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Rampant theft shuts down Baltimore bike share
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In Memoriam   Location: Mukilteoish Joined: Sat Mar 26, 2011 Posts: 11589 
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Seattle didn't fare much better.
They should talk to the Burning Man cleanup crew. They have 5,000 bikes. http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryla ... story.html The manufacturer of the $2.36 million Baltimore Bike Share system said his company has never experienced the level of theft that caused officials to announce a temporary shutdown of the program to allow additional locking devices to be installed to the bike docks. The original locks on the bike stations were overwhelmed by thieves ripping the bicycles out at an unprecedented pace, said Alain Ayotte, CEO of Bewegen Technologies, the Canadian manufacturer. “We don’t have this issue anywhere else, not at this level,” Ayotte said Wednesday. “Our locking system is recognized [as] very, very up to industry standard, but due to the issues that occurred in Baltimore this summer, we did add additional security.” The bike-share program launched last fall with 200 bicycles at 20 stations and was supposed to grow to 500 bicycles at 50 stations in the spring. Instead, it has suffered so many thefts and maintenance backups that most of the bicycles are out of service. The program will close Sunday and reopen Oct. 15. Officials have repeatedly declined to share figures of exactly how many bicycles have been stolen. _________________ NRA Endowment Member. How did they know my member was well endowed? |
| Fri Sep 15, 2017 11:07 am |
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Site Supporter  Location: Free At last in NC! Joined: Wed Nov 28, 2012 Posts: 743
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The Amish need those bicycles to get to work.
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| Fri Sep 15, 2017 11:53 am |
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In Memoriam  Location: Tacoma Wa Joined: Tue Oct 8, 2013 Posts: 16607 Real Name: George Bailey
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Guntrader wrote: Seattle didn't fare much better. They should talk to the Burning Man cleanup crew. They have 5,000 bikes. http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryla ... story.html The manufacturer of the $2.36 million Baltimore Bike Share . LOL  They got Hosed on the price....The Fruitloop Pedo bought the still Defunked Seattle bike share