Bay Wheels

Lyft, Inc.

About this app

Bay Wheels is the Bay Area’s premier bikeshare system, and one of the largest in the nation. Get access to thousands of bikes and see public transit schedules around you in San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley, Emeryville, and San Jose. Best of all, it’s available 24/7.

Bay Wheels consists of a fleet of specially-designed, sturdy, and durable electric bikes that can be accessed throughout the Bay Area, as well as classic bikes that are locked into a network of docking stations in Bay Area cities. Our bikes can be unlocked from one station and returned to any other station in the system, making them ideal for one-way trips. Bikeshare is a greener, healthier way to get around — whether you’re commuting, running errands, meeting friends, or exploring in a new city.

The Bay wheels App gives you access to thousands of bikes in your area — unlock and pay directly from the app and get going. You can also get walking directions and see public transit schedules to help you easily get to bike stations.

The Bay Wheels App also shows upcoming public transit departures, including BART trains, Caltrain rail lines, the Tamien-San Jose shuttle, MUNI buses, MUNI Metro light rail, MUNI cable cars, MUNI trolleys, AC Transit Local & Transbay buses, VTA light rail, VTA Local buses, VTA Rapid buses, VTA Express buses, VTA ACE shuttles, Golden Gate Ferries, Sonoma County Buses, Sonoma County connectors & shuttles, SF Bay Ferries, the Angel Isl. Tiburon Ferry, the SMART train, Marin Transit buses, SamTrans Local & Express buses, Stanford Marguerite buses and the SFO Airtrain.

Within the app, you can purchase the following:
Single Ride
Access Pass
Membership

Happy riding!

Ratings and reviews

Bike angels points change relative to zoom levels of the map. Either background refresh is not working, or there are two datasets displayed depending on the zoom level. Unrelated tip: add road height as darkness of route color to easily differentiate easy to pedal routes (non electric) vs hard to pedal routes (that would benefit of electric). Should increase usage of non electric bikes. Should also provide data to you guys to know what stations need what kinds of bikes.

It was fine until the company removed all phone numbers from the app and forced us to use contact forms. They never respond with anything other than an auto reply. I was nearly hit by a car and when I called (this was before they removed the phone numbers) they left me on hold for nearly 30 minutes. They have also recently jacked prices without any specifics, leading to my auto renewal conveniently being processed just too soon for me to cancel without losing my money. Caveat emptor.

Will never use again. Needed to get across town and one of these bikes seemed like a good option. There were a few stations near my destination and $3 seemed very reasonable. Well the app wouldnt work on my phone so i had to pay $10 at the booth. When i got to my destination all of the nearby stations were full and the closet station with an open spot was nearly back where i started. Save yourself time, money, and headache and take a bus.

What's new

Thanks for using Bay Wheels! We update our app regularly to make your bike rides even better. Every update of the Bay Wheels app includes improvements in speed and reliability. As new features are released, we'll highlight them in the app.

Here is what you can find in our latest update:
- Bug fixes and performance improvements