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> The consumer benefits seem great How so? We have dockless bikes here (the Chinese Mobike) but it seems like you never know where to pick them up. At less wit
by ggregoire 9y ago
> The consumer benefits seem great
How so? We have dockless bikes here (the Chinese Mobike) but it seems like you never know where to pick them up. At less with the public bikes, I know where is the closest docking station to my house.
- Analemma_ 9y ago> but it seems like you never know where to pick them up. That's a major design failure on their part then. Seattle's dockless bikes all have GPS trackers so you can see them on a map on the phone app.
- KerrickStaley 9y agoI actually like the consistency of knowing where the bikes will be without having to check an app. I have a dock less than a block from my apartment that is consistently stocked with bikes. It's convenient and less mental overhead than checking an app.
- kweks 9y agoDo they actually have GPS? The Chinese bikes have a dirt cheap BLE module; the App pulls GPS data from your phone. Which is to say, when people displace the bikes "manually", the maps are no longer accurate.
- ggregoire 9y agoNo, I meant you never know before looking at your phone if there is a dockless bike at less than 15 min from your home. And I have 2 public dock stations at 5 min from my home so...
- dx034 9y agoWhere is here? In London, you can see them in the app. They allow you to "block" it for 15 minutes so it's less of a gamble if you have to walk a few minutes for the next bike. Works well from my first tests and cheaper/easier than the official version.