1$ a mile for a bike? Wow, my cabs are cheaper and i dont need to drive it myself!

Hadn't heard of this yet but I do not care if a bike is parked outside my house. People move to cities and want their space.

interesting idea. i can see where it might cause a bit of controversy though

http://www.limebike.com/de/

they are all over Dallas Texas. And there are maybe 5 different companies. They are a pain. And I have seen people on them with the lock broken off...free bike!

TheFman said:

1$ a mile for a bike? Wow, my cabs are cheaper and i dont need to drive it myself!

$1 an hour

poppys said:

Hadn't heard of this yet but I do not care if a bike is parked outside my house. People move to cities and want their space.

it is not just ONE but in some cases 10 or more... all over the place.

KoolEaze said:

morningsong said:

KoolEaze said:

http://www.limebike.com/de/

Oh so we're being invaded. That Swedish? Good we're not the guinea pigs. And they must have some idea what they're doing. I've seen people using them. I guess it takes getting used to. What I find fun there wasn't a word advertised, they just appeared. They're aren't even advertised now.

Nah, it´s actually us who´s being invaded...the company is American and I see their bikes everywhere now.

In some other countries they are already having problems with all those bikes just being left everywhere. But I think that has nothing to do with limebike....different company.

KoolEaze said:

morningsong said:

KoolEaze said: Oh so we're being invaded. That Swedish? Good we're not the guinea pigs. And they must have some idea what they're doing. I've seen people using them. I guess it takes getting used to. What I find fun there wasn't a word advertised, they just appeared. They're aren't even advertised now.

Nah, it´s actually us who´s being invaded...the company is American and I see their bikes everywhere now.

In some other countries they are already having problems with all those bikes just being left everywhere. But I think that has nothing to do with limebike....different company.

And no big rollout advertising campaign, big sparkly signs saying try our great idea and stuff? Can't be. Just "poof" here, enjoy. That's funny.

morningsong said:

KoolEaze said:

Nah, it´s actually us who´s being invaded...the company is American and I see their bikes everywhere now.

In some other countries they are already having problems with all those bikes just being left everywhere. But I think that has nothing to do with limebike....different company.

And no big rollout advertising campaign, big sparkly signs saying try our great idea and stuff? Can't be. Just "poof" here, enjoy. That's funny.

That´s exactly what I´ve been thinking, too.

All of a sudden, they are everywhere.

It´s like a sci-fi flic.

In New Orleans, we had a bike company come to town last year. You can pay by the hour, day or month (which is really cheap). They are parked in docks everywhere. We also have lots of people who don't have cars here. They use their own bikes as transportation and lock them up where they can. People have no problem with cars parked everywhere, why are bikes a problem? I don't get it.



Blue Bikes congregate at the Lafitte Greenway during a celebration to mark the official start of New Orleans' first bike-share program Dec. 5, 2017. (Photo by Beau Evans, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune)

poppys said:

In New Orleans, we had a bike company come to town last year. You can pay by the hour, day or month (which is really cheap). They are parked in docks everywhere. We also have lots of people who don't have cars here. They use their own bikes as transportation and lock them up where they can. People have no problem with cars parked everywhere, why are bikes a problem? I don't get it.



Blue Bikes congregate at the Lafitte Greenway during a celebration to mark the official start of New Orleans' first bike-share program Dec. 5, 2017. (Photo by Beau Evans, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune)

Yeah, we have docked bikes, but those are primarily in the downtown, the beaches or in a few random small communities in the city. The major thing that caught my attention about the dockless bikes is that they are literally everywhere in the city, even in what would be considered the worse areas as well as the best or tourist-y areas in the city.

morningsong said:

poppys said:

In New Orleans, we had a bike company come to town last year. You can pay by the hour, day or month (which is really cheap). They are parked in docks everywhere. We also have lots of people who don't have cars here. They use their own bikes as transportation and lock them up where they can. People have no problem with cars parked everywhere, why are bikes a problem? I don't get it.



Blue Bikes congregate at the Lafitte Greenway during a celebration to mark the official start of New Orleans' first bike-share program Dec. 5, 2017.

Yeah, we have docked bikes, but those are primarily in the downtown, the beaches or in a few random small communities in the city. The major thing that caught my attention about the dockless bikes is that they are literally everywhere in the city, even in what would be considered the worse areas as well as the best or tourist-y areas in the city.

