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The entire dockless business model started in China and they're way ahead with the backlash. Shanghai has cracked down hard [1] but it's still a huge problem wi
by dnomad 8y ago
The entire dockless business model started in China and they're way ahead with the backlash. Shanghai has cracked down hard [1] but it's still a huge problem with bikes being dumped all over the place [2].
If people can move past the dockless approach and realize it doesn't scale then we might get more efficient business models that could be defended without gobs of VC money.
[1] http://www.wri.org/blog/2018/01/chinese-cities-aim-rein-bike-sharing-boom http://www.wri.org/blog/2018/01/chinese-cities-aim-rein-bike...
[2] https://news.sky.com/story/in-china-rental-bikes-have-become-a-social-menace-11191053 https://news.sky.com/story/in-china-rental-bikes-have-become...
- Camillo 8y agoBut scooters are _much_ smaller than bikes, and Americans are _much_ less likely to ride scooters or bikes than the Chinese are. I haven't seen anything close to those Chinese scenes in San Francisco while they had scooters. In fact, I haven't really seen anything that looked like much of a problem, in terms of parking. Anyway, cities could make parking rules and require the scooter companies to help with enforcement. E.g., to lock the scooter you have to park it properly and take a picture with the app. The city's parking enforcement gets access to the pictures and can fine people without even having to get off their chairs. The real problem with scooters, from what I've heard, is that boomers hate them because they're new and because some people ride them on the sidewalks. But the dock solution does not help at all with that.