Ever use a bike share program?

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MarciKS

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We have this here. You pay to ride them. I've never used them. I don't really quite understand the purpose of them if they have to be returned to the rack. Anybody know anything about these?
 

Do they have them all over the city? Perhaps they can be ridden from point A, and returned to point B? We had free bikes for awhile, but I don't know if we still do. They were very basic bicycles.
 
I'm not really sure. I've only seen them out by the supermarket.
 

These are charged up so you can either pedal or pedal and use them motorized. They cost like a quarter or something.
 
We have Gotcha power assist bike share with 200 bicycles and 35 hubs around the city where you can pick up or drop off a bike.

I think it costs $2.00 plus 15 cents/minute for a one time ride but you can purchase various subscriptions. The power assist feature has a 40-mile range and the bikes are equipped with GPS so the Gotcha folks can find them if they are not returned.

I don't know how popular it is.
 
Hmmm...I thought someone said ours was a quarter. Maybe they have racks around the city and I just haven't seen them. It's hard to look around much unless you're at a stoplight here cuz of all the traffic.
 
They were all over here until the restrictions started. You don't have to return them at the original pick up point here, just at another spot around the city. The private company has pickup crews to pick up strays as the city strongly enforces that part of the program. From what I understand the company (i think Lime) pays a contract to the city to operate the bikes and scooters here.
 
I think it's a handy idea but, not sure who would use it and if you don't know where a drop off point is that seems a little stupid then. Oh well. LOL

Thanks for the answers.
 
We have them all over San Jose and I see them used quite a bit. They're also up in San Francisco. The ones here are commercial, not government run. Up in San Francisco they're great for people who take the train or BART into the city. One can get off of long distance public transit and then get very close to where one wants to go while getting some exercise.

I can see why a government would put them in. If they're in a congested area they help reduce the amount of auto traffic and for areas with parking problems they can free up at least some of the parking in areas where they're deployed. If one has satellite parking lots one can have the bikes there and have people park there and then take a bicycle into the area that's normally parking challenged.
 
I guess since I've never seen anything like this I don't quite understand the point. If I wanted to use one I'd have to walk to the store to pick one up and then there's nothing saying where to leave one and if it's a few blocks away or whatever then I gotta walk home. It just doesn't make sense to me.
 
Besides the ones with the stations we also have the Lyft bicycles which can be left anywhere. They're like the scooters that can be picked up and dropped off anywhere as well.
 

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