LOHUD...At the bike share launch, held with much fanfare at
Renaissance Plaza, ofo Regional Manager Ana Wan Christie said the
company was "thrilled to serve the community with an affordable,
accessible and sustainable mode of transportation." Apparently, the thrill is gone. The
China-based company — the world's biggest bike share business — is
reportedly preparing to make deep cuts to its U.S. workforce and
concentrate on a handful of big city markets. The company announced
earlier this year that it will cease operating in Australia, Germany
and Israel. MORE HERE
This is how NOT to do a pilot program. Bike share can work, but it requires a critical mass of people and it requires a firm time commitment in order to develop a customer base.
ReplyDeleteThere is also the need to evaluate the pros and cons of docks versus dockless. Everyone thinks dockless avoids the eyesore issues and fights that NYC had with CitiBike, but dockless has its own problems with being an eyesore and making it look like they are strewn about the downtown.
And there is also the issue of helmet requirements and liability.
Guess it wasn't so "sustainable".
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