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The big worry for many cities is they've eviscerated their docked bike-rental program. Those are municipal infrastructure... If Uber is abandoning this product
by Pxtl 6y ago
The big worry for many cities is they've eviscerated their docked bike-rental program. Those are municipal infrastructure... If Uber is abandoning this product, there are a lot of cities that are going to have an orphaned bikeshare service with hard infrastructure installed all over town.
- 1propionyl 6y agoThe thing is that they never actually were municipal infrastructure. They were an outsourced attraction posing as municipal infrastructure. And to be frank, maybe those cities or municipalities should consider hiring some of the laid off employees, buying the infrastructure during the fire sale (if they don't actually already own it), cutting out the middle man, and doing it themselves.
- Pxtl 6y agoAt least in my city, it was a locally owned program. The city owned the bikes and the business that handled maintenance and rebalancing was a private not for profit. Uber was basically only involved with the software. But if the city wants more bikes or parts, where do they get it?
- 1propionyl 6y agoWhere do companies like Spin get their bicycles and parts from? They're not in the manufacturing business either.