Why drive when you can ride?
Over 55% of Bolt users say they don’t need a car in the city. Find out why riding is the new driving.
Driving
is pulling up to the wrong side of the petrol pump for the third time this week. • It’s a check engine light blinking for no reason and hearing your mechanic say that no reason costs one thousand. • It’s back aches. Neck pains. The unbearable numbness of butt cheeks. • It’s buying a car that goes from 0 to 100 in 6.4 seconds but crawling at 5 kilometres an hour for the next 30 minutes. • It’s a dent. A scratch. Bumper to bumper to bumper to bump-bump. • It’s wiping pigeon excrements off your windshield. • It’s running out of wiper fluid, so now you’re smudging pigeon excrements on your windshield. • It’s finding out the hard way that pigeons move in flocks. • It’s road rage. Obscenities. Profanities you didn’t know existed until you invented them. • It’s screaming at that blatspangled trizzlecrunker who cut you off only to realise that he’s a sweet old grandpa driving his grandson to football practice. • It’s seeing grandma wave at you from the backseat and feeling bad for calling her husband a trizzlecrunker. • It’s circling for a parking spot — when you really need to use the bathroom. • It’s parallel parking into a tight corner with three cars behind you and a group of spectators ready to make you go viral on TikTok — when you really, really need to use the bathroom. • It’s dropping your house keys in that godforsaken crevice between the driver’s seat and the handbrake and dislocating your shoulder as you try to pull them out with the determination of a madman — because you absolutely, positively, need to use the bathroooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Riding
is none of those things.
Riding gives you the benefits of driving without the hassle that comes with it. From ride-hailing to scooters, e-bikes, and car-sharing — we’re here to show you that riding is the new driving.
Riding is the new driving
Download the Bolt app and start riding at the tap of a button.
Products and features vary by country. Open your Bolt app to start riding.
Ride-hailing
While others are strangling their steering wheels, you’re stretching out in the backseat. Relaxed, productive, or doing nothing at all.
Why waste time when you can ride?
The average driver in London wastes 101 hours a year in traffic. In Paris, it’s 97. In Dublin, 81, and in Warsaw, 70*.
Inrix, 2024 Global Traffic Scorecard
Scooters
While others are growing old in rush-hour, you’re breezing past and enjoying the fresh air. Fast, free, and in control.
Why stress when you can ride?
54% of drivers swear at each other, 46% honk excessively, and 31% tailgate those who annoy them*.
Statista, Incivility of driving offenses by Europeans
E-bikes
While others are yelling at their dashboard, you’re cruising through the city with a smile on your face. No sweat, no noise, no stress.
Why pay when you can save?
The average monthly cost of leasing and operating a car is around €1,090*. That’s €13,080 per year that you could be spending on something else.
Ayvens’ 2025 Car Cost Index
Car-sharing
While others are trying to fix their serpentine belt for the third time this year, you rent a car whenever you need it. No maintenance, no bills, no hassle.
