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Public bike share system
Photograph by CycleHop and Smoove
In February 2016, we selected the future owner and operator of a public bike share system for Vancouver. Vancouver’s public bike share program—Mobi, bikes we share—will launch in summer 2016.
Learn more and sign-up
With bicycles located across the network at secure, easy-to-use docking stations, they offer a convenient, comfortable, flexible, and affordable way to get around.
Nearly 1,000 cities around the world, including Montreal, New York City, Boston, and Seattle have started public bike shares.
http://vancouver.ca/streets-transportation/public-bike-share-system.aspx
I've heard that very, very few people ride bikes in "Rain-couver" BC, Canada.
There is a Made-In-Vancouver bike sharing startup with a covered trike, that apparently didn't get selected:
http://www.shareable.net/blog/electric-tricycle-sharing-coming-soon-to-vancouver
http://www.velometro.com/
What's your opinion?
From the Veemo's news page, looks like they quit in March, after the City of Vancouver selected the Moby in February.
http://www.velometro.com/news.html
Should the Veemo-Velometro been funded by a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign?
Iirc UBC requires a parking stall for a Veemo. Heard that SFU requires parking tags for 2-wheeled electric scooters.
The escooters seem to be taxed indirectly -- not consistent with statutes, or "ultra vires" imo. I would take these universities to court, if I was a student there.
Photograph by CycleHop and Smoove
In February 2016, we selected the future owner and operator of a public bike share system for Vancouver. Vancouver’s public bike share program—Mobi, bikes we share—will launch in summer 2016.
Learn more and sign-up
With bicycles located across the network at secure, easy-to-use docking stations, they offer a convenient, comfortable, flexible, and affordable way to get around.
Nearly 1,000 cities around the world, including Montreal, New York City, Boston, and Seattle have started public bike shares.
http://vancouver.ca/streets-transportation/public-bike-share-system.aspx
I've heard that very, very few people ride bikes in "Rain-couver" BC, Canada.
There is a Made-In-Vancouver bike sharing startup with a covered trike, that apparently didn't get selected:
http://www.shareable.net/blog/electric-tricycle-sharing-coming-soon-to-vancouver
http://www.velometro.com/
What's your opinion?
From the Veemo's news page, looks like they quit in March, after the City of Vancouver selected the Moby in February.
http://www.velometro.com/news.html
Should the Veemo-Velometro been funded by a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign?
Iirc UBC requires a parking stall for a Veemo. Heard that SFU requires parking tags for 2-wheeled electric scooters.
The escooters seem to be taxed indirectly -- not consistent with statutes, or "ultra vires" imo. I would take these universities to court, if I was a student there.
