We've seen rapping physicians railing against speeding, and even a hip - hop take on
bike sharing schemes.
After a successful launch in the West London borough of Ealing, Mobike is expanding its dockless
bike share scheme in London, with 400 bikes rolling out in Islington.
In a recent post, Christine addressed the problems of vandalism of dockless
bike share schemes; it reminds us of the Tragedy of the Commons, described in the Guardian as «the economic theory that individuals using a shared resource often act according to their own interests and to the detriment of the shared resource... With bikes literally littering the street, riders become less mindful of how they treat the bikes and where they leave them when there is always another to pick up.»
Good for ofo, for not calling
themselves a bike share scheme as everyone does, but for telling us that «dockless bike hire company ofo celebrates a successful launch in Sheffield - its biggest outside London so far in the UK.»
As a free application, Spotcycle helps bike share users take advantage of a sustainable and ecologically sound solution for urban transportation in its scalability, adaptability and comprehensive support of
bike share schemes worldwide.
Visit www.spotcycle.net for more information on the product and for supported
bike share schemes.
Not exact matches
Uber is piloting the
scheme among a select group of users in San Francisco in partnership with Jump
Bikes, which runs electric
bike -
share schemes around the U.S., Uber said in a blog post this week.
The default control
scheme consists of holding R2 to accelerate; pressing L2 to use the front brake or reverse; pressing L1 to use the clutch; pressing R1 to rewind the action following a collision or a general loss of track time; pressing X to use the rear brake; pressing triangle to look back behind your
bike; pressing O to manually shift up a gear; pressing square to manually shift down a gear; moving the direction of the left analogue stick to the left or right to steer your
bike accordingly; moving the direction of the right analogue stick forwards, backwards, left or right to appropriately distribute your rider's weight; pressing left or right on the d - pad to look to the left or right respectively; pressing down on the d - pad to respawn on track following a crash or loss of direction; holding R1 to chat in online multiplayer; pressing the
share button takes you to the
share feature menu; and pressing the options button to display the pause menu.
Whatever the merits of
bike helmet laws in general, the costs clearly outweigh them in relation to
bike -
share schemes like CityCycle in Brisbane.
While users are still encouraged to leave the
bikes at specified hubs, they also can lock them to regular
bike racks or other street fixtures, a feature that is common in
bike -
sharing schemes in Germany, for example, but not so far in the United States.
Bike and Roll, which currently rents out 2,000
bikes in New York City — the nation's largest traditional
bike rental fleet — will open a pilot
scheme in Hoboken with 25 rental
bikes for longer - term usage and 25
bike -
share bikes for short trips.