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Originally Posted by Machka
It might be interesting to find out what New York is doing differently from some of the other places where bike share programs aren't doing so well.
I think it's a combination of things. Bike lanes expanding, increasing number of docking stations, price not too bad + most NYC
apartments are really tiny(500 sq. ft. versus the average US home at 2,500 sq. ft.). If I didn't have a folding bike; I might sign up.
I used it once; the Scandinavian Tourism board paid for anybody use it for a day. I thought the bikes were okay:

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