As a 1 car family, when I don't have my bike on me... the scooters are such an incredibly convenient mode of transportation when i need a quick lift somewhere. I've been saved being late for meetings so many times. I do still think having faster/better bikes through a bike share would be a superior option. A 1-speed (or 3-speed on occasion) is just not enjoyable, imo.
I save that annoyance for when I'm biking. There'd be unlimited room for bikes on the streets without pissing off motorists if not for all the parked cars.aprice wrote:Did you count the number of unoccupied cars sitting on the streets downtown?eee123 wrote: The number of Bird scooters out there is getting absurd. There are maybe 40 at some corners downtown. I counted 26 in 30 linear feet of sidewalk in one spot. They're exponentially outnumbering the other two companies.
The scooters are more of a pedestrian annoyance, occupying what little space is devoted toward pedestrians. A few corrals like the bike rack in front of Culinaria would be great.
There was talk of Lime e-bikes coming here, but I suppose the strong user preference toward scooters vs. bikes killed that.pattimagee wrote: As a 1 car family, when I don't have my bike on me... the scooters are such an incredibly convenient mode of transportation when i need a quick lift somewhere. I've been saved being late for meetings so many times. I do still think having faster/better bikes through a bike share would be a superior option. A 1-speed (or 3-speed on occasion) is just not enjoyable, imo.
To me, a bike with big-old tires seems far safer for rolling over the holes on our bombed-out streets than a dinky-wheeled scooter.
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I actually happen to know someone that face-planted downtown because of a crater in the street, or on the sidewalk. I don't know which.
They had a large gash on their face.
They had a large gash on their face.
Same here. I would much prefer bikes over scooters. The street disrepair is certainly not encouraging.
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^Stick that thing in a museum of curiosities: briefest trend in St. Louis history. (Of course, it's also kind of pretty.)
There's always one parked by BWorks in Soulard, good old times....
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The city has collected $55,000 in fees and is about to collect about $20-30,000 in renewals and has spent $0 for the stated purpose in its bike/scooter share permit application. It’s instead deposited the money into general revenue. Last year when I was in streets dept I worked with alder Ingrassia to get a micro mobility fund bill, she worked with the city law dept to draw up the ordinance that would have made that money be deposited into a separate account for mobility projects and controlled by experts. The bill passed with no opposition but the Mayor vetoed it bc the same law dept that drew up the bill told the mayor that the fund would conflict with City charter.
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Figured this is the best topic for this. Does anyone know where all the Bird/Spin scooters went? Are those companies just out of business now? Did they pull out of the STL Market?
They won’t be in most markets until everything has returned to normal. I think they’re launching very very small fleets (less than 100) in major markets.
Unfortunately, if revenue doesn’t come in relatively quickly a few might fall.
Unfortunately, if revenue doesn’t come in relatively quickly a few might fall.
End of docked bike share in Tel Aviv. The private scooter/dockless bike rental has pushed the original municipality run docked bike share out of the game after 9 years. Too bad, the muncipality bikes were nicer/faster.
https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/tel-a ... JPxx4j-CF0
https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/tel-a ... JPxx4j-CF0
Any chance some of our new federal or NFL money could be used as public match to finally get bikeshare off the ground?
Shame that St. Louis still doesn’t have this. Especially as ridership has skyrocketed in many cities across the US!
Shame that St. Louis still doesn’t have this. Especially as ridership has skyrocketed in many cities across the US!
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I feel like a great non-profit would be a white-label bike share. Sell it to cities, and connect it to transit... could really expand the catch zones for rail, bus, etc.
As much as I enjoy the scooters that are in St. Louis, I think the short run bike share program with Lime Bikes was a huge miss for St. Louis due to it being dockless, which caused riders and passerbys to be a little less responsible.
A docked bike share system like Chicago’s Divy and NYC’s Citibikes could create huge growth for biking infrastructure and connectivity between neighborhoods, even if it was just in the Central Corridor or along existing bike paths, I think it could really create some significant changes.
A docked bike share system like Chicago’s Divy and NYC’s Citibikes could create huge growth for biking infrastructure and connectivity between neighborhoods, even if it was just in the Central Corridor or along existing bike paths, I think it could really create some significant changes.
