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Bird

Bird is a shared electric scooter and bike micromobility operator headquartered in Miami, Florida and operating as the global anchor brand of Third Lane Mobility, Inc. Founded in 2017 by Travis VanderZanden, Bird pioneered the dockless electric scooter category in Santa Monica, California and rapidly expanded to hundreds of cities across North America, Europe, and the Middle East. After overstating revenue, delisting from the NYSE in September 2023 (ticker BRDS), and filing Chapter 11 bankruptcy in December 2023, Bird emerged in April 2024 under the new private parent company Third Lane Mobility, Inc., which also owns the Spin brand acquired from TIER in September 2023. Bird operates the Bird Three e-scooter and a Bird Bikeshare service, plus the Bird Platform white-label program for independent fleet operators and a Cities partner program that ships "in-depth APIs" and operator dashboards to municipal partners. Bird publishes public General Bikeshare Feed Specification (GBFS) auto-discovery feeds at mds.bird.co for 88+ cities across 12 countries (AT, BE, CA, CH, DE, ES, FI, FR, IL, IT, PT, US), and operates a private city-data portal at city-data.bird.co for credentialed municipal API access. There is no public consumer / 3rd-party developer API or SDK — the consumer surface is the iOS and Android Bird apps, the Bird Three product site, and the Bikeshare site. The undocumented mobile backend at api.birdapp.com / api-auth.prod.birdapp.com is well-documented in the community WoBike project but is not officially sanctioned for third-party use.

4 APIs 15 Features
MicromobilityShared MobilityElectric ScootersE-ScootersE-BikesBikeshareTransportationUrban MobilityGBFSGeneral Bikeshare Feed SpecificationMobility Data SpecificationMDSGeofencingCitiesSmart CitiesFleet ManagementThird Lane Mobility

APIs

Bird GBFS Feed

Bird's public General Bikeshare Feed Specification (GBFS) v2.3 auto-discovery feeds. Each city has its own auto-discovery document at https://mds.bird.co/gbfs/v2/public/{city}/g...

Bird City Data Portal

Credentialed city / municipal data portal at https://city-data.bird.co providing partner cities with access to fleet, trip, and operational data feeds beyond the public GBFS sur...

Bird Platform (Fleet Operator)

Bird Platform is the white-label fleet operator program that lets independent local operators run a Bird-branded e-scooter service in their own market using Bird vehicles, the B...

Bird Mobile App Backend (Unofficial)

The undocumented mobile-app backend that powers the Bird iOS and Android consumer apps. Hosts include api.birdapp.com, api-auth.prod.birdapp.com, and api-bird.prod.birdapp.com. ...

Collections

Pricing Plans

Bird Rides Plans Pricing

4 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits

Bird Rides Rate Limits

0 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps

Features

Bird Three — flagship dockless electric scooter with swappable batteries, GPS, anti-theft and government-technology features
Bird Bikeshare — electric-assist pedal bike service with 60 km nominal range
Public GBFS v2.3 auto-discovery feeds for 88 cities across 12 countries (AT BE CA CH DE ES FI FR IL IT PT US)
GBFS sub-feeds — system_information, vehicle_types, free_bike_status, station_information, station_status, geofencing_zones, system_pricing_plans, system_regions, gbfs_versions
60-second TTL on real-time GBFS data with both v1.1 and v2.3 advertised in MobilityData systems.csv
City data portal at city-data.bird.co for credentialed municipal access to operational and trip data
Bird Platform — white-label fleet operator program with hosted dashboard, historical analytics, geospatial tools, and GovTech compliance features
Bird Cities partner program with custom dashboards and "in-depth APIs" for municipal trend analysis
Bird Community Pricing — 50% discount for qualifying low-income riders
Community Mode for resident issue reporting (improperly parked vehicles, hazards)
SMS unlock and cash payment options for unbanked / no-smartphone riders
In-app no-ride and no-parking geofencing enforced via GBFS geofencing_zones feed
iOS and Android consumer apps with magic-link email authentication
200,000+ vehicle fleet under Third Lane Mobility (Bird + Spin)
350+ city footprint across North America, Europe, Middle East, and Asia

