I loved bike sharing as a tourist in Toronto and Vancouver. It was probably the most convenient, cheap, and fun way to explore those cities. I wish my city had them.

I don’t know about other bike shares in the country, but we have Bird and Neuron where I live, and they are extremely uncomfortable to ride. No suspension, solid tires (or tire liners), and a very clunky feeling ride.

You’d have to really want to use them to tolerate anything past your first ride.

Now, if these felt more like a premium bike, then it would make people want to use them all the time.

Mobi in Vancouver is pretty decent, some stations have reliability issues but there are enough stations to make it work. I too own a bike and use Mobi pretty much every week for the same reasons described in the article. It’s also perfect when friends come visit the city and I just lend them my anual pass, it blows their mind that they can bike around mostly for free.

If only the service was slightly cheaper, and there were more AAA bike facilities specially outside downtown. Maybe one day when municipal government stops moving backward into car-dependency.

Given how hostile most streets are to cyclists, this is basically like the suicide booth in Futurama.