[macroexpanse]

Point taken. There should not be a double standard. City legislators need to have the spine to change the law.

I have been following the story of bike share in Seattle. It's a shame that Pronto and Motivate lost the contract.

[mulmen]

Did you catch the part where the city council member that wanted to bail out Pronto was an investor in Pronto? Fun times.

[macroexpanse]

Indeed. Bike share schemes don't need to be publicly funded if run properly. Citi Bike has been a huge success in NYC without taking a dime from taxpayers. Perhaps an ebike system would have been more economically viable in a hilly city like Seattle.

[mulmen]

LimeBike is rolling them out so we will see!