I came home from work the other day and there is a yellow bike parked in front of my house and no one from my house had rented the bike. None of the neighbors had left it either. It was just dumped and became my problem. Not cool.
I'd move it to the curb for garbage pickup.bearkitten said:
I came home from work the other day and there is a yellow bike parked in front of my house and no one from my house had rented the bike. None of the neighbors had left it either. It was just dumped and became my problem. Not cool.
Unless they "broke" them, you have to pay to ride them... so I imagine if someone keeps paying, the rental company won't care.Rapier108 said:
Two people down the street from me have basically taken two of these bikes for their own personal use. They're always riding around the neighborhood with them, even towing their two kids behind in those little trailer things.
https://www.kbtx.com/content/news/College-Station-revokes-OFOs-permit-498602811.htmlQuote:
COLLEGE STATION, Tex. (KBTX) The city of College Station announced Thursday it's revoked a permit for the company ofo, which operates the yellow ride-sharing bicycles.
As of October 12th, the company is no longer allowed to operate in College Station and the bikes will be picked up after the fall semester.
According to the city of College Station, ofo did not have the proper auto liability insurance to operate its vehicles that are used pickup bicycles that were left in improper places across town.
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Texas A&M announced it will be looking for a new vendor to supply ride-sharing bicycles for the spring semester.
woodiewood1 said:
An easy and sure way to solve the issue with the bikes being left everywhere off the user's property is for townspersons to be able to pick them up and take them to the police station for a $10 credit on their electric bill.
When Ofo comes to pick them up, charge them $20 to release them
It would develop a nice small business for a lot of people. I would pick up a few dozen a week in order to lower my electric bill to zero.
Issue solved.
What is not clear to me is how many of the Ofo uh ohs are users vs nonusers moving them to make Ofo look bad, or just for "fun". In other cities the bikes have to go into special racks when you're done.Quote:
Since A&M entered into an exclusive agreement with Ofo in early 2018, over 39,500 people in the Bryan-College Station area have registered for the service. Collectively, Ofo users in the area have biked more than 330,000 miles.
"We worked with Ofo to reinstate their license because we don't want to take this resource away from students and others that rely on it," Special Projects Manager Aubrey Nettles said.
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Now, Texas A&M will be transitioning to a new bike share vendor in the coming months.
https://www.kbtx.com/content/news/ofo-planning-to-remove-bikes-in-coming-months-from-College-Station-498725981.html