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RE: Bike Share in Waterloo Region - Canard - 02-08-2019 Simple: at every LRT stop! RE: Bike Share in Waterloo Region - tomh009 - 02-09-2019 (02-08-2019, 03:46 PM)Canard Wrote: Simple: at every LRT stop! That would be good but not sufficient: while the LRT stops would be likely destinations, they won't usually be the origin of the jouney (or vice versa). But near most of the stops should be a no-brainer. RE: Bike Share in Waterloo Region - Spokes - 02-09-2019 (02-08-2019, 03:46 PM)Canard Wrote: Simple: at every LRT stop! Definitely a logical STARTING spot. RE: Bike Share in Waterloo Region - Canard - 02-09-2019 Yes. I didn’t mean ONLY at every LRT stop, I just meant that would be a logical first spot to mark on a map. Obviously they should be other places. Isn’t DropBike supposed to be dockless though? Admittedly I’ve long forgotten about what their plan is. RE: Bike Share in Waterloo Region - KevinL - 02-09-2019 Even dockless share uses gathering points where bikes are corralled after charging/repair. Dropbike calls these 'havens'. RE: Bike Share in Waterloo Region - Canard - 02-09-2019 SOME dockless systems do that, others allow you to park them anywhere. RE: Bike Share in Waterloo Region - goggolor - 05-08-2019 DropBike pilot launching on Monday: https://www.kitchenerpost.ca/news-story/9341977-bicycle-sharing-pilot-program-to-launch-monday-in-kitchener-waterloo-cambridge/ RE: Bike Share in Waterloo Region - danbrotherston - 05-08-2019 (05-08-2019, 08:42 AM)goggolor Wrote: DropBike pilot launching on Monday: https://www.kitchenerpost.ca/news-story/9341977-bicycle-sharing-pilot-program-to-launch-monday-in-kitchener-waterloo-cambridge/ There's a rather comical error in the article where the author doesn't know what a "single-tier municipality" is. RE: Bike Share in Waterloo Region - ijmorlan - 05-08-2019 (05-08-2019, 08:54 AM)danbrotherston Wrote:(05-08-2019, 08:42 AM)goggolor Wrote: DropBike pilot launching on Monday: https://www.kitchenerpost.ca/news-story/9341977-bicycle-sharing-pilot-program-to-launch-monday-in-kitchener-waterloo-cambridge/ The program is described as “a joint initiative between the Region of Waterloo and the three single-tier municipalities”. So the Region of Waterloo is co-operating with Ottawa, Toronto, and Hamilton? Cool! No wonder politics is so screwed up… RE: Bike Share in Waterloo Region - timc - 05-08-2019 More likely Guelph, Brantford, and Hamilton. RE: Bike Share in Waterloo Region - danbrotherston - 05-09-2019 Bikes are arriving!!! RE: Bike Share in Waterloo Region - MidTowner - 05-10-2019 Where are the stations (er..."havens"?) located? I can't seem to find a map anywhere, save for the Engage map of all of the recommended spots. RE: Bike Share in Waterloo Region - danbrotherston - 05-10-2019 (05-10-2019, 07:48 AM)MidTowner Wrote: Where are the stations (er..."havens"?) located? I can't seem to find a map anywhere, save for the Engage map of all of the recommended spots. I have also not seen such a map. I don't think it's been released yet, I am hoping to see it today. RE: Bike Share in Waterloo Region - KevinL - 05-14-2019 So Dropbike has launched, though a bit quietly; perhaps because there's not a huge number of bikes available yet. Their hub areas, called 'havens', are also sparse just now; the ones I could find are the Kitchener Market, Queen Ion, and Waterloo city hall. Presumably more are to come. There's also a defined usage boundary, but that's quite generous; it includes most of central Kitchener and Waterloo from just shy of the Parkway, up to Northfield. RE: Bike Share in Waterloo Region - danbrotherston - 05-14-2019 (05-14-2019, 06:04 PM)KevinL Wrote: So Dropbike has launched, though a bit quietly; perhaps because there's not a huge number of bikes available yet. Their hub areas, called 'havens', are also sparse just now; the ones I could find are the Kitchener Market, Queen Ion, and Waterloo city hall. Presumably more are to come. I actually found their boundary extremely restrictive. It doesn't even include all their havens--the one at the Aud is outside it. |