Bird Scooters Have Landed
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Re: Bird Scooters Have Landed
According to Lime app, there are a couple _bicycles_ downtown at the moment - about 18th/Main and Library district. Also one on Plaza by Michael Kors. Error in app or are they experimenting with bikes?
edit: One in Westport too.
edit: One in Westport too.
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Re: Bird Scooters Have Landed
Error, as far as I know. Lime isn't permitted to launch anything other than scooters at this time -- and they're maxed out at 500.
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Re: Bird Scooters Have Landed
Bird had its first coordinated hoarder takedown in KC with KCKPD's help retrieving 58 scooters from inside an apartment building. Still quite a few smaller hoards located throughout the city, so hopefully they will be taken care of soon.
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Re: Bird Scooters Have Landed
150 electric bikes coming, partnership between BikeWalkKC and RideKC.
http://bikewalkkc.org/blog/2018/11/medi ... nd-ridekc/
They'll work with the current Bcycle stations and be dockless
http://bikewalkkc.org/blog/2018/11/medi ... nd-ridekc/
They'll work with the current Bcycle stations and be dockless
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Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!
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"Lock-to" dockless, so you'll have to lock them to something to check them back in.
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Is there a new app or just the bcycle app?
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Re: Bird Scooters Have Landed
i would like to subscribe to this a&e television show effective immediately
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It will be a new app. Get a start here: https://www.dropmobility.com/
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Uber said to be negotiating a multibillion-dollar takeover of scooter-sharing startup https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/1/1812 ... ton-report
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Do we think prices will go down for the service? Would love to see it cheaper to grab a scooter than drive a car on short trips.
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At minimum you'll see them integrated into the Uber app, like the Jump bikes are in markets where they exist. It's called "mobility as a service" -- you pick the mode that suits your trip based on price, duration, and availability.beautyfromashes wrote: ↑Sat Dec 01, 2018 12:48 pm Do we think prices will go down for the service? Would love to see it cheaper to grab a scooter than drive a car on short trips.
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If we do get free bus transportation in the future, will bicycle and e-bike be included? Scooter?
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I doubt it.beautyfromashes wrote: ↑Sat Dec 01, 2018 7:01 pm If we do get free bus transportation in the future, will bicycle and e-bike be included? Scooter?
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Would love to see us implement programs like Amsterdam where public bikes are put at all bike racks. They are simple, older bikes but you just take one when you need it. If making transportation free is a way to incentivize it’s use, bicycle use should be part of the same program.DaveKCMO wrote: ↑Sun Dec 02, 2018 3:08 pmI doubt it.beautyfromashes wrote: ↑Sat Dec 01, 2018 7:01 pm If we do get free bus transportation in the future, will bicycle and e-bike be included? Scooter?
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Re: Bird Scooters Have Landed
Lime pulled out of the market until Spring. All staff at the warehouse were laid off unexpectedly.
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