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Girocleta is the name that has the public bike service of the city of Girona, Catalonia, which wants to promote urban cycling.

The name was chosen by a popular vote: Girocleta got 301 votes, three more than the second option, Girobici. Other proposals less voted were Bicia't, Girobike or Biging. Service started working on the 25th of September 2009 with eight stations distributed throughout the city (with a total of two hundred parking lots) and 160 bicycles. Initially, the service's schedule was set to start at 06:00 in the morning to 01:00 in the early morning and out of these hours, users could only return bicycles. In 2014, the service was in deficit and the council sought sponsors to reduce the deficit. At the end of 2015 the service had 1.860 users, and early 2017 it had 2.320, reaching 2.780 users and 19 stations at the end of 2017. In 2018 the start of the service was advanced half an hour starting at 05:30 in the morning and finishing at 01:00 in the early morning. In February 2020, taking advantage of the winter barraques, a pilot test was held in which days 27, 28 and 29 of February, users who were subscribed annually, were able to use the bicycles 24 hours a day. From September 16th to December 31st, tests were also held in which the service was available 24 hours a day for annually subscribed users. Finally, in mid-December 2021, seeing the good results of the tests, Girona City Council decided to keep Girocleta's service 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, but only for those users who were annually subscribed. In November 2023 the service had a total of 29 operative stations and with data from the 1st of July of the same year, there were 4.022 users, 425 more than on the same date in 2022.

Stations
At the end of 2023 there were a total of twenty-nine stations. With the arrival of the new government teams in the councils of Girona, Salt and Sarrià, the interest in implementing the Girocleta in neighboring municipalities has returned. The works in Vila de Salt square for the improvement of the roundabout and the creation of 1.7 km of cycle path to Vilablareix could bring Girocleta to this town too. • Nombre d'estacions:

• # Biblioteca Antònia Adroher

• # Ramon Folch

• # Plaça de Catalunya

• # RENFE - Estació d'Autobusos

• # Pont del Dimoni

• # Emili Grahit

• # Plaça Pere Calders

• # Biblioteca Ernest Lluch

• # Miquel de Palol

• # Avda. Pericot 21

• # Marquès de Camps

• # Fontajau

• # Can Ninetes

• # Plaça del Barco

• # Plaça Europa

• # Ramon Berenguer

• # Vista Alegre

• # Riu Freser/St. Isidre

• # Eixample

• # Sant Ponç

• # Pont Major

• # Santa Eugènia

• # Pedret

• # Ctra. Taialà

• # C/ Antoni Gaudí

• # C/ Riu Terri - Migdia

• # Avda. Pericot 48

• # Passeig Olot 53

• # Mercat del Lleó