Capital Bikeshare’s parent company, Motivate, was bought by Lyft last year.

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Capital Bikeshare bicycles can now be rented through the Lyft app, as the company continues to expand its offerings beyond regular ridehailing services.

D.C. is the among the first cities in the country where bike rental has been integrated into its app (New York and San Francisco also have the capability).

Lyft acquired Motivate, the parent company of Capital Bikeshare and a number of other major bikesharing systems around the country, last year. At the time, Motivate’s executive chairman pledged that the integration of the services would “bring tremendous new resources and energy to making sure that bikeshare plays a fundamental role in the new urban mobility.”

Although it is one of the oldest bikesharing systems in the country, Capital Bikeshare only got a dedicated app in 2017—users made do with unofficial services for years. Lyft says that app isn’t changing or going away.

But now, new riders can also rent a bike directly from the Lyft app, even if they haven’t gotten around to registering with Bikeshare yet. The cost remains the same ($2 for a single trip), and you can use your Lyft account to pay for it. Capital Bikeshare members can also link their memberships in the app. From there, users scan their phones to unlock a bike.

For now, they’re all regular pedal-pushing rides. Capital Bikeshare pulled its electric bikes off the roads in April due to a braking issue. The company is aiming to bring them back in the fall.

It’s all part of a rapidly shifting urban transportation landscape, particularly as the city sees the addition of thousands of new dockless bikes and scooters to the roads and Uber and Lyft jockey to become the one-stop-shop for urban transportation needs.

Uber owns electric bike company Jump and has invested in scooter company Lime. Riders in D.C. can rent both bikes and scooters through the Uber app, or call a local taxi.

Lyft, meanwhile, rolled out electric scooters last year, and the app shares real-time information about Metro lines and bus routes, along with the D.C. Circulator and a number of other regional public transit services. And WMATA is testing out a pilot program to give late-night workers a $3 discount on shared Lyft rides.

Anyway, here’s how Capital Bikeshare appears in the app:

Previously:
Metro Is Testing Lyft Subsidies As A Fix For Workers Struggling With Late-Night Service Cuts
Lyft App Now Shows Real-Time Metro And Bus Information
Lyft Is The Latest Company To Roll Out Electric Scooters In D.C.

This story has been updated to clarify that Capital Bikeshare memberships can be linked to the app.