Skeezix
Senior Member
Oh God, yes. People would drop their old bikes off the gondola into the canal.
*That* would put Toronto on the map. World class city.
*That* would put Toronto on the map. World class city.
What a waste.It's a tradition to toss your old bike into the canal. They dredge them out on a regular basis.
Here is a pretty good article about Seattle's recently failed bike share program, with possible lessons for Toronto --
http://www.citylab.com/commute/2017...oes-under/513575/?utm_source=nl__link3_020117
Here is a pretty good article about Seattle's recently failed bike share program, with possible lessons for Toronto --
http://www.citylab.com/commute/2017...oes-under/513575/?utm_source=nl__link3_020117
So I joined Bikeshare mostly out of spite (a squeaky wheel in the neighborhood is trying to get a Bikeshare station removed from a park). I think it's $50 for a year if you have a presto card.
I've used it 10 times so far, so I guess that's $5 a trip and falling quickly. It's been handy when I've had a flat tire, or do a 1-way trip (for example bike into work, TTC home).
The bikes are worse to use than I thought. The seat is height-adjustable, but the handlebars are too low for me. The gearing is low so I just leave it in "3" the whole time. Brakes are phenomenal. Ride is cushy. I wouldn't want to ride one for much more than 4 or 5 km, but then again most of my trips are 3km anyway.
It looks like a Bike Share Toronto competitor is coming to Toronto this summer:
https://dropbike.ca/
Heck yes that will be a problem. Especially in prime areas where there's limited space for posts and it's hard to get a spot to lock up.That being said I think there will be some issues with a for-profit bike service occupying public bike posts around the city
Taxpayers should have to pay to modify our current system to squeeze this company in? No, that wouldn't be fair. They should have to be the ones to fund new bike posts / racks.but I think that should be an excuse to add even more bike posts around the city.
Should every company that rents bikes be required to do that?They should have to be the ones to fund new bike posts / racks.
Taxpayers should have to pay to modify our current system to squeeze this company in?