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Re:Dockless bikes: Are they bad for station-based bike-shari... by F_r_k on Sunday June 03, 2018 @03:42AM (#17218421)
In Geneva, we have dockless bikes, but they are not everywhere. Why ?

The bikes need to connect to an antenna (bike point). The range is only few meters, so you can only dock them in designated spots. Quite clever I think.

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Re:Dockless bikes: Are they bad for station-based bike-shari... by GhostVII on Sunday June 03, 2018 @09:30AM (#17219424)
Wouldn't those be essentially the same as docked bikes then? You have to bring it to one of the designated locations to drop it off, just like with docks.
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Re:Dockless bikes: Are they bad for station-based bike-shari... by F_r_k on Monday June 11, 2018 @02:32AM (#17282254)
Yes, but number of bikes is limited by space and not by dock places.
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