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Re:ViaCycle (YC S12) Is A Zipcar For Bikes, Coming To San Fr... by graeme on Wednesday August 15, 2012 @01:50PM (#4387164)
Montreal has the same system (Bixi), with exactly the same sturdy features as the London system. Some local management issues aside, the system is running quite smoothly.

It's a stretch to say "This will never work!" when something already is working, and avoiding the specific issues complained about.

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Re:ViaCycle (YC S12) Is A Zipcar For Bikes, Coming To San Fr... by jellicle on Wednesday August 15, 2012 @02:46PM (#4387491)
Montreal Bixi is very, very, very far away from being profitable:

http://blogs.montrealgazette.com/2012/03/16/bixi-raising-mon...

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Re:ViaCycle (YC S12) Is A Zipcar For Bikes, Coming To San Fr... by graeme on Wednesday August 15, 2012 @03:54PM (#4387850)
From the article:

"In total, the Montreal operation will bring in $7.4 million. Bixi will spend $7.3 million on operations, marketing, administration and research and development."

That's for 2012. Projections aren't results, but things don't sound too far off. What are you basing your statement on?

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Re:ViaCycle (YC S12) Is A Zipcar For Bikes, Coming To San Fr... by nasmorn on Thursday August 16, 2012 @06:29AM (#4390677)
One can expect a little bit of taxpayer subsidy in the future, since it is freeing up incredibly valuable road space that in most city centers is a limited resource that can't be expanded.
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