER council group.
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↗ CSU/Freie Wähler group on the Munich city council — text of the motionPublished 21 August 2025Text of the motion as published by the council group: it asks the mobility department to stop the introduction of a successor system, citing a projected cost of up to 6.7 million euros a year (council paper 20-26/V 10861) and private providers in Munich that manage without public funds.

📅 How old is the evidence?

Two clocks, kept apart: when this entry’s sources were published, and what has happened to its record in the atlas. Documented span: 2015–2025. 3 of 6 sources carry a publication date, from 6 November 2020 to 21 August 2025.

When the sources were published

  1. Münchner Wochenanzeiger · pressWochenanzeiger — MVG Rad passes two million rentals
  2. Landeshauptstadt München (Rathaus-Umschau) · city governmentRathaus-Umschau — motion "Haushalt konsolidieren – Nachfolge MVG Rad stoppen"
  3. CSU-Fraktion im Münchner Stadtrat · city councilCSU/Freie Wähler group on the Munich city council — text of the motion

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Claim 1 clm-f819f80c31967a02 quantitative
from 9 October 2015 until its ten-year term ended on 30 September 2025
Published field
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Mapping
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What the mapping says
The community reference gives the start as 9 October 2015 and states the system was to be replaced after 30 September 2025; the city mobility department writes that after ten years MVG Rad reached the planned end of its term on that date.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. MVG Rad — münchenwiki
  2. MVG Rad: Betrieb endet im September 2025 — München unterwegs
Claim 2 clm-59390f65b00a8d50 quantitative
It opened with 600 bikes at 24 stations
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snippet · verbatim
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What the mapping says
The community reference states that at the start there were 600 rental bikes at 24 stations across the city.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. MVG Rad — münchenwiki
Claim 3 clm-0fc12f2da52eb56a quantitative
by late 2020 it had about 4,400, roughly 3,200 of them in the city and 1,200 in the surrounding districts
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snippet · verbatim
Mapping
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What the mapping says
The November 2020 report states that of 4,400 bikes in total, around 3,200 were available in the city and 1,200 in the surrounding area.
Caveat
A November 2020 snapshot, not a closing count; the community reference later gives around 4,500 bikes.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Wochenanzeiger — MVG Rad passes two million rentals
Claim 4 clm-bb8c6a2e15d977ec quantitative
at around 300 stations reaching the Munich and Starnberg districts and Poing
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snippet · verbatim
Mapping
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What the mapping says
The community reference states that the bikes were available in Munich and in the districts of Munich and Starnberg and in Poing, at what had grown to 300 rental stations.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. MVG Rad — münchenwiki
Claim 5 clm-54b950fa36e49941 descriptive
the operation was nextbike's under a contract — and when that contract ran out, the successor had to be procured in the open
Published field
snippet · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this passport
What the mapping says
The community reference states that the contract between the service provider Nextbike GmbH and MVG expired in 2025; the MVV advisory states that nextbike GmbH won the operation of the successor system in a Europe-wide tender.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. MVG Rad — münchenwiki
  2. MyRadl launches 7 May 2026 — MVV press release
Claim 6 clm-69d76c87d083ad02 quantitative
By November 2020 the system had passed two million rentals, with up to 7,000 a day, an average hire of 15 to 20 minutes and its busiest stations at Münchner Freiheit and the two big universities
Published field
impact · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this passport
What the mapping says
The November 2020 report announces the two-millionth rental and states that up to 7,000 rentals take place per day, that the average hire lasts 15 to 20 minutes, and that the most popular stations are at Münchner Freiheit, the university and TU München.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Wochenanzeiger — MVG Rad passes two million rentals
Claim 7 clm-d81466f8392701cf quantitative
125 further stations were being planned with the city and the Landkreis sharing the cost
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impact · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this passport
What the mapping says
The same report states that planning was under way for 125 further stations and that the expansion in city and county was carried out in cooperation with, and with financial participation by, the city of Munich and the Landkreis München.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Wochenanzeiger — MVG Rad passes two million rentals
Claim 8 clm-f109c3763a07722c quantitative
in a motion of 21 August 2025 the CSU and Freie Wähler group on the city council asked the mobility department to stop the successor system outright, putting its cost at up to 6.7 million euros a year against private operators in Munich that take no public money
Published field
impact · verbatim
Mapping
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What the mapping says
The motion published by the council group asks the mobility department to stop the introduction of a successor system to MVG Rad, giving as its reason that the successor is to cost up to 6.7 million euros a year while a number of private providers in Munich manage without public money; the city's official bulletin of 21 August 2025 lists the motion under that title.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. CSU/Freie Wähler group on the Munich city council — text of the motion
  2. Rathaus-Umschau — motion "Haushalt konsolidieren – Nachfolge MVG Rad stoppen"
Claim 9 clm-789af4b39bd76f6f quantitative
the replacement did not open until 7 May 2026: a losing bidder challenged the award, first in a review procedure and then before the BayObLG, and the city gives that as the reason there could be no seamless handover
Published field
lesson · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this passport
What the mapping says
The city mobility department states that the intended seamless handover could not be realised because of a review procedure and a subsequent complaint to the BayObLG by an unsuccessful bidder; the MVV advisory dates the MyRadl launch to 7 May 2026.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. MVG Rad: Betrieb endet im September 2025 — München unterwegs
  2. MyRadl launches 7 May 2026 — MVV press release
Claim 10 clm-53310ab57958ffa5 quantitative
What eventually opened was not MVG's system rebuilt but a regional one, run by nextbike for Munich and 36 neighbouring municipalities
Published field
lesson · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this passport
What the mapping says
The MVV advisory describes MyRadl as covering Munich and 36 surrounding towns and municipalities, with nextbike GmbH awarded operation and local system management after a Europe-wide tender.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. MyRadl launches 7 May 2026 — MVV press release
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Governance facts carried by the record

