Solution · Cycle lockers & shared cycle stores

Security and efficient management for Bike & Ride, company bikes and hire bikes

Smart cycle lockers and control for shared cycle stores from book-n-use: our digital management with its booking and reservation system ensures efficient use of every kind of space. The integrated access control also keeps spaces free at exactly the right time – whether for Bike & Ride at railway stations, in company car parks or in cycle stores for bike sharing. Thanks to established hardware partners such as mauser, we can supply complete systems from a single source – stylish & secure, digital & future-proof.

Your benefits

Your benefits with smart cycle lockers

Secure storage for expensive bikes

The proven designs of our metalwork partners reliably protect bikes from wind, weather and vandals.

Satisfied cyclists thanks to digital operation

Whether with a keypad or a smartphone as the “open sesame”: convenient round-the-clock operation of the cycle lockers keeps users happy.

Efficient reservation management for bike sharing

The booking system in our web app ensures optimum utilisation – users can reserve a cycle locker or bike conveniently at any time.

A sharing system that grows with demand

From lockers for cycle helmets to system boxes for sports equipment – scalability is key for sharing and hire.

Future-proof management through an easy-to-use web app

Multi-tenant and GDPR-compliant, our web app offers flexible sharing and reservation management for the mobility of tomorrow.

Options from refinancing to retrofitting

Whether it is a payment model for refinancing, retrofitting or parking control: book-n-use can be extended in every direction.

Smart cycle lockers from €1,999*

Prices for shared cycle stores & car park management on request. With options for payment models for refinancing, integration of lockers, retrofitting of existing systems, parking management integration and integration into existing management software.
*including technology for digital control, plus VAT, setup & service

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Case studies

Case studies

Project team with electric cargo bikes at the launch of cargo bike sharing at Lichtwiese
Cargo bike sharing at Lichtwiese
Customer: Technische Universität Darmstadt / DELTA (Darmstadt Energy Lab for Technologies in Application)
The book-n-use solution: On TU Darmstadt’s Lichtwiese campus, the mobility hub of the future is taking shape in cooperation with the City of Darmstadt and DELTA. The latest project, “Radgeber”, makes it easy to hire electric cargo bikes. Access control for the bike containers and reservation management for the cargo bikes are handled by book-n-use – digitally and automatically. Booking and unlocking on site are customer-friendly, using the cargo bike user’s own smartphone.
Covered Bike & Ride cycle store with bike racks at a railway station in Schleswig-Holstein
Bike & Ride for Schleswig-Holstein
Customer: Nahverkehrsverbund Schleswig-Holstein GmbH (NAH.SH), the regional public transport association
The book-n-use solution: Access systems for shared cycle stores in selected municipalities will in future be run through book-n-use. We supply the hardware and software and handle the financial and organisational side of the rentals (including the payment model). The facilities are in place at stations such as Tornesch and Ulzburg, and “our” Bike & Ride is about to go live in further municipalities.
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FAQs

Frequently asked questions about using book-n-use for bikes

Each of our cycle lockers has digital access control that is connected both to the lock of the locker and to our multi-tenant web portal. Permissions and user groups are set in the web portal, and each user books the times they want to store their bike through “their” link. On site, users unlock their cycle locker with their own smartphone, and the locker’s lock opens under digital control.

With book-n-use, the owner of a company or lease bike enjoys the convenience of a cycle locker that is guaranteed to be kept free and protects their valuable bike from wind, weather and vandals. They can also reserve time slots and operate the cycle locker themselves. For your company, the benefits are obvious: a secure cycle locker as an employee benefit increases staff satisfaction. In companies with partial or flexible home working in particular, costs are also saved because easily managed sharing reduces the number of bike spaces needed and the space they take up. The simple digital management runs largely automatically, and combined with book-n-use parking management, a complete parking concept with access control is easy to put in place. Our web portal also provides valuable, GDPR-compliant analytics for your corporate mobility management.

The standard equipment of our cycle lockers can be extended at any time with further components such as e-bike charging points. And of course any locker size is possible (at extra cost), e.g. for cargo bikes. Our cycle lockers are made in Germany, so they can be equipped to your exact requirements even at short notice.

Shared cycle stores are a cost-effective way to keep valuable bikes secure – in a company car park or at a mobility hub, such as a railway station with an attached commuter car park and cycle parking. We take care of access control and management with our hardware and software, but we do not build the shared cycle stores ourselves. Existing facilities can of course also be retrofitted to make them future-proof. book-n-use works in a similar way for car parks used flexibly: management and access control for all modes of transport are handled through our web portal, and on site our hardware controls the locking mechanisms of roller doors, barriers, doors, etc.

Setting up our smart cycle lockers covers hardware and software: delivery of the cycle lockers (but not assembly) and installation and wiring of the required control units. Any foundation work and the provision of power supplies are not included. On the software side, you are given access to our web portal; the effort here varies depending on the solution you want and how it is integrated into existing systems, administrative processes or operator apps (one example is the myAudi app). Service includes operating the web portal and the control units needed on site – for example, the independent internet connection that links them to the web portal. Expert monitoring is also part of the service.

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