I don't know about where you are, but here people do all kinds of business on bikes. Pay bills, grocery shopping, transportation to work. Why is having a bike service a problem and who cares what area the person left the bike in? Maybe the same person will rent it later. Again, why is this a problem? I'm happy people have bikes to get around. Many are grown people with kids and older people too. I'm really going to care if a bike gets parked on the sidewalk outside my place? Why? People who want visual perfection and don't like to share needn't live in a city.

poppys said:

morningsong said:

Yeah, we have docked bikes, but those are primarily in the downtown, the beaches or in a few random small communities in the city. The major thing that caught my attention about the dockless bikes is that they are literally everywhere in the city, even in what would be considered the worse areas as well as the best or tourist-y areas in the city.

I don't know about where you are, but here people do all kinds of business on bikes. Pay bills, grocery shopping, transportation to work. Why is having a bike service a problem and who cares what area the person left the bike in? Maybe the same person will rent it later. Again, why is this a problem? I'm happy people have bikes to get around. Many are grown people with kids and older people too. I'm really going to care if a bike gets parked on the sidewalk outside my place? Why? People who want visual perfection and don't like to share needn't live in a city.

This has never been a bike friendly city, one needs a car or will have their access to many things seriously limited. Over the last few years there has been a serious push to make this a more bike friendly city, more bike lanes, all buses have bike racks(2) and such. That's when the docked bikes showed up, but only in certain areas like I said earlier which is the trend for a lot of things in these parts. I think the "problem" is bigger than what people are willing to publically say, but I can see where just having a random bike on the sidewalk on a residential street can be annoying especially when aesthetics and curb appeal are a major priority. People are in a serious uproar about vacation rental homes in their neighborhoods too for the same reasons. But I personally see it as making it easier for people to get out their cars especially for short runs, or even long runs using public transportation.

morningsong said:

poppys said:

I don't know about where you are, but here people do all kinds of business on bikes. Pay bills, grocery shopping, transportation to work. Why is having a bike service a problem and who cares what area the person left the bike in? Maybe the same person will rent it later. Again, why is this a problem? I'm happy people have bikes to get around. Many are grown people with kids and older people too. I'm really going to care if a bike gets parked on the sidewalk outside my place? Why? People who want visual perfection and don't like to share needn't live in a city.

This has never been a bike friendly city, one needs a car or will have their access to many things seriously limited. Over the last few years there has been a serious push to make this a more bike friendly city, more bike lanes, all buses have bike racks(2) and such. That's when the docked bikes showed up, but only in certain areas like I said earlier which is the trend for a lot of things in these parts. I think the "problem" is bigger than what people are willing to publically say, but I can see where just having a random bike on the sidewalk on a residential street can be annoying especially when aesthetics and curb appeal are a major priority. People are in a serious uproar about vacation rental homes in their neighborhoods too for the same reasons. But I personally see it as making it easier for people to get out their cars especially for short runs, or even long runs using public transportation.

That is exactly what I am talking about. Why are asthetics and curb appeal a major priority? Vacation rental homes are basically hotels, temporary housing. Citizens ride bikes. Citizens who keep things going.

poppys said:

morningsong said:

This has never been a bike friendly city, one needs a car or will have their access to many things seriously limited. Over the last few years there has been a serious push to make this a more bike friendly city, more bike lanes, all buses have bike racks(2) and such. That's when the docked bikes showed up, but only in certain areas like I said earlier which is the trend for a lot of things in these parts. I think the "problem" is bigger than what people are willing to publically say, but I can see where just having a random bike on the sidewalk on a residential street can be annoying especially when aesthetics and curb appeal are a major priority. People are in a serious uproar about vacation rental homes in their neighborhoods too for the same reasons. But I personally see it as making it easier for people to get out their cars especially for short runs, or even long runs using public transportation.

That is exactly what I am talking about. Why are asthetics and curb appeal a major priority? Vacation rental homes are basically hotels, temporary housing. Citizens ride bikes. Citizens who keep things going.

Los Angeles is a hop skip and a jump away, and this city tries very very hard not to become LA despite it growing rapidly.

morningsong said:

poppys said:

That is exactly what I am talking about. Why are asthetics and curb appeal a major priority? Vacation rental homes are basically hotels, temporary housing. Citizens ride bikes. Citizens who keep things going.

Los Angeles is a hop skip and a jump away, and this city tries very very hard not to become LA despite it growing rapidly.

I have no idea what that means in regards to people parking "undocked" bikes in a US city, not mine thankfully.

poppys said: