dowlingm
Senior Member
Subsidizing the poor remuneration of delivery bike drivers by multinational food portals is not the responsibility of the city government or of its agencies, surely?
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Northern Light
Superstar
Time for an update on Bikeshare Stations.
We're still not in to this year's expansion yet, though that should be imminent (along with finishing last years).
But some changes have begun in earnest. In Jan/Feb most changes were either station removals/relos due to construction, or minor reductions of the number of docks at stations that were really over-sized.
Late February and March saw those surplus stations and docks rolled back out either as new stations, or significantly enlarged ones.
We're still not in to this year's expansion yet, though that should be imminent (along with finishing last years).
But some changes have begun in earnest. In Jan/Feb most changes were either station removals/relos due to construction, or minor reductions of the number of docks at stations that were really over-sized.
Late February and March saw those surplus stations and docks rolled back out either as new stations, or significantly enlarged ones.
daptive
Active Member
University Ave and King St EAST?
elcorrerador
Active Member
Their faq page had a typo for quite some time. It was fixed after I mentioned that to them by email.
JacindaArdern
New Member
Has anyone seen any plans to improve the maintenance on the existing fleet?
Littering more docks around will only do so much to expand usage if the bikes themselves are in pool condition, which they are.
Littering more docks around will only do so much to expand usage if the bikes themselves are in pool condition, which they are.
Northern Light
Superstar
Bikeshare rate changes have been approved by Council; only one minor tweak, Councillor Saxe got a motion approved allowing people to pay the annual membership fee in installments.
JacindaArdern
New Member
Ugh Saxe with all the performative ideas so far.
LNahid2000
Senior Member
Well...I guess I won't be using the e-bikes anymore.
PL1
Active Member
Same. The rates are ridiculous
robmausser
Senior Member
Its a really big docking station...
generalcanada
Active Member
a few days after the change and i havent seen this many ebikes available in almost a year
daptive
Active Member
max
Active Member
While I fully expect that additional e-bikes should be available due to the fee structure changes, with today's weather, I wouldn't try to draw any conclusions.
elcorrerador
Active Member
Someone posted a similar screenshot on Reddit earlier this week. I would say it's related.
afransen
Senior Member
If ebike utililization drops off a cliff, maybe they will revisit the incremental charge. If the problem was a small group of users camping on these, this seems like a good change to make sure they are broadly available. Maybe there are other structures that could work, such as a higher fee membership that includes 2x30 minute ebike sessions per day, and each additional session costs per minute. This would serve the same purpose of discouraging gig workers from monopolizing them.
Really, gig drivers would/should be better off renting their own ebike, not using a bikeshare. There are services that offer long term ebike rentals. I guess Bikeshare helps to reduce risk/liability of theft.
Really, gig drivers would/should be better off renting their own ebike, not using a bikeshare. There are services that offer long term ebike rentals. I guess Bikeshare helps to reduce risk/liability of theft.