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I wish Mexico City's Mobike[1] had someone running around at night finding bikes - I swear, every day there are less and less on the streets. I've given up even
by telesilla 8y ago
I wish Mexico City's Mobike[1] had someone running around at night finding bikes - I swear, every day there are less and less on the streets. I've given up even bothering to look for any near me and have gone back to walking to the nearest ecobici stand or calling an uber.
[1] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mexico-crime-mobike/bike-theft-puts-the-brakes-on-chinas-mobike-in-mexico-city-idUSKCN1IX381?il=0 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mexico-crime-mobike/bike-...
"Mobike, which recently changed hands for $2.7 billion, equips its bicycles with an electronic alarm that alerts the company when one of them leaves its operating zone."
Yeah that doesn't work - I always rode one to neighbouring areas without even thinking about it, and there is no disincentive. Reporting a bike that says it's on the street, but is actually in someone's yard behind a fence, takes 3 days to get a response in the hope that the bad actor gets their account revoked.
- _rpd 8y agoI gave up on car2go for similar reasons. On the rare occasion that I could actually find the car I'd reserved, it was parked in private parking. There were allegedly punishments for doing this, but they never seemed to make the practice any less common.