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 means eBikes need to be redistributed the most. https://www.morebikes.nyc/daily_stats/ Here’s the thing... The Bike Angels are helping to balance the system, but we are being charged for rebalancing the most popular bikes - eBikes If you're a Bike Angel trying to earn points, those fees eat into your rewards big time, so you're helping Lyft make the system run better... and paying them for the privilege. Wim posted a matrix that show it clearly: Is it worth returning an ebike/scooter to a dock? | Bike Angels Imagine your boss offers you a salary, but says you can only shop at their own overpriced (.18 cents a minute) store to do the job. We’re happily doing the work, but we're forced to "buy the supplies" needed to get the job done, from Lyft. Sure, Lyft - CitiBike, Divvy, will never, ever change this, but it’s still awfully unfair. In NYC, the bikes have to be docked, Chicago's Divvy eBikes can be left out of station, which makes it even more crucial to hunt down and pick up the abandoned, and obscurely located ebikes that are left everywhere. We shouldn’t be punished financially for helping. Okay, just don't move eBikes. And although it will cut into the fun, at close to a 23% penalty in total points for the day, I may just start doing that. Problem solved.
Lyft Ride Credits Not Showing Up as Applied—Anyone Else Having This Issue?
Hey folks, Quick question for anyone who’s redeemed Bike Angels points for Lyft credit: Lately, whenever I try to book a Lyft, my available credit doesn’t show up—neither on the main page nor in the payment details. For example, say I’ve got $100 in Lyft credit from Bike Angels, and my ride should cost $50. Normally, it would show the original price crossed out and say "FREE" if credit is being used. But now, it just shows the full price with no indication that the credit applies (90% of the time). This also happens with the $10 Chase promo credit (which I get too). The Chase $10 credit and the Lyft credit from Bike Angels always show up together (as seen in the screenshot). I’m never sure if my credit will cover the ride. Anyone else seeing this? Started for me around the time the Chase promo was added. If anyone knows what’s up or how to fix it, I’d really appreciate the help!Please remove public racks from the City Explorer
In the City Explorer view for Chicago, about half of the "Divvy stations" are not actually stations at all. They're just public bike racks. You can lock an ebike here without a fee, but you can't get or leave a classic bike. They shouldn't show up in the City Explorer. In the Lyft last mile API json (https://s3.amazonaws.com/lyft-lastmile-production-iad/lbs/chi/station_information.json) these are indicated with: "rack_model": "CITY_PUBLIC_RACK" And in the GBFS station information feed (https://gbfs.divvybikes.com/gbfs/en/station_information.json) they are indicated by: "station_type": "lightweight", "has_kiosk": false In the Graph QL API (https://account.divvybikes.com/bikesharefe-gql) they're also indicated as "lightweight", but so are e-bike only stations. Fortunately the station name always seems to start with "Public Rack", so they can still be distinguished by the name prefix e.g.: { "stationId": "motivate_CHI_1806749740082741752", "stationName": "Public Rack - Milwaukee Ave & Lawrence Ave", "location": { "lat": 41.967385, "lng": -87.760169, "__typename": "Location" }, "bikesAvailable": 0, "bikeDocksAvailable": 2, "ebikesAvailable": 0, "totalBikesAvailable": 0, "isValet": false, "isOffline": false, "isLightweight": true, "siteId": "", "ebikes": [], "lastUpdatedMs": 1682970704000, "__typename": "Station" } Here is a google maps example of what one of these "stations" looks like, i.e. it's just a city rack: https://maps.app.goo.gl/jmnHeaqnbtQ32QDM9 Please remove these from the map in the bike share mobile app. They're too many, too visually noisy, and not useful. Those city racks are almost always empty, so all they do is put a whole bunch of "Zero" pins on the map and obscure the real stations, like you can see in the screenshot below - the pin near the CTA station is a "real" bike share station, but all the zero pins on S Pulaski Rd are just public racks.Bug: after a dock upgrade, City Explorer "forgets" stations which have already been visited
When a dock has been upgraded from the old design (top) to the new design (bottom), the app forgets that you've already visited this location in the City Explorer view and renders it unvisited again. It's as if the City Explorer is using some internal station id for calculating which addresses have been visited, rather than the dock name and/or location.Please add map filter option to display classic bikes only.
The Divvy map filter has options to show ebikes only, scooters only, or all bikes. There is notably no option for showing classic bikes only. That would be a useful filter, to hide all the noise from ebikes and scooters from the map. Chicago is flat, many users will only take an ebike/scooter as a last resort if there is no classic bike available, because the classic bikes are free for members. Please add a filter for classic bikes only. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/JYKrjP9tjgAAcoustic 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)Divvy Cash for Points Please
Thank you. Please, implement Divvy points for cash as is available in some other markets. Please, would someone here with the ability to forward, request, argue, beg, the people who make Lyft decisions make this happen. Thank you. In a few days I banked enough points for a years worth of membership extensions. Since those days, I have not been on a Divvy Bike Angels ride. Sure, not much different than just riding for 80pts a month, but if there was a cash incentive, or some other options to redeem Lyft credits, I'd be out redistributing bikes everyday. Just saying. Thank you.
