Dockless Bikeshare – The Dockpocalypse Nears

[Judd]

Interview with Nelle about Jump Bikes:

https://medium.com/seventhirty-dc/never-get-dockblocked-e64399e36444

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[PeteD]

Couldn’t get a picture of it today, but I saw a repurposed and urbanly-moblie Mobike, lock clipped, and spray painted, riding up K St thru Mount Vernon Square.

[jctonett]

Hmm… numbers seem pretty questionable to me… https://www.bicycling.com/culture/chinese-dockless-bike-share-traffic-costs?utm_campaign=Bicycling&utm_source=bicycling.com&utm_medium=newsletter&smartcode=YN_0001493419_0001656185&sha1hashlower=576d9c3b1b9eb491f73011a35dfca8791ddab579&md5hash=b001aeeec479643e4f9ac1bf7b7de09d

[Judd]

@jctonett 174812 wrote:

Hmm… numbers seem pretty questionable to me… https://www.bicycling.com/culture/chinese-dockless-bike-share-traffic-costs?utm_campaign=Bicycling&utm_source=bicycling.com&utm_medium=newsletter&smartcode=YN_0001493419_0001656185&sha1hashlower=576d9c3b1b9eb491f73011a35dfca8791ddab579&md5hash=b001aeeec479643e4f9ac1bf7b7de09d

I’m always suspicious of numbers likes these, because there are a lot of underlying assumptions that aren’t stated (and might not be true). There’s a lot of substitutes for transportation that make it difficult to determine impact on traffic or carbon emissions. Some of my CaBi rides have a been a substitute for walking, some for a bus ride, and some for Metro, and some for riding a personal bike all of which have a different carbon and traffic impact.

[Judd]

The folks at Jump Bikes were kind enough to give me my very own offer code. If you sign up for a new Jump Bikes account using the offer code Jump4Judd you’ll get four free rides!

[AFHokie]

@Judd 174961 wrote:

The folks at Jump Bikes were kind enough to give me my very own offer code. If you sign up for a new Jump Bikes account using the offer code Jump4Judd you’ll get four free rides!

How long will the “Jump on Judd” offer last?

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[Judd]

@AFHokie 174984 wrote:

How long will the “Jump on Judd” offer last?

The Jump on Judd offer has a much more limited audience…

The Jump4Judd offer code is good through the end of the year, but there were also a limited number of uses (I think 30 or 50) so you should sign up immediately. If the code stops working, holler at me, and I can probably get a new code established.

[Judd]

Guardian article on Gobee.bike folding in France. Company cited wide scale theft and destruction of bikes as making the model untenable.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/feb/25/gobeebike-france-mass-destruction-dockless-bikes?CMP=twt_gu

[Judd]

Spin has begun operations at the University of Maryland – Salisbury:

http://www.delmarvanow.com/story/news/local/maryland/2018/02/22/spin-bike-share-salisbury-university/352850002/

[Judd]

WJLA published a story and news segment on dockless bikeshare and individuals with vision impairment and mobility challenges:

wjla.com/news/local/dockless-bikes-create-hazards-for-the-disabled

[PeteD]

GoBee is leaving France due to “breakage” and sheer destruction of their fleet.
https://gobee.bike/goodbye-en/

[huskerdont]

Saw a post on POPville that we now have dockless e-scooters to deal with. The world is doomed—I just don’t know if we’re doomed because they’re dockless or we’re doomed because they are e-something.

https://www.popville.com/2018/02/waybots-the-e-scooters-have-arrived/

[rcannon100]

So ah….. who wants to bet that the question of dockless bikes becomes mute by the end of the day?

[PeteD]

Out in the wild hinterlands of 7 Corners…[ATTACH=CONFIG]17566[/ATTACH]

[cvcalhoun]

@Judd 175001 wrote:

The Jump on Judd offer has a much more limited audience…

The Jump4Judd offer code is good through the end of the year, but there were also a limited number of uses (I think 30 or 50) so you should sign up immediately. If the code stops working, holler at me, and I can probably get a new code established.

It’s stopped working. If you have a new one, let me know.

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