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by mulmen 2988 days ago
Did you catch the part where the city council member that wanted to bail out Pronto was an investor in Pronto? Fun times.
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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.
LimeBike is rolling them out so we will see!