How People Use Bike-Share Spaces vs. Parking Spots

Re:How People Use Bike-Share Spaces vs. Parking Spots by sliken on Tuesday July 04, 2017 @02:55AM (#14694046)

Simple fix for that, charge for them till they are returned. Even $0.50 to $1.00 is likely enough to result in them being returned quickly, even if it's not the original borrower.

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Re:How People Use Bike-Share Spaces vs. Parking Spots by celticninja on Tuesday July 04, 2017 @04:19AM (#14694373)

London did this, basically bikes were ending up at the bottom of hills as people either ride them down or stopped before cycling up the hill. They introduced a rebate fee for leaving it at the top of a hill (certain areas) and they had fewer bikes to move manually and a better distribution of bikes around the city.

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Re:How People Use Bike-Share Spaces vs. Parking Spots by trogsworth on Tuesday July 04, 2017 @05:41AM (#14694697)

Do you have a source for this? I've never seen anything about rebates.

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Re:How People Use Bike-Share Spaces vs. Parking Spots by liotier on Tuesday July 04, 2017 @05:48AM (#14694721)

Same in Paris.

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Re:How People Use Bike-Share Spaces vs. Parking Spots by tonyedgecombe on Tuesday July 04, 2017 @03:08AM (#14694103)

Yes if some journeys had a negative rental cost then you could solve the availability problems quite easily.

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