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sg37409

Seattles boris bike scheme closes, Electric replacements rumoured.
« on: 20 January, 2017, 11:16:31 am »
Very bikey city. Lot of money spent to keep it limping along. Very low usage. To close in March.
Rumours of replacement of the Pronto fleet with new electric assists in the summer.

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/Seattle-s-failing-Pronto-bike-share-program-to-10641031.php

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hubner

Re: Seattles boris bike scheme closes, Electric replacements rumoured.
« Reply #1 on: 20 January, 2017, 11:30:24 am »
They look quite different to the boris bikes.
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tatanab

Re: Seattles boris bike scheme closes, Electric replacements rumoured.
« Reply #2 on: 20 January, 2017, 11:53:27 am »
They've been trying to find a new investor for a while now.  One of the new problems they face is that only a few months ago King County (Seattle is in King County) introduced a mandatory adult helmet law.  See Seattle bike Blog http://www.seattlebikeblog.com/2016/12/19/times-king-countys-adult-helmet-law-could-hold-back-seattles-new-bike-share-system/  which makes the point that the most successful bike share schemes are where riders can cycle unfettered.
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sg37409

Re: Seattles boris bike scheme closes, Electric replacements rumoured.
« Reply #3 on: 20 January, 2017, 12:16:02 pm »
Yes, They always did offer helmets with the bikes.

yeah, yeah, i know by sg310, on Flickr
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Jaded

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Re: Seattles boris bike scheme closes, Electric replacements rumoured.
« Reply #4 on: 20 January, 2017, 12:58:36 pm »
Useful for pancake day too...
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