Operator
Münchner Verkehrsgesellschaft (MVG)
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utility
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utility
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6 source dossiers

MVG Rad — münchenwiki muenchenwiki.de · 4 linked claims

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Community reference work: launch on 9 October 2015 with 600 bikes at 24 stations, later around 4,500 bikes at 300 stations across Munich and the districts of Munich and Starnberg and Poing, bikes weighing 23.4 kg, the nextbike GmbH operating contract expiring in 2025, and the council motion to scrap the successor.

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Wochenanzeiger — MVG Rad passes two million rentals wochenanzeiger.de · 3 linked claims

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Name not classified · wochenanzeiger.de
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2020-11-06
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2026-08-27
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2026-08-28
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Open the recorded source note

Regional press on the two-millionth rental: 4,400 bikes in total, about 3,200 in the city and 1,200 in the surrounding area, 125 further stations being planned with the city and the Landkreis sharing the cost, up to 7,000 rentals a day, average hire 15 to 20 minutes, busiest stations Münchner Freiheit, the university and TU München.

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MVG Rad: Betrieb endet im September 2025 — München unterwegs muenchenunterwegs.de · 2 linked claims

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City of Munich mobility department: MVG Rad reached the planned end of its ten-year term on 30 September 2025, and the handover to MyRadl could not be seamless because a losing bidder brought a review procedure and then a complaint before the BayObLG.

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MyRadl launches 7 May 2026 — MVV press release mvv-muenchen.de · 3 linked claims

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MVV advisory: MyRadl opens 7 May 2026 across Munich and 36 surrounding towns and municipalities, operated by nextbike after a Europe-wide tender.

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Claims linked
Rathaus-Umschau — motion "Haushalt konsolidieren – Nachfolge MVG Rad stoppen" ru.muenchen.de · 1 linked claim

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2025-08-21
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The city's official bulletin of 21 August 2025 lists the motion 'Haushalt konsolidieren – Nachfolge MVG Rad stoppen' from members of the CSU with FREIE WÄHLER council group.

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CSU/Freie Wähler group on the Munich city council — text of the motion csu-stadtrat-muenchen.de · 1 linked claim

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2026-08-27
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2026-08-28
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Locator
Open the recorded source note

Text of the motion as published by the council group: it asks the mobility department to stop the introduction of a successor system, citing a projected cost of up to 6.7 million euros a year (council paper 20-26/V 10861) and private providers in Munich that manage without public funds.

Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
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1001 Smart Cities (2026). “MVG Rad Bike-Share” — Munich, Germany. The Smart City Atlas. https://1001smartcities.org/projects/munich-mvg-rad-bikeshare/ (last verified 2026-08-27). Data: CC BY 4.0.

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