Scaling the Largest Dockless Bikesharing Platform

Re:Scaling the Largest Dockless Bikesharing Platform by darklajid on Tuesday April 03, 2018 @10:27PM (#16751387)

I see bikes without saddles (stolen?), with destroyed/sliced saddles (vandalism) and in otherwise okay shape lying .. everywhere in Singapore. Sometimes in the middle of the road (the divider, not the actual road). In random bushes.

Yes, the _majority_ probably is parked properly. But there are so many cases of "bike abuse" around that I see on a daily basis that I'm constantly shaking my head about this lack of respect and care. Is DC that much worse? I wouldn't know.

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Re:Scaling the Largest Dockless Bikesharing Platform by ShadowFaxSam on Thursday April 05, 2018 @05:38AM (#16763266)

It can get pretty bad. And I have seen the exact same problems in other cities like Florence, Italy and Sydney (DC was the worst).

Even if the majority are using the service properly it takes seeing one bike in a tree to ruin the system for everyone.

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/How-Is-This-Not-Lit...

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Re:Scaling the Largest Dockless Bikesharing Platform by foobarian on Tuesday April 03, 2018 @11:15PM (#16751587)

I would have expected Singapore of all places to be tidy, given all the anecdotes about anti-littering enforcement, chewing gum, etc.

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Re:Scaling the Largest Dockless Bikesharing Platform by darklajid on Thursday April 05, 2018 @03:56AM (#16762802)

It is quite clean, for sure! It's so much cleaner than any other place I've been to.

But people are people and some things are quite normal and expected here.. Like randomly putting these bikes ~wherever~ or littering cigarette buds.

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