Re:The Rise of the Electric Scooter
by maccam94 on Thursday September 12, 2019 @04:35PM
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Dockless and docked bikeshare programs both mitigate this issue, with trade-offs on the inconvenience of finding bikes/parking them.
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Re:The Rise of the Electric Scooter
by coredog64 on Thursday September 12, 2019 @07:40PM
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Citibike in NYC is a dumpster fire. Same price as subway ride for a 30 minute ride. Each ride segment has to be 30 minutes or less or they start charging you by the minute. You can’t check out more than one bike on a single account. The full docks don’t correctly report in, meaning even though the dock is full, you can’t get a time extension while you go out of your way to return the bike.
Re:The Rise of the Electric Scooter
by asdfasgasdgasdg on Thursday September 12, 2019 @08:19PM
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That's the tourist price. NYC residents typically buy an annual pass for $170, which gives you free 45 minute segments.
Re:The Rise of the Electric Scooter
by NikolaeVarius on Thursday September 12, 2019 @09:22PM
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Been using CitiBike for 3 years. None of these have been an issue for me, except for the 30 minute time limit, but I was going from WTC to 96th st which took me 40 minutes
Nowhere near as convenient as a scooter.
Closing the last half mile on a trip on scooter is a breeze. Sometimes the nearest bike docks at start and end total half a mile distance. Dockless bike? They are generally quite sparse where I am.