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06-08-15 | 03:24 PM

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Roody

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From: Dancing in Lansing

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Originally Posted by B. Carfree

Bikeshare programs need quality maintenance programs and personnel. Unfortunately, one of the companies that has been involved here in the US, Alta (Mia Burke, infamous segregationist's company) has been notoriously bad at this and other key aspects of making bikeshare programs work.

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Segregationist? That seems like a word you're hoping to start a flame war with! II guess you're going to use emotionalism to make your point. Too bad.

BTW, it's spelled "Mia Birk" in case anybody wants to look for some facts to back up their opinions. And no, I'm not defending Birk, and I'm aware of some alleged problems in bike share companies she has been involved with. (Of course, a lot of those accusations were made by automotivists, not by bike riders.) But let's try to keep it real!

Here's an article about Birk that gives both the good stuff and the dirt: http://www.wweek.com/portland/articl...-bikelash.html

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