plerberderr t1_j291hbv wrote on December 30, 2022 at 3:05 PM

I live in a pretty big city in China and you can ride the bike shares here for 2RMB per trip (like $0.35). No time limit. Like standard of living is obviously cheaper here than in NYC in general but it’s just wild to me. I wonder how much of it is upkeep and to make up for theft?

And there’s always so many bikes. I remember a lot of empty racks (or full ones when you needed to park) when I lived in the city.

PaperbagWriter__ t1_j292o1n wrote on December 30, 2022 at 3:13 PM

That’s government subsidy for you. Wish it could happen here but there’s no way Adams would go for it.

Jaycos t1_j29bplj wrote on December 30, 2022 at 4:15 PM

Allegedly, affordable bike share is feasible without subsidies. https://www.vice.com/en/article/g5vm8x/stockholm-thinks-it-can-have-an-electric-bikeshare-program-so-cheap-its-practically-free

NY08 t1_j2cgjgx wrote on December 31, 2022 at 5:29 AM

There’s a ton of theft. You see hobos with citibikes all the time