Call a bike, just one of the available systems, has 7000 bikes acc. to the German Wikipedia entry (source is from 2012). Other national systems are listed, with

Call a bike, just one of the available systems, has 7000 bikes acc. to the German Wikipedia entry (source is from 2012). Other national systems are listed, with one quoted as 'starting out as biggest service in 2010', having around 3000. But let's ignore the numbers for a second (absolute numbers make not a lot of sense anyway, imho. Per capita, maybe?). The real feature is what the headline of this article (wrongly) implied. That you can drive to your friend's place and 'return' the bike in front of his door. Or in front of your favorite pub. Or cinema. No docking stations, period.