Bike security is one of the main problems that will stop people using their own bikes within cities and Towns. I know I would use my bike for smaller shopping trips into my local town if there was a system for locking bikes up. Carrying a "Secure" lock with me on the bike is not viable as my Lock and hawer is bulky and weighs 7 lbs. Obviously I would use a Hack Bike but I would not even want that stolen.
But in London there are Bike Secure stores. Never seen one but apparantly for a nominal charge you can drop your bike at a Warehouse and leave secure. Other cities in Europe have a similar system and this works.
The reason the London Free Bike system failed was that the bikes were available for use- and to steal. It just got too costly to keep enough bikes available.
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