Is the Bike Angel, E-Bike System Unfair
Is the Bike Angel, E-Bike System Unfair - It's not really a question, because it is... unfair If you’ve looked at the MoreBikes NYC stats, you’ll see eBikes dominate usage in New York, which me...
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The trick is to redistribute all the classic bikes at a particular station first. then once they're all removed the e-bikes are of no cost to redistribute. At least that's the way it goes in NYC.
That is the most ridiculous solution I have heard. By the time you move all those heavy ebikes to new spots, the station flips and the points are no longer available. Plus, there are often not enough spots to move them to if the stations is relatively full with ebikes and the traditional ones are in the back row. Last night I wasted a lot of time and energy when a station showed 2 traditional bikes...when all the traditional bikes had red lights AND some of the ebikes next to them were out of service (and could not be moved to force the traditional bikes to turn green). Many of the docks at the station were broken as well. Every single traditional bike had a red light, yet when removing an ebike the pedal assist notification did not appear on the ebikes. You only have one minute to redock the ebikes without being charged, which was quite difficult given the fact that so many of the docks were broken at the station. Plus there is no way to report the broken docks or the discrepancy to Lyft. They have eliminated the ability to text for help for random issues with bikes. It appears that Lyft has made huge cutbacks in its support staff.
