Milan's bike sharing service is expanding its offer to families: Junior BikeMi will allow even the youngest riders to cycle alongside their parents on small bicycles made available by the city council and Atm, the public transport company.

Adults who use the service will thus be able, with the same subscription, to pick up a bike for themselves and one for their little riding companions from the 11 specially equipped stations. Up to three children per accompanying adult, the children must be between six and ten years old and must not weigh more than 40 kilograms.

Good habits start in childhood

Keen bike sharing users will therefore be able to bring children along on their daily journeys, something that until now has been impossible, not least because the adult bikes are not fitted with child seats.

For instance, parents will be able to pick their children up from school using a BikeMi bike, with the little cyclists following hot on their wheels — if you'll pardon the expression.

In any case, the "junior" stations are strategically located near the city's parks and green spaces to ensure maximum safety for children and to offer them moments of leisure.

Junior BikeMi, a pioneering project

BikeMi had already distinguished itself by integrating, within the same network and the same subscription, both traditional bicycles and electrically assisted bicycles. It can now also boast of offering the service to adults and children simultaneously.

Last year Junior BikeMi had launched a small programme for children, but this year it has become a fully fledged bike sharing service in every sense of the word.