Citibike unsustainable, requires more funding, maybe public in the future (rentals, credit)
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All this is as unnecessary as bikesharing. Why not just buy your own bike, and chain, and lock it up to a street light or something? If NYC wants to increase the use of bikes, just put up bike racks everywhere. I would not mind publicly funding a whole lot of bike racks. It will be much much cheaper. Or is the city doing this for money?
Because you can't take your bike everywhere you go
I am secretly glad it is failing also, just because. LOL. Ha Ha !!!!
I don't think however it was really for tourists. How will they know where the docking stations are?. If they are tourists, chances are they don't know the city like we do.
I also think that 45 minutes is sort of having pressure on you as you ride, what if it takes longer than 45 minutes to get to where you have to be, what is you happen to run into a friend a chit chat and lose track of time. I don't like the time restriction it, that annoys me. It is like someone commanding that I only have 45 minutes to ride.
I didn't like the whole system of it at all. Plus here in Brooklyn it takes up too many parking spaces, and we already have parking problems......
Works great until someone walks right up to it and cups their hands around their eyes to look in. Then they see what you're doing. On the plus side, many NYC residents will find the one-piece toilet and sink a comforting reminder of their home away from home on Rikers.
Numbers don't lie - they're not making money. Who the hell in their right mind wants to ride a bike in Manhattan anyway - I hate driving in the city much less to get on a bike in all that traffic.
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Numbers don't lie - they're not making money. Who the hell in their right mind wants to ride a bike in Manhattan anyway - I hate driving in the city much less to get on a bike in all that traffic.
Lots of people ride the bikes. But they're mostly annual customers, who don't cover the cost. The daily and weekly rates are cost-prohibitive ($10 and $25) and the terms restrictive (30 minutes as opposed to 45), so few people use them.
Numbers don't lie - they're not making money. Who the hell in their right mind wants to ride a bike in Manhattan anyway - I hate driving in the city much less to get on a bike in all that traffic.
Plenty of persons ride bikes in NYC and yes even in Manhattan both for work, commuting and pleasure. Numbers are growing since Bloomberg's administration carved up the streets for dedicated bike lanes. The one on the Westside highway in particular is used by commuters from Westchester area as well as from New Jersey.
I'll say it again, bike and car sharing schemes in Manhattan share similar problems. While their intention may be for short hourly "rentals", persons often see things differently. This is where renting versus sharing becomes blurred and causes confusion and problems.
Why put a Citibike station in Central Park if you aren't going to allow longer than one hour use? I mean suppose someone seeking to run an errand from CPW to the UES *might* be tempted but they are going to have to be a very good biker to get through the Park, to whatever point on the UES, get what they wanted or went for done, then return all in <40minutes.
Also as with car sharing available real estate/space is at a premium. Just as there is only so much street and or garage parking available for cars, you cannot clutter up limited sidewalk space with scores of bikes per location.
As for those that keep going on about "why don't these persons just buy a bike", you obviously haven't priced a good bicycle lately. No, you won't find one for $50 in the shops. Thrift stores or estate sales maybe, but not new. Then there becomes the problem of where to put the thing. Given the often cramped living quarters in Manhattan and elsewhere finding space to put a bike isn't always easy.
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