NYC Proof of age coming?
Press in NYC is reporting today that the city will require Lyft to limit bike rentals (I assume pedal assist) to those 16 and older. I guess there has been a growing rate of a accidents involving those below 16. I am 6FT, 190, and can handle the bike in various situations, but I would think the very heavy bikes can be dangerous with those younger/smaller/lighter esp if not obeying bike rules. Anyway this seems hard to enforce? Which brings up anther question. How are minors under 16 getting access to these bikes? Dont you need a credit card, or some recurring payment method? Do they get via special city programs?Bike Angels Motivation?
I just do Bike Angels to get points to pay for expensive e-bike minutes and extend membership. I dont go to much out of my way to get points. I also work so dont have much time to devote. Seems many here might be doing this for income. Seems you need to put in the time but good workout and you are your own boss. Gig economy. Curious, what's your motivation?
Point of reporting "decent" bike conditions?
When reporting a problem with a bike via the wrench button and subsequent web/app survey I'm asked to choose between two conditions: decent or bad. Regardless of what's wrong, when selecting "decent", the bike is immediately made available again for anyone else to use. Only bikes reported as being in "bad" condition are locked out from use for others. So, what's the point of reporting decent bikes if they're going to continue being used around the system? Does the Lyft team do anything with "decent" bike reports? If not, is the option there purely for psychological reasons? If a problem is bad enough to affect the safety or severely makes the bike unrideable then I always report it as bad.
