Revel rides approach 500,000 — but most riders are still untrained
Brooklyn-based ride-by-the-minute moped app Revel is close to logging half a million rides since its expansion in May. This week, the company is expanding its New York City fleet by 100 new two-wheelers, the Brooklyn Eagle has learned.
More than 400,000 rides were taken on Revel’s 1,000-strong fleet in northern Brooklyn and Queens in the past 2 1/2 months, with approximately half of those happening since July 19, according to the company’s New York City general manager. Each of the 1,000 mopeds is being used about seven times per day.
The company wouldn’t disclose specific subscriber numbers, but said they have “tens of thousands” of users and some 500 to 750 people sign up each day.