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Re:Uber enters dockless bike wars with Jump acquisition by k_sh on Monday April 09, 2018 @06:35PM (#16797567)
True, but generally folks live within 5 miles of 90% of the places they go.

Also, a bicycle can serve as a last-mile connector to the transit system - imagine someone who lives at Wilshire and La Brea but works in West Hollywood, and would like to take the Red Line, but doesn't want to lose an hour to walking.

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Re:Uber enters dockless bike wars with Jump acquisition by ghostly_s on Monday April 09, 2018 @07:05PM (#16797756)
> True, but generally folks live within 5 miles of 90% of the places they go.

Isn't LA like, the single place on earth where this is least true?

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Re:Uber enters dockless bike wars with Jump acquisition by sulam on Monday April 09, 2018 @09:12PM (#16798267)
Most Texas cities are arguably worse, but since it's Texas, the expectations are pretty low.
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Re:Uber enters dockless bike wars with Jump acquisition by bogomipz on Tuesday April 10, 2018 @04:12AM (#16799845)
>"True, but generally folks live within 5 miles of 90% of the places they go"

I have never heard this before? Do you a citation for this? More likely in LA is that people simply "limit their tether to 5 miles."

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