Bike Share Programs

Take advantage of bike share programs to help you travel to, from and around campus and sign up for discounts exclusively for the UBC community.
Bike Share Programs

What’s Bike-Share? 

Bike share programs make public bikes available for shared use to individuals on a short-term basis. The bikes can be unlocked from one location and ridden to other convenient locations across campus, making bike share ideal for short, one-way trips.  

Getting to and from campus

Mobi

Mobi's bike share program (with e-bikes!) is now available on the Vancouver campus. Mobi bikes and e-bikes can be docked and undocked at any of Mobi's stations throughout UBC and the City of Vancouver. 

The first few Mobi stations were activated in November 2023. More stations will be introduced over the coming months, with a total of 11 on-campus stations anticipated by Fall 2024. 

Members of the UBC community also benefit from significant discounts on annual memberships to Mobi, which include an annual pass for unlimited 60-minute rides (Classic & E-bikes) for just $149. This offer is exclusively available to UBC staff, students, and faculty. The purchase of this pass also includes a free 365-Day Pass for HOPR. 

 See Mobi station locations in Vancouver

Get the UBC Pass from Mobi

Download a map of the planned Mobi station locations at UBC Vancouver

Getting around campus 

HOPR

To help you get around campus quicker, HOPR e-bikes are available across the academic campus and neighbourhood areas of campus.

Download the HOPR app on your phone to sign up and for the full list of locations on campus. Discounted HOPR passes are available for UBC students, staff, faculty and neighbourhood residents. 

Learn more: gohopr.com/ubc/

Off-Campus E-Scooter and E-Bike Share Programs

Shared E-Scooter and E-Bike programs across Metro Vancouver can be combined with transit as part of a commute to or from campus. The following service providers operate in municipalities that UBC students, staff and faculty may live or work in:

The City of Vancouver has a station-based bike share program operated by Mobi (fully integrated with UBC’s Mobi stations) and a shared e-scooter program operated by Lime (coming Sept 2024). More info can be found here.

Mobi currently offers a 50% discount on annual passes for UBC staff, students and faculty, including an e-bike inclusive pass for just $149/year.

Mobi also offers discounts to users who qualify through their Community Pass program.

Lime currently offers a 10% discount to staff, students and faculty who create an account with their UBC e-mail. Lime also offers discounts to users who qualify through their Lime Access program.

Evolve currently operates shared e-bikes at SFU Burnaby campus and in some areas of New Westminster. More info can be found here.

The City of Surrey currently has a shared e-bike program operated by Bird Canada. More info can be found here.

Bird offers a 10% discount for UBC Students who use the code UBCSURREY.

The City of Coquitlam has shared e-bikes and e-scooters operated by Lime and Neuron. More info can be found here.

Lime currently offers a 10% discount to staff, students and faculty who create an account with their UBC e-mail. 

Lime also offers discounts to users who qualify through their Lime Access program.

The three north shore municipalities of City of North Vancouver, District of North Vancouver and District of West Vancouver have a shared e-bike program operated by Lime. More info can be found here.

Lime currently offers a 10% discount to staff, students and faculty who create an account with their UBC e-mail. 

Lime also offers discounts to users who qualify through their Lime Access program.

Mobi bike share program, expansion to UBC Vancouver campus
Cycling to Campus Just Got Easier!
Find out more about Mobi's expansion to the Vancouver campus.
https://planning.ubc.ca/news/cycling-campus-just-got-easier