Hoppy Network Adds 120 New E-Bikes
The Government says 120 new e-bikes have been added to Gibraltar’s Hoppy network.
A statement from the Government follows below:
The Ministry of Transport welcomes the addition of 120 electric bicycles to the Hoppy shared mobility network in Gibraltar, representing the single largest expansion of shared micromobility since the scheme was introduced in 2023.
The addition brings the total shared fleet to 130 e-bikes and 150 e-scooters (280 shared vehicles in all) available to residents and visitors through the Hoppy app. Vehicles are picked up and returned at the 50 public designated bicycle and scooter parking bays now provided across Gibraltar. The expansion significantly increases the capacity of the network and broadens the range of journeys for which shared micromobility is a realistic alternative to the private car.
The Ministry for Transport has worked closely with Hoppy since 2023, including the identification of parking locations and the continued expansion of micromobility bays and hubs across Gibraltar. The Ministry will continue to support deployment, parking compliance and usage data as the fleet is introduced.
The expansion supports a number of established Government policy commitments:
• The Sustainable Traffic, Transport and Parking Plan (STTPP), which continues to promote sustainable travel.
• The Active Travel Strategy, which seeks to make walking and cycling the natural choice for short journeys in Gibraltar, supported by continued investment in cycle infrastructure and parking.
• The regulatory framework for micromobility, including the Personal Light Electric Transporters Act 2023 and the measures announced by Government in December 2025 to regulate rather than prohibit micromobility, ensuring that growth in this sector is safe and properly managed.
• Gibraltar's climate change commitments, including the decarbonisation of transport, which is being pursued in parallel through the introduction of electric buses, the electric Nature Reserve shuttle service, and support for cleaner vehicles across the public and private fleets.
• Road safety around schools and in pedestrian areas, with geofenced speed reduction, school slow-down and no-go zones giving Government a direct and adjustable means of managing where and how shared vehicles are used.
• Air quality and congestion reduction, with every journey shifted from a private vehicle to a shared e-bike contributing to lower emissions and reduced pressure on Gibraltar's limited road space and parking capacity.
A significant advantage of an app-based, operator-managed scheme of this kind is the ability to apply geofencing controls. Every vehicle in the Hoppy fleet can be managed remotely and in real time. This allows the operator, working with the Ministry, to impose reduced-speed zones in busier or more sensitive areas; slow-down zones outside schools and no-go zones in which vehicles will not operate at all, such as Main Street. Designated parking areas are likewise enforced through the app, with journeys unable to be completed outside them.
These controls are a practical road safety and public amenity tool. They mean that Hoppy can respond to specific local concerns as they arise without the need for physical infrastructure or additional enforcement resource, and they can be adjusted as patterns of use develop.
Government reminds all users of shared vehicles that they must ride responsibly and in accordance with the law. Riders must comply with the requirements of the Traffic Act, must not ride on pavements or in pedestrianised areas where prohibited, and must end their journeys only in designated parking areas so that footways remain clear and accessible for pedestrians, wheelchair users and those with reduced mobility.
CEO of Cycle It LTD and Fleet Manager for Hoppy Rakesh Chablani, said: “Shared e-bikes and e scooters are now part of the basic transport offering in almost every city and destination people travel to, and there is no reason Gibraltar should be the exception. With 280 shared vehicles and 50 parking bays, we are at the point where a resident can realistically choose a bike over a car for the commute, a trip into town or a run to the shops, and where a visitor can move around Gibraltar without adding another vehicle to our roads. That is the objective is to give people a clean, convenient option that is there when they need it.
“What makes this work is not simply the size of the fleet, but how it is managed. The Hoppy platform is best in class in this respect, and every vehicle is connected and controlled in real time. Speed is automatically restricted across Gibraltar and reduced further in sensitive zones, including outside our schools. In no-go areas such as Main Street the vehicles will not operate at all, slowing to a controlled stop and locking. Journeys cannot be ended outside a designated bay, and where a vehicle is left badly we can identify it and act on it quickly. These are not requests we make of our riders; they are guard rails built into the vehicle and enforced automatically.
“We are grateful to the Ministry of Transport for its support since 2023, and we will continue to work closely with Government to make sure this fleet grows in a way that is safe, well-parked and genuinely useful to Gibraltar.”
The Minister for Transport, the Hon Professor John Cortes MP, said: "I am delighted to see this significant expansion of shared mobility in Gibraltar. Adding 120 e-bikes to the network and bringing the shared fleet to 280 vehicles gives people a genuine, practical alternative to the car for the short journeys that make up so much of our daily traffic. This is exactly the direction of travel set out in our Sustainable Traffic, Transport and Parking Plan and our Active Travel Strategy, and it complements the wider work we are doing to clean up and modernise transport in Gibraltar. I am particularly pleased that the technology allows us to slow vehicles down outside our schools and keep them out of areas which are unsafe such as Main Street.”
