Mayor Brandon Johnson, the Chicago Department of Transportation, and Lyft introduced an ordinance to extend the city's Divvy bike-share contract through 2033. The five-year extension would expand the system and implement price freezes, discounts, and service improvements.
The extension includes a price freeze on annual memberships and a new 50% discount on non-member rides starting or ending in South and West Side neighborhoods covering 104 square miles of the city. Scooter pricing for members would be reduced, with caps placed on how much all prices can rise annually. The agreement would take effect in 2028, with pricing protections beginning in 2027.
The extension calls for thousands of additional e-bikes and scooters, including a new classic bike model with a cable lock and rear wheel immobilizer. The system would add 4,000 additional station docks. The Divvy Core Area would expand to include lakefront neighborhoods including Lakeview, Uptown, South Shore and Woodlawn.
Lyft has invested more than $60 million since 2019 to modernize and expand Divvy to all 50 wards. The system delivered a record 6.8 million rides in 2025 and reached back-to-back one-million-ride months in July and August 2026. The expansion is expected to add over 100 local union jobs through Lyft's operations subcontractor Shift Transit, which is unionized under Transport Workers Union Local 320.