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.
Thanks we read your post on the subject. It was good. From what I know, unfortunately, it doesn’t operate like that in Chicago. And remember, Chicago's eBikes can be docked out of station, anywhere. Sometimes left in locations, that due to the road configurations, take a great many minutes to return to a station. Which means the fees will easily surpass the points earned. The eBike can sit there for days. Same with the scooters which are even more expensive. Chicago's lakefront is a no scooter zone, and because the scooters are automatically disabled near the lakefront paths, and people often push deep into the no-go zones despite the reduced power, many scooters are finally abandone deep in the no-go zones without power. So, we have to push them out with difficulty to an area outside the no-go zone. There are many scooters abandon this way. Maybe Lyft knows what they're doing, they have all the statistics they need, but in Chicago, we see a lot of the same e-Bikes left around for days.
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The only reason they are moving the ebikes now is that they are no longer charging for ebikes if all the traditional bikes are blocked by ebikes. For me it is far more physically demanding to undock and redock the ebikes, than the traditional bikes. I don't mind riding the ebikes from time to time at the end of the night...but they are torture going over pot holes and account for far more accidents. I wish there were not so many of them and that people would stop being so **bleep** lazy. Would also love to see them ticketing people who are riding with someone in the baskets and destroying them at the same time. Way too dangerous, especially when they are drunk at night.
