The same system NYC just deployed has been in use in Montreal and London for years. You have to use a credit card or similar to get a bike, so there's some dis

The same system NYC just deployed has been in use in Montreal and London for years. You have to use a credit card or similar to get a bike, so there's some disincentive to mess about (they will charge your card if you steal the bike). That said, in the first few months after London got theirs, several of the kiosks were vandalized or stolen. That problem seems to have subsided (maybe the fools figured out there was no real money in it). But cycle theft in NYC is more rampant than in London, so we'll see how it goes. My fingers are crossed, because I've used the sibling systems and they're great.