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Seattle’s Pronto bike share shutting down on Friday
Seattle Times ^
| March 28, 2017
| David Gutman
Posted on 03/28/2017 7:55:59 PM PDT by mdittmar
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That's a shame.
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posted on
03/28/2017 7:55:59 PM PDT
by
mdittmar
To: mdittmar
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posted on
03/28/2017 8:00:01 PM PDT
by
sagar
To: mdittmar
Bike sharing works pretty well in other cities.
Too bad it couldn't be successful in that location.
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posted on
03/28/2017 8:03:18 PM PDT
by
Blue Jays
( Rock hard ~ Ride free)
To: mdittmar
The libs are pushing bike share for Dallas. Maybe they can sell the setup to them.
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posted on
03/28/2017 8:04:48 PM PDT
by
PAR35
To: mdittmar
Why doesn’t Seattle just raise taxes and fund it fully?
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posted on
03/28/2017 8:05:16 PM PDT
by
oldplayer
To: Blue Jays
Darn climate and topography.
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posted on
03/28/2017 8:06:16 PM PDT
by
mdittmar
To: PAR35
Like those bikes won’t be stolen in a heartbeat.
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posted on
03/28/2017 8:08:58 PM PDT
by
Pining_4_TX
(For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. ~ Hosea 8:7)
To: mdittmar
That was $8,500 per bike, including the stations. No wonder cities are broke.
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posted on
03/28/2017 8:09:47 PM PDT
by
Reno89519
(Drain the Swamp is not party specific. Lyn' Ted is still a liar, Good riddance to him.)
To: Blue Jays
No government program is successful for long. I can’t believe some of the cities on the list that want to buy the equipment.
Tulsa, OK? You either freeze your butt off, roast in the heat, or get blown away by a storm. Tulsa is full of do-gooder Chamber of Commerce types who just love to spend other people’s money on so-called economic development.
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posted on
03/28/2017 8:11:20 PM PDT
by
Pining_4_TX
(For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. ~ Hosea 8:7)
To: oldplayer
They should give the bikes to the homeless.
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posted on
03/28/2017 8:12:21 PM PDT
by
mdittmar
To: mdittmar
Climate and topography are a weak excuse. Pittsburgh is similar enough to Seattle in those features, yet has a thriving bike share program started by our ultra progressive mayor, Mr. Peduto.
Peduto had the foresight to open up bike lanes all over town, in spite of the hassle it would cause motorists.
To: mdittmar
But it had to deal with a challenging environment a hilly, rainy city with a mandatory helmet law and a downtown area clogged with traffic and with few protected bikeways.>>> seems to be working in philly and i did notice some in DC. They are everywhere and there must be 1000 bikes just from the locations that i observe or know about. Philly is flat and semi bike friendly with no helmet law. I saw one in the middle of the vine street/ben f bridge/i95 access area crunched. i bike to work and use bike lanes and sidewalks were the buses and taxis are nasty.
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posted on
03/28/2017 8:26:14 PM PDT
by
kvanbrunt2
(all your base are belong to us)
To: mdittmar
They should transfer the bikes to some dry, warm, flat city.
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posted on
03/28/2017 8:27:01 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
(No spellcheck. It's too much work to undo the auto wrong word substitution on mobile devices.)
To: Pining_4_TX
Like those bikes wont be stolen in a heartbeat>>>
they don’t seem to be and i thot that as well. I’m not sure they have gears. they are so funky/junky looking that i don’t think any one would steal them cuz they couldn’t sell them.
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posted on
03/28/2017 8:29:01 PM PDT
by
kvanbrunt2
(all your base are belong to us)
To: Reno89519
That was $8,500 per bike, including the stations. No wonder cities are broke.>>> no way for the bikes they must be about $400. they look like little girly bikes. the price must include the stations which are state of the art — credit card kiosk with some kind of lock or docking mechanism.
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posted on
03/28/2017 8:32:23 PM PDT
by
kvanbrunt2
(all your base are belong to us)
To: mdittmar
“They should give the bikes to the homeless.”
I should have thought of that. AND, to the illegals . . . I mean undocumented immigrants.
To: mdittmar
They local Touchy-Feely democrat city government tried bike sharing.
In just a few weeks the expensive bikes were gone.
Liberals never learn.
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posted on
03/28/2017 8:43:28 PM PDT
by
Vlad The Inhaler
(Best long term prep for conservatives: Have big families & out-breed the illegals & muslims.)
To: mdittmar
How much taxpayer money was squandered on the Pronto boondoggle?
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posted on
03/28/2017 8:44:22 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: Vlad The Inhaler
The article said they were going to add electric bikes, but I bet a dollar to a donut they would have all disappeared in short order!
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posted on
03/28/2017 9:05:54 PM PDT
by
W.
(Bock, bock, bock!)
To: mdittmar
"Scott Kubly, the citys transportation director, argued that a city takeover would allow Seattle to build a bigger, broader network that would attract more riders. In January 2016, the city was told that Pronto was insolvent and would shut down if the city didnt buy it. The city complied in March 2016, buying Pronto for $1.4 million. Kubly, in his previous job, had been president of the company that operated Pronto. He later admitted to an ethics violation and agreed to a $10,000 settlement for failing to get an ethics waiver or recuse himself from the citys launch and purchase of Pronto." And the guy is still Transportation Director?? The holier-than-thou crowd is as corrupt as TV preachers.
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posted on
03/28/2017 9:15:46 PM PDT
by
aquila48
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