The article does not address if docking stations have any effect on its care and success.
If a user has to return the bike to a docking station to stop the clock, these bikes won't be treated like trash. Also, bike share and bike lanes go together. If you can't provide bicycle infrastructure, you can't expand its usage. I can't honestly believe someone would pick up a bike that someone else had trashed somewhere in the boonies and ride it back to civilization without any protected bike lane anywhere. If docking stations were at bike lanes, even at hill tops, they will still be used. When you go down a hill, eventually you'll need to go back up.
Last edited by Daniel4; 04-25-21 at 06:35 PM.