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I want to visit Amsterdam to see how they deal with this. Most people there get around on an (almost scooter-sized) bicycle but they usually _own_ it themselves

I want to visit Amsterdam to see how they deal with this. Most people there get around on an (almost scooter-sized) bicycle but they usually _own_ it themselves, so there's incentive to look after it and not allow it to be impounded for blocking the way (or stolen or whatever). I think the "you don't own it so you can forget about it after the ride" aspect of Lime/Bird/etc is a bug, not a feature.

jrm4 4y ago
Exactly. It's just kind of wild that there was apparently no accounting whatsoever for dropoffs/pickups/retrievals, i.e. all the things you'd have to think about if you did this with cars. Especially as I recall, they were kind of halfway there with the deal where anyone could pick them up and charge them for the company?