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There have been many great pricing models posed in this thread to dis-incentivize gaming, but I'm a little surprised no one has mentioned the simple "make bird
by NorthOf33rd 8y ago
There have been many great pricing models posed in this thread to dis-incentivize gaming, but I'm a little surprised no one has mentioned the simple "make bird hunting a full time job with benefits."
Just like uber before them, bird threatens to upend some reasonably decent jobs in cities with bike share programs- assuming the bike share programs don't learn from taxi drivers and adapt.
So much of the reason these things work- and that the companies themselves become massively valuable is the externalization of costs. That doesn't have to be a given.
- dawnerd 8y agoI think Lime does that? In any case Bird should be inspecting their scooters frequently for safety reasons so really would just make sense to hire teams of people with vans or trucks to pick them up every night.
- midniteslayr 8y agoRazor scooters/eBikes do that in San Diego, and I know Jump bikes also have a team of people in San Francisco (as it was mandated by the city). In SD, the Razor Scooters are much nicer and doesn't seem to have as many problems with their equipment than the Bird scooters do.
- aezell 8y agoThank you for pointing this out. I'm always bemused at the overly complicated technical solutions proffered when a simple "pay a human a decent wage" solves the original problem and lots of other ones, too.