Dockless bike sharing scheme to launch in Sheffield

[Penistone999]

Drove past of one the bikes propped up against a wall in Deepcar earlier with no seat on it., :hihi:

[drolnhoj]

Seems to be alot of people on here having a go at each other, but the fact is the wrecking of the bikes is not isolated to particular areas. It is fairly widespread and totally unnecessary. I live in the east end of Sheffield which comes in for severe criticism but I have worked all my life, have a reasonable job and don't wreck yellow bikes. It is not where you live that defines you as vandal but who you are as a person.

[nikki-red]

Bickering and personal comments have been removed. If you cant post in a civil manner then its probably better if you dont post at all.

 

Thank you.

[drolnhoj]

Bickering and personal comments have been removed. If you cant post in a civil manner then its probably better if you dont post at all.

 

Thank you.

 

Well said!

[remapper]

It seems to have failed in france due to vandalism and theft.

 

http://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/news/wheels-come-off-gobeebike-hire-service-in-france/ar-BBJz8kc?li=AAmiR2Z&ocid=spartanntp

[TimmyR]

There was never a time when kids or adults did no wrong, but when I was at school in the 60s and a teacher or the head had found their pupils destroying or stealing property in school time, they would have been caned, and if outside school some punishment would have been metered out by their parents, yes, even the poor ones of which, in this city, there many.

 

and yet they all still did wrong?

[scargill]

Drove past of one the bikes propped up against a wall in Deepcar earlier with no seat on it., :hihi:

 

What's so funny?

 

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It seems to have failed in france due to vandalism and theft.

 

http://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/news/wheels-come-off-gobeebike-hire-service-in-france/ar-BBJz8kc?li=AAmiR2Z&ocid=spartanntp

 

Not only due to vandalism and theft but also due to the reasons below.

 

But a redesign and partial switchover to electric versions, plus a change of management from French giant JCDecaux to Franco-Spanish upstart Smovengo proved messy.

 

After weeks of disruption, just 64 docking stations were operational by mid-January out of 1,460 supposed to be up and running by April. Many riders complained the mobile app regularly crashed while calls to customer service went unanswered.

 

Smovengo blamed the delays on electrical problems and a legal dispute with JCDecaux.

[carosio]

and yet they all still did wrong?

 

Only a minority, but it was dealt with. There's always bullies and thieves.

[scargill]

OFO.

200,000,000 yes 200 million registered users worldwide, Over 6000 in Sheffield.

 

32 million trips a day worldwide, 28,000 trips in Sheffield since launch.

 

20% increase in use in February based on January in Sheffield.

 

Investment in 300 further bikes In Sheffield to satisfy demand.

 

This can only grow as we move to longer and warmer days.

Edited February 27, 2018 by scargill

[metalman]

What's so funny?

 

---------- Post added 27-02-2018 at 08:49 ----------

 

 

Not only due to vandalism and theft but also due to the reasons below.

 

But a redesign and partial switchover to electric versions, plus a change of management from French giant JCDecaux to Franco-Spanish upstart Smovengo proved messy.

 

After weeks of disruption, just 64 docking stations were operational by mid-January out of 1,460 supposed to be up and running by April. Many riders complained the mobile app regularly crashed while calls to customer service went unanswered.

 

Smovengo blamed the delays on electrical problems and a legal dispute with JCDecaux.

 

Though it does also say they'd already pulled out of Brussels, Lille and Reims for the same reasons (vanadalism and theft).