Lime supplies its services in occupied Palestine.
You see one of these bikes, fucking trash 'em. Easiest way you can is by slashing the tires with a pocket knife. Has the bonus added effect of guaranteeing the labor of a member of the working class, since disabled bikes need to be picked up by Lime and sent to their warehouses to be repaired. So this goes double if you see these bikes in the winter during their off-season.
In Germany this went reaaaallly awesome. First, some years back we had this with the shit bikes and it turned out to be a burden on all and there are massive bike dumps in China.
Then a while later we allow the same with scooters.
And as usual, some people with shit asshole behavior messing it up for everyone.
The other thing I do not get in my head is using public space for business. If I can’t just do that companies should be forbidden too.
I’m surprised there hasn’t been an initiative to get all the DHL/Amazon/etc. pick-up boxes to all share one station.
I do believe that’s a 2016-2019 Chevy volt in the first picture.
Agree with your point, but cars are far worse…
False dichotomy. We can invest in public transit or even public bike/scooter rentals without allowing free reign for a private company to make profits. So we can all say “fuck cars” while simultaneously criticizing this e-waste as well.
True
Agreed that cars are worse. If they were used primarily in bike lanes or on roads, I might believe they’re displacing cars. As it is, they’re primarily operated on sidewalks, effectively displacing pedestrian traffic and public transportation.
They’re still displacing cars though? Most times I’ve used one, the alternative would have been taking my car, or a ride hailing app. I’m not taking one instead of a leisurely stroll, I’m taking one to get somewhere in a reasonable amount of time. Which walking was never going to accomplish.
Yeah thats so true
Thanks for your business. We’ll just leave these externalities here for you to enjoy.
they find so many of these in our river
That kinda looks like a lot of cars not on the road. Sure, they should have designated drop off and pick up locations so you don’t get this mess. However, I think these lime bikes are providing an alternative option to solo drivers.
How are they all aggregated together? I’ve never seen more than a handful in one place at a time. Does lime hire someone to gather them all into one place in some cities?
Last time I saw so many in one place, it was at a beer festival.
Not sure, but if I had to guess, due to the no parking signs, bus behind the trees, gate off to the right and number of lime things there, it’s likely at a convention of some sort. So people likely thought taking those was easier than finding/paying for parking. If true, this is lowering the number of cars needed in the area
Ah, that would make sense. A 12 hour problem with a 12 hour solution.
Each end of the spectrum a has its own issues.
A centrally managed economy can be great for making unpopular but necessary changes, but are prone to massive failures when the law of unintended consequences inevitably shows up to bite you in the ass.
Free market economies are great for letting complexities sort themselves out, but are terrible for quickly making necessary changes, and you end up with “death by 1000 cuts” instead of one but failure.
In the end, I think it’s best to use the right tool for the right situation. As the goods/services are less critical, or the barriers to doing it yourself are low, a free market approach tends to work better. As the goods/services become more critical, and the do it yourself barriers are high, the free market approach becomes increasingly shitty for everyone but the owners.
The free market will solve you
We hage designated parking spots for these in Ottawa (Canada) that’s not limited to any one company and it works pretty well. I own an e-scooter but I’ll still often rent one if I dont want to park mine somewhere
It looks like that during sporting events and an hour after the event is over you won’t find a single bike within a mile of the stadium.
