@xtaran asks:
Triggered by https://urbanists.social/@straphanger/113832845074651380
Q5. What are #BikeNite participants' views on bike sharing in general? Especially because most participants seem to be avid riders and most if not all seem to have their own cycle.
Do you use bike sharing services? Even if you have your own cycle? Do you only use bike sharing services if you are in another town? Do you have preferences for specific bike sharing services? If so, why?
#BikeNite A5: I was a member of the first bike share in #WaterlooRegion in 2011 run by #TheWorkingCentre. Mostly I used public transit to go to work and straight back home so I used it only twice. It stopped after two years. There have been other bikeshares, some with big announcements that never got off the ground. Now we have these untethered scooters and bikes littering the streets. They need a phone app to activate, which I will never use.
I might use a #BikeShare if I were visiting another city, but only if they're more like vending machines that take cash or a credit card. I'm not putting their geolocating apps on my phone.
And I wish our municipal government had not granted the contract to tetherless bikes and scooters, but had required docking stations. I really don't like all those bikes and scooters abandoned everywhere, blocking sidewalks and park paths.
#BikeNite A5b