Originally Posted by
McBTC
Is it too P&R to observe that there's nothing new about the bike rental biz and that involving government makes about as much sense as gov-t subsidized hot dog and pizza home delivery.
Except that Montreal's bike share program started out as a private company, and has become more successful since it was taken over by the city. it was never intended to be a bike rental program even though many tourists use it that way. It is a bike share program, quite a different thing, designed so that someone can go from one point to another over fairly short distances that they might otherwise use a less efficient( and often slower) means of transport for the same distance. This is not bike rental, it is more like borrowing your friend's bike to run down to the local convenience store because it will save you time.
Think of it as public transportation