LIME E-bikes being dumped in canal & rivers

[night cycler]

Why is this, is it the same sort of issue that
occurred with Boris bikes?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8d1528yvy2o.amp

 

[Drago]

If only all the trial scooters could go for a swim...

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Why is this, is it the same sort of issue that
occurred with Boris bikes?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8d1528yvy2o.amp

Ifthey don;t have to be locked up
and, according to the article, can be "hacked" so you can ride them without paying
then there are bound to be idiots that "hav a larf" with them

company should be made to pay for removal and damage - as soon as it costs them money they will take more notice

 

[mjr]

Why is this, is it the same sort of issue that
occurred with Boris bikes?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8d1528yvy2o.amp

Previously, taxi drivers were accused of dumping bike share bikes into rivers. I don't know if any were ever charged. That's one of the reasons city-backed bikes are docked in saner cities.

 

[mjr]

If only all the trial scooters could go for a swim...

Cars first!

 

[slowmotion]

I read an article a few months ago that claimed that the average Lime bike gets trashed, torched, dumped in water or simply disappears well before the hire fees cover its capital cost.

That's not exactly a sustainable business model.

 

[Drago]

Cars first!

As a non car owner I wouldn't be upset at that!

Mrs "two-cars" D might be upset as I rolled them into the canal for ther though.

 

[DCLane]

@slowmotion - a lot of these hire bike / scooter companies appear to fail financially due to high investment costs and poor returns. Public sector subsidies probably help a bit, but they're not very viable.

 

[slowmotion]

@slowmotion - a lot of these hire bike / scooter companies appear to fail financially due to high investment costs and poor returns. Public sector subsidies probably help a bit, but they're not very viable.

I suspect that they start out with an obsession with "visibility" and "market share" and forget that they just are not generating enough revenue to continue in the longer term.

 

[Dogtrousers]

Why is this, is it the same sort of issue that
occurred with Boris bikes?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8d1528yvy2o.amp

With docked bikes you have to return the bike to a dock or you incur a financial penalty.

With dockless bikes/scooters the public are trusted to park them sensibly in appropriate places.

Note those two words "public" and "trusted". That's why they are always dumped any old where - generally strewn all over the place, blocking footways or indeed in rivers or canals. All in all they are a blight on the urban environment.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

With docked bikes you have to return the bike to a dock or you incur a financial penalty.

With dockless bikes/scooters the public are trusted to park them sensibly in appropriate places.

Note those two words "public" and "trusted". That's why they are always dumped any old where - generally strewn all over the place, blocking footways or indeed in rivers or canals. All in all they are a blight on the urban environment.

Yup - when I first heard of it I wondered exactly what they were smoking in the meeting that decided this was a good idea