I know what you mean re: reliability, but you also can't doubt that utility to all those riders that took the bikes and left the rack empty! Matching the suppl

I know what you mean re: reliability, but you also can't doubt that utility to all those riders that took the bikes and left the rack empty! Matching the supply of bikes to demand is an interesting problem. The good systems try to address clumping by "re-balancing." In DC, they'd have vans that would move bikes to keep up with demand patterns.[1] Also, as you've said, integrating bike shares with alternatives (like walking or transit) mitigates the reliability issue somewhat. [1] See https://www.capitalbikeshare.com/news/2015/04/02/the-system-in-rebalance https://www.capitalbikeshare.com/news/2015/04/02/the-system-...