Lyft Follows Uber Into Bike-Sharing Lane, Buying Owner of CitiBike
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Re: Lyft Follows Uber Into Bike-Sharing Lane, Buying Owner of CitiBike
#2If they can offer these without the inconvenient docking stations it’ll be a much more popular transportation option.
Re: Lyft Follows Uber Into Bike-Sharing Lane, Buying Owner of CitiBike
#3If they can offer these without the inconvenient docking stations it’ll be a much more popular transportation option.
The docking stations are convenient in some ways because you know where to go to find a bike and you can feel good that you're not leaving it in a place that is in the way.
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#4Integration of services into one app would be a great experience. You could more effectively plan your route which may include a step of getting onto a bike or scooter before, between, or after a car(s). If that could be integrated into a single "experience", and then you add subscription, users' concept of movement around a city is now much smoother (fewer authorizing clicks).
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#5How does the popularity of bikes compare to electric scooters? Anecdotally, I see a lot more Bird and Lime S scooters flying around than I do bicycles these days - and we do have docked bicycle and Lime bikes and Ofo options available in my city.
Having tried many of these services, I find the electric scooters to be the most enjoyable, although the electric bikes are quite fun too and can be a better experience if you're carrying something which can be put in the basket.
Re: Lyft Follows Uber Into Bike-Sharing Lane, Buying Owner of CitiBike
#6If they can offer these without the inconvenient docking stations it’ll be a much more popular transportation option.
There is a quiet war brewing between city councils and dockless bike companies. It's tough to say whether cities will embrace a dockless bike/scooter future, or if they will ultimately ban the companies from operation, leaving a market for docked bikes to remain.
Re: Lyft Follows Uber Into Bike-Sharing Lane, Buying Owner of CitiBike
#7If they can offer these without the inconvenient docking stations it’ll be a much more popular transportation option.
The docking stations are convenient in some ways because you know where to go to find a bike and you can feel good that you're not leaving it in a place that is in the way.
The one major annoyance I've found with them is that coverage is extremely restricted. In SF, coverage doesn't reach Fishermans Wharf, Golden Gate bridge or Golden Gate park.
When I was in SF for tourism a few years ago, it was a complete non-starter even though at a glance it seemed like the most promising option.
Re: Lyft Follows Uber Into Bike-Sharing Lane, Buying Owner of CitiBike
#8How does the popularity of bikes compare to electric scooters? Anecdotally, I see a lot more Bird and Lime S scooters flying around than I do bicycles these days - and we do have docked bicycle and Lime bikes and Ofo options available in my city. Having tried many of these services, I find the electric scooters to be the most enjoyable, although the electric bikes are quite fun too and can be a better experience if y…
Bird just opened in SLC and they are suddenly everywhere. Park City, just a few miles away, launched the country's first ebike share system and it's wildly popular. They are also everywhere.
I have no hard data to prove this, though I'm sure it's out there- I don't think it's bike vs scooter, it's electric vs human powered that's driving bird's popularity over bike shares.
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#9How does the popularity of bikes compare to electric scooters? Anecdotally, I see a lot more Bird and Lime S scooters flying around than I do bicycles these days - and we do have docked bicycle and Lime bikes and Ofo options available in my city. Having tried many of these services, I find the electric scooters to be the most enjoyable, although the electric bikes are quite fun too and can be a better experience if y…
Here is what you mean when you say a scooter:
https://www.limebike.com/hubfs/Assets/bike-s-2.jpg?t=1530481...
Here is what much of the world thinks is a scooter:
https://emmy-sharing.de/wp-content/uploads/Schwalbe_45-links...
Just to clear that up. If it was between those two I'd take the latter given that hitting a pothole on that Lime thing is liable to stop all forward momentum suddenly and precariously. But really I'd want the electric bike.
Though I think the unstated single most important selling point for the Lime scooter over the electric bike is that you don't need to deal with the homicidal, low awareness, little education American driver and the abhorrent infrastructure (and policies) that enable them.
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#10I wish they went after electric bikes or scooters. Not everyone feels like spinning pedals in the heat or cold after long day at work.