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Re: Where Do Stolen Bikes Go?

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Post by Jolter » Sun, Apr 09, 2023, 1:38 PM UTC

runsonrum wrote: post #2

I cant seem to find the article now but over here e-scooters were being tossed in the rivers. I can imagine the same could easily go for stolen bikes. Any one have any related articles of such nature?

Why would people go to the trouble of defeating a bike lock and then throw the bike in the river?

Re: Where Do Stolen Bikes Go?

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Post by kylebarron » Sun, Apr 09, 2023, 1:40 PM UTC

thoughtsbykean wrote: post #5

cool line visuals using mapbox. Will need to look into how that is done

The line visuals at the bottom are not using Mapbox for the data rendering. Rather they're using the open source Kepler.gl [0], (a user-friendly wrapping of the deck.gl library [1]). These can use Mapbox for the underlying basemap, but the data rendering is done separately.

(This is easy to tell if you look at the page source. The map at the bottom is an embed from a static HTML kepler.gl map [2]). Disclaimer: I've contributed to deck.gl

[0]: https://kepler.gl/

[1]: https://deck.gl/

[2]: https://senseable.mit.edu/bike-trafficking/assets/kepler.htm...

Re: Where Do Stolen Bikes Go?

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Post by ojhughes » Sun, Apr 09, 2023, 2:04 PM UTC

Jolter wrote: post #11

runsonrum wrote: post #2

I cant seem to find the article now but over here e-scooters were being tossed in the rivers. I can imagine the same could easily go for stolen bikes. Any one have any related articles of such nature?

Why would people go to the trouble of defeating a bike lock and then throw the bike in the river?

The same reason people vandalise bus stops or joy ride cars

Re: Where Do Stolen Bikes Go?

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Post by brokenkebaby » Sun, Apr 09, 2023, 4:09 PM UTC

This an elaborate presentation which frankly speaking has no meaning. You start reading, and it feels like an intro to an interesting research, or detective story, but then it just ends.