Free rental system for e-cargo bikes

The City of Offenbach's Office for the Environment, Energy and Climate Protection is providing eight e-cargo bikes for environmentally friendly transportation. The offer is made in cooperation with the Rhine-Main regional group of the Verkehrsclub Deutschland (VCD) and is supported by Offenbach retailers. The e-cargo bikes can be borrowed by citizens free of charge.

Young man packs groceries into the basket of an e-cargo bike

Offenbach residents can use the e-cargo bike to transport their groceries home in a climate-friendly way.

People who cycle are doing something for their health and the climate, saving themselves traffic jams and the annoying search for a parking space. Especially in inner-city areas, the bicycle is therefore the means of transportation of choice for many Offenbach residents. But when it comes to transporting the weekly groceries or crates of drinks, many people fall back on the car.

For this reason, in a joint pilot project with the VCD and with the support of five retailers, the Environmental Agency and municipal utilities have set up a free rental system with six e-cargo bikes (one retailer has two cargo bikes available), demonstrating that climate protection, the traffic turnaround and retail can go hand in hand.

Stations in Offenbach

The six e-cargo bikes, which were purchased by Stadtwerke-Gesellschaft Offenbacher Verkehrs-Betriebe (OVB) and the Environmental Agency, can be booked via the VCD booking platform www.main-lastenrad.de (opens in a new tab) and then borrowed from the following retailers:

Edeka employee with electric cargo bike in front of the Edeka store in the Goethe Quarter

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Edeka in the Goethequartier
Goethering 1, 63067 Offenbach am Main

Opening hours:
Monday to Saturday, 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Two e-cargo bikes for hire

Edeka employee with e-cargo bike at the Edeka store on Mühlheimer Straße

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Edeka Center Stenger Mühlheimer Straße
Mühlheimer Straße 325, 63075 Offenbach am Main

Opening hours:
Monday to Thursday 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Friday to Saturday, 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.

A cargo bike to borrow

E-cargo bike parked in front of the Ringcenter

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Ring Center
Odenwaldring70, 63069 Offenbach am Main

Opening hours:
Monday to Saturday 7 am to 10 pm

A cargo bike for hire

Mayor Sabine Groß on the e-cargo bike, with two men behind her.

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Bike Box Bieber, Seligenstädter Straße
Seligenstädter Straße 48, 63073 Offenbach / Bieber

Opening hours:
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday: 10 am to 1 pm and 2 pm to 7 pm. Saturday: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

A cargo bike for hire

A man sits on a cargo bike, two women and a man stand behind him.

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Bicycle store Artefakt
Berliner Straße 43-47, 63065 Offenbach am Main

Opening hours:
Tuesday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

A cargo bike for hire

Three women and a man are standing on a cargo bike in front of the Mathildenviertel district office.

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Mathildenviertel district office
Krafftstraße 29, 63065 Offenbach

Opening hours:
Monday and Tuesday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Thursday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Friday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

A cargo bike to borrow

A man and two women are standing in a room with an e-cargo bike.

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Senfelderquartier district office
Hermannstraße 16, 63069 Offenbach am Main

Opening hours:
Monday 9 am to 1 pm, Tuesday 12.30 pm to 7 pm, Wednesday 9 am to 1 pm, Thursday 9 am to 3 pm, Friday 9 am to 1 pm.

A cargo bike to borrow

How it works

Once you have registered once at www.main-lastenrad.de (opens in a new tab) with your name, e-mail address, telephone number and address details, you can rent the e-cargo bikes with just a few clicks: All locations are marked on a map. If you select a location, a booking calendar opens where you can select the desired date and reserve the cargo bike. On the day of the reservation, the cargo bike can then be picked up during the opening hours of the respective station. It is also easy to return the bike during the respective opening hours. There are no costs for users.