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Acoustic Only Map?
There is a toggle on the main map with four viewing options: Bikes and Scooters All bikes Ebikes Scooters But once a classic bike ride has begun, the map only shows stations where classic bikes can be parked. Why isn't there a toggle to only see stations where classic bikes can be parked without initiating a classic ride? Additionally, the City Explorer Map shows public racks, ebike/scooter only stations, and stations where classic bikes can be parked. The completion percentage is calculated using all types of racks and stations. I would appreciate a toggle to only show stations where classic bikes can be parked on the city explorer map, and a separate percentage calculator based on how many of these types of stations have been visited. I'm not against ebikes/scooters at all, I'm just on a personal mission to visit every classic bike station in Chicago (I heard ~200 more stations are being installed this summer, whooo!) and at 303 stations currently visited, the City Explorer map indicates 16.7% of stations visited while this map (https://data.cityofchicago.org/Transportation/Divvy-Bicycle-Stations-Map/bk89-9dk7) indicates that there are only just over 1,000 stations. Maybe one day I'll have the dough to visit every station and get a true 100%, but currently I'm trying to utilize the complimentary 45 minute rides to see as much of Chicago as I can on the cheap, so I'm trying to stick to acoustic bikes as much as possible. (This is my first post, so I apologize if the formatting is poor, and for the fact that the content is not specifically Bike Angel related)
New bike angel on the block
Je t'em everyone, As a hilly Washingtonian who loves to listen to really music and join the fun, I've been years praying for something like this and happy joy freely warmly joined in the ride here. Thank you so much for allowing me to participate and make things happen for our bikers and our beautiful world today. Truly believe this is one of the better routes we have for our bikers including other groups secular to capital Bikeshares in DC. As technology picks up the use of physical fobs fade but helmets don't. Ride safe, keep pushing those lanes with fineness otherwise enjoy the ride even though it's designed to have fun and many benefits. I've lost 9 lbs this past week because of it feel free to ask me how. So thank you those elder angels before me, because they're out there looking out for all of us. In gratitude and service, (former brother) Andrei P. (Dre)
Bay Wheels app shows remaining time inconsistently ; could it show the end time or maybe minutes lef
On my Bay Wheels app, it's hard to tell exactly when my streak will end since it generally shows hours remaining. Also sometimes it shows a different number of hours depending on which screen you're on! Could this be updated to show the hours and minutes remaining? And/or the end time?Add stations in Treasure Island (Bay Wheels)
I noticed there are no stations on Treasure Island in the Bay Wheels network; it would be really cool to have one (or a few) there! You can ride bikes over the eastern span of the Bay Bridge (i.e. to Oakland/Emeryville) just not across the western span (yet!) (i.e. to SF).Always allow a low-assist option and measure the miles, not the time
Hi there, as a daily heavy CitiBike user I keep running into some issues which can be solved by a few adjustments to the eBike settings: Issue 1: Sometimes there is no classic bike available in the rack anymore due to a recent pick of the last one. The 'system' has not yet recorded that and if you then pick an eBike there is no low-assist and you are charged (happened to me twice last week). Issue 2: The lights on some classic bikes are not always functioning well but you only discover this while you drive. This can lead to dangerous visibility issues. I prefer the lights of an eBike on some very busy Brooklyn roads after sunset for my own survival between always crazy car traffic even if I don't need full throttle. Solution to 1) and 2): why not always allow the option to pick low-assist? Issue 3: When I am on an eBike (full assist, especially when 'involuntary' see above) I tend to get very impatient with traffic lights because "the meter runs as time runs". I would feel a lot less pressed to take risks if the charge would be per mile instead of per minute. This will lead to my (and others'?) safer behavior. Solution to 3): charge for the distance and not the time on an eBike. Of course, you can keep the 45-60 mins limits. Thanks for listening.
Points distributions
I live and mostly bike in Oakland, CA. many days there are few points to be had anywhere. Contrast to San Francisco where there’s a points available everywhere. This hasn’t always been the case — and I assume there is various attempts to balance the algorithm, and that overall traffic numbers drive that One suggestion which might help a little bit is that stations with 1 or fewer open docks should always get extra points for taking something away. And completely empty stations should always offer extra. A full station are no bikes mean that someone isn’t going to land their bike there or even use a bike i have had many occasions where i’ve opened up a dock only to have it immediately filled. When points were distributed differently, I might go out of my way to help out. But with just 1 point on offer, I don’t. This should be a baseline not algorithmically determined, if you trully want to incentivize people helping out.
