For all their advantages, docking stations are hard to install (on whose land? power? plus it's another expense), and they're another piece of equipment to main

For all their advantages, docking stations are hard to install (on whose land? power? plus it's another expense), and they're another piece of equipment to maintain. As for the tracking: the Czech bike-sharing ReKola did just that: has people riding around the city when a bike is reported as non-functional.