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you're kidding, right? I gave up on using jump bikes for my own travel needs long time ago, better off just walking and getting some exercise instead of hunting
by twelve40 7y ago
you're kidding, right? I gave up on using jump bikes for my own travel needs long time ago, better off just walking and getting some exercise instead of hunting down some random thing in some random direction. But I try to use the bikes (the actual ride is pretty good, if you manage to get one) to show my friends around SF when they visit. In my experience, it's almost impossible to get two (or more, god forbid) bikes without spending up to an hour dragging through the dirties parts of Tenderloin just to hunt down the thing. By the time we manage to line up two bikes, everyone is fed up and sick of shitty neighborhoods, too - easier to just uber and go where we actually need to go.
- icebraining 7y agoYour difficulty in finding available bikes might be because they're very popular and constantly in use, no?
- malandrew 7y agoIt's also government artificially restricting supply to certain numbers. Asymptotic regulations are bad regulations. Variable regulations are better. For example, instead of saying that there can be N bikes allowed, they should instead determine metrics they want to achieve like utilization (rides per day) or complaints per number of bikes and let operators put as many bikes on the streets so long as the quality of life metrics they establish are satisfied.
- arcticbull 7y agoTake another look, they’ve doubled the number of bikes in the city. They were originally limited by the city as part of their pilot program which is since expanded.