> Really? There's a motor. Rental bikes may also be electric. Madrid does this very effectively. > If you have those 3 cities you're already dealing with 10s

> Really? There's a motor. Rental bikes may also be electric. Madrid does this very effectively. > If you have those 3 cities you're already dealing with 10s of millions of potential customers That would be the 100% penetration scenario, which is not realistic by any metric, especially in Boston and NYC where they already have strong and efficient public transportation networks.