Semantic Vocabularies

Bird Rides Context

20 classes · 8 properties

JSON-LD

Example Payloads

Bird Vehicle Types Example

4 fields

EXAMPLE

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opencollection: 1.0.0
info:
  name: Bird GBFS Feed
  version: 2.3.0
items:
- info:
    name: Discovery
    type: folder
  items:
  - info:
      name: Get GBFS Auto-Discovery
      type: http
    http:
      method: GET
      url: https://mds.bird.co/gbfs/v2/public/{city}/gbfs.json
    docs: Returns the GBFS auto-discovery document listing every sub-feed available for this Bird city, with URLs and feed
      names. Per GBFS v2.3, the response is wrapped in language-keyed feeds objects.
  - info:
      name: List GBFS Versions
      type: http
    http:
      method: GET
      url: https://mds.bird.co/gbfs/v2/public/{city}/gbfs_versions.json
    docs: Lists the GBFS specification versions supported by this Bird city feed.
- info:
    name: System
    type: folder
  items:
  - info:
      name: Get System Information
      type: http
    http:
      method: GET
      url: https://mds.bird.co/gbfs/v2/public/{city}/system_information.json
    docs: Returns identifying information about this Bird city deployment — system_id, name, operator, language, timezone,
      license_url, and the rental_apps discovery / store URIs for iOS and Android.
  - info:
      name: List System Regions
      type: http
    http:
      method: GET
      url: https://mds.bird.co/gbfs/v2/public/{city}/system_regions.json
    docs: Returns named regions / service-area subdivisions used by this Bird city deployment.
- info:
    name: Vehicles
    type: folder
  items:
  - info:
      name: List Vehicle Types
      type: http
    http:
      method: GET
      url: https://mds.bird.co/gbfs/v2/public/{city}/vehicle_types.json
    docs: Returns every vehicle type operating in this Bird city. Typical responses include an `electric` scooter (form_factor=scooter)
      and an `electric_assist` bicycle (form_factor=bicycle), each with a max_range_meters value.
  - info:
      name: List Free-Floating Vehicles
      type: http
    http:
      method: GET
      url: https://mds.bird.co/gbfs/v2/public/{city}/free_bike_status.json
    docs: Returns the real-time list of available free-floating Bird vehicles in this city. Each entry includes bike_id, lat,
      lon, is_reserved, is_disabled, vehicle_type_id, and current_range_meters / battery information. Updated every 60 seconds.
- info:
    name: Stations
    type: folder
  items:
  - info:
      name: List Station Information
      type: http
    http:
      method: GET
      url: https://mds.bird.co/gbfs/v2/public/{city}/station_information.json
    docs: Returns any docking or hub stations defined for this Bird city. Most Bird markets are free-floating, so the stations
      array is often empty.
  - info:
      name: Get Station Status
      type: http
    http:
      method: GET
      url: https://mds.bird.co/gbfs/v2/public/{city}/station_status.json
    docs: Returns the real-time vehicle counts at each station defined in station_information.json. Free-floating Bird markets
      return an empty stations array.
- info:
    name: Geofencing
    type: folder
  items:
  - info:
      name: Get Geofencing Zones
      type: http
    http:
      method: GET
      url: https://mds.bird.co/gbfs/v2/public/{city}/geofencing_zones.json
    docs: Returns the GeoJSON FeatureCollection of no-ride, no-parking, and reduced-speed zones enforced by the Bird app for
      this city.
- info:
    name: Pricing
    type: folder
  items:
  - info:
      name: List System Pricing Plans
      type: http
    http:
      method: GET
      url: https://mds.bird.co/gbfs/v2/public/{city}/system_pricing_plans.json
    docs: Returns the rider-facing pricing plans for this Bird city. Many Bird feeds return an empty plans array — pricing
      is set in-app and per-market.
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