Bird

aid: bird-rides
name: Bird
description: >-
  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.
type: Index
position: Provider
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
  - Micromobility
  - Shared Mobility
  - Electric Scooters
  - E-Scooters
  - E-Bikes
  - Bikeshare
  - Transportation
  - Urban Mobility
  - GBFS
  - General Bikeshare Feed Specification
  - Mobility Data Specification
  - MDS
  - Geofencing
  - Cities
  - Smart Cities
  - Fleet Management
  - Third Lane Mobility
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bird-rides/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-05-25'
modified: '2026-05-25'
specificationVersion: '0.20'
apis:
  - aid: bird-rides:bird-gbfs-api
    name: Bird GBFS Feed
    description: >-
      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}/gbfs.json that links to nine
      sub-feeds — system_information, vehicle_types, free_bike_status,
      station_information, station_status, geofencing_zones,
      system_pricing_plans, system_regions, and gbfs_versions — with a
      60-second TTL. As of this profile Bird publishes feeds for 88 cities
      across Austria, Belgium, Canada, Switzerland, Germany, Spain, Finland,
      France, Israel, Italy, Portugal, and the United States. The feeds are
      free to consume under the GBFS Data License Agreement at
      https://www.bird.co/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/GBFS-Data-License-Agreement-2018-09-25.pdf,
      and they expose real-time vehicle locations, battery levels, vehicle
      types (scooter and electric-assist bicycle), no-ride and no-parking
      geofencing polygons, pricing plans, and service regions for every Bird
      market.
    tags:
      - GBFS
      - Micromobility
      - Real-time
      - Geofencing
      - Vehicle Locations
    humanURL: https://github.com/MobilityData/gbfs
    baseURL: https://mds.bird.co/gbfs/v2/public/{city}
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://github.com/MobilityData/gbfs/blob/master/gbfs.md
      - type: Discovery
        url: https://mds.bird.co/gbfs/v2/public/los-angeles/gbfs.json
      - type: License
        url: https://www.bird.co/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/GBFS-Data-License-Agreement-2018-09-25.pdf
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: openapi/bird-gbfs-openapi.yml
      - type: JSONSchema
        url: json-schema/bird-vehicle-schema.json
      - type: JSONSchema
        url: json-schema/bird-system-information-schema.json
      - type: JSONSchema
        url: json-schema/bird-geofencing-zone-schema.json
      - type: JSONLD
        url: json-ld/bird-rides-context.jsonld
      - type: Examples
        url: examples/bird-system-information-example.json
      - type: Examples
        url: examples/bird-vehicle-types-example.json
      - type: Vocabulary
        url: vocabulary/bird-rides-vocabulary.yml
  - aid: bird-rides:bird-city-data-portal
    name: Bird City Data Portal
    description: >-
      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 surface. Access is granted to
      municipal staff and authorized researchers under a data-sharing
      agreement; credentials are requested directly from Bird's government
      partnerships team ([email protected]; [email protected] for EMEA). Bird
      markets this surface as the "in-depth APIs" that let cities analyze
      micromobility trends and measure infrastructure impact. The portal is
      not a public developer API and there is no published OpenAPI
      definition.
    tags:
      - Cities
      - Government
      - Municipal
      - MDS
      - Compliance
      - Trip Data
    humanURL: https://city-data.bird.co/login
    properties:
      - type: Portal
        url: https://city-data.bird.co/login
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://www.bird.co/cities
      - type: Contact
        url: mailto:[email protected]
      - type: Contact
        url: mailto:[email protected]
  - aid: bird-rides:bird-platform-operator
    name: Bird Platform (Fleet Operator)
    description: >-
      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 Bird consumer app, and a
      Bird-hosted real-time data dashboard with geospatial tooling, historic
      analytics, and GovTech compliance features. Vehicles are sold at cost
      with a minimum order of 50 units, and Bird charges a revenue-share
      service fee per ride. The platform is invitation / qualification based
      and does not publish a developer API surface — operators interact via
      the hosted dashboard.
    tags:
      - Fleet Operator
      - White Label
      - Dashboard
      - Operations
    humanURL: https://www.bird.co/platform
    properties:
      - type: Portal
        url: https://www.bird.co/platform
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://www.bird.co/us-fm
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://www.bird.co/us-op
  - aid: bird-rides:bird-mobile-app-api
    name: Bird Mobile App Backend (Unofficial)
    description: >-
      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. The surface
      is email + magic-link authentication, JWT access / refresh tokens
      (24-hour TTL), and endpoints for nearby vehicles, configuration, and
      ride lifecycle. The surface is reverse-engineered and documented in
      the community-maintained WoBike project but is NOT a sanctioned
      third-party API — there is no developer portal, no rate-limit
      documentation, no terms of service for programmatic use, and access
      can change without notice. Listed here for completeness and
      transparency, not as a recommended integration target.
    tags:
      - Mobile
      - Unofficial
      - Reverse Engineered
      - Consumer
    humanURL: https://github.com/ubahnverleih/WoBike/blob/master/Bird.md
    baseURL: https://api.birdapp.com
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://github.com/ubahnverleih/WoBike/blob/master/Bird.md
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://sharedmobility.github.io/Bird.html
common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.bird.co
  - type: Product
    url: https://three.bird.co
  - type: Product
    url: https://bikeshare.bird.co
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.bird.co/how
  - type: Map
    url: https://www.bird.co/map
  - type: Safety
    url: https://www.bird.co/safety
  - type: Sustainability
    url: https://www.bird.co/sustainability
  - type: Support
    url: https://help.bird.co
  - type: Cities
    url: https://www.bird.co/cities
  - type: Platform
    url: https://www.bird.co/platform
  - type: FleetManager
    url: https://www.bird.co/us-fm
  - type: OperatorPartner
    url: https://www.bird.co/us-op
  - type: About
    url: https://www.bird.co/about
  - type: Careers
    url: https://www.bird.co/careers
  - type: Contact
    url: https://www.bird.co/contact-us
  - type: Press
    url: https://www.bird.co/press
  - type: Blog
    url: https://www.bird.co/blog
  - type: InvestorRelations
    url: https://ir.bird.co
  - type: Terms
    url: https://www.bird.co/terms
  - type: Privacy
    url: https://www.bird.co/privacy
  - type: License
    url: https://www.bird.co/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/GBFS-Data-License-Agreement-2018-09-25.pdf
  - type: AppStore
    url: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/bird-be-free-enjoy-the-ride/id1260842311
  - type: PlayStore
    url: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=co.bird.android
  - type: GitHubOrganization
    url: https://github.com/birdrides
  - type: GitHubOrganization
    name: Third Lane Mobility (parent)
    url: https://github.com/thirdlanemobility
  - type: ParentCompany
    name: Third Lane Mobility, Inc.
    url: https://www.thirdlanemobility.com
  - type: SisterBrand
    name: Spin
    url: https://www.spin.app
  - type: Twitter
    url: https://twitter.com/birdride
  - type: Instagram
    url: https://www.instagram.com/bird
  - type: LinkedIn
    url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bird-rides
  - type: Wikipedia
    url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird_Global
  - type: Plans
    url: plans/bird-rides-plans-pricing.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/bird-rides-rate-limits.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: finops/bird-rides-finops.yml
  - type: Features
    data:
      - 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
    sources:
      - https://www.bird.co
      - https://www.bird.co/platform
      - https://www.bird.co/cities
      - https://www.bird.co/blog/bird-successfully-emerges-from-bankruptcy-as-a-stronger-company-and-will-operate-as-the-global-anchor-brand-of-newly-established-third-lane-mobility-inc/
      - https://github.com/MobilityData/gbfs/blob/master/systems.csv
      - https://mds.bird.co/gbfs/v2/public/los-angeles/gbfs.json
    updated: '2026-05-25'
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: [email protected]
    X: apievangelist
    url: https://apievangelist.com