Lime Scooter Share

[danbrotherston]

They seem to have scattered beyond that to some degree already.

Bahaha...

Oh boy.  I'm not saying this is a problem, but this was DropBike's objection.  They said the pilot area is small, but its silly to believe the scooters will stay there.

Lime claimed it would be no problem.

I kinda like DropBike better than Lime to start with they were strongly focused on sustainability and avoiding problems we see with dockless bike shares, so I do find a bit of vindication and pleasure in this.

Edit: So far not impressed with the Lime app. Repeatedly hung on the setup screen, took me several tries to get past it, and now I'm told I have a great starting promotion which saves me...$0 off a ride.

Edit 2: They also seem to be trying a bit too hard to sell me things, like everything is a promotion or a referral bonus. Maybe I'm just too used to public transit as a service instead of a product (and Greyhound who seems to have little interest in growing ).

Further, their geofencing seems to have some issues, I'm seeing polygons somewhat randomly on the map, all appearing unserviced. There is also no map legend, you have to click on squares to find out what they are. Finally, there is apparently a difference between "un-serviced" areas and "forbidden" areas...something that wasn't entirely clear in the meeting. It seems there are a few forbidden areas, where you'll be fined for repeated violations. Some of the forbidden areas make sense, like University and Columbia trail intersections...some don't...a random triangle in the middle of campus...where you're not supposed go in the first place.

Edit 3: Okay geofencing is definitely screwy, basically everywhere including the actual pilot area is marked as "unserviced" when you tap on it. This was apparently a new thing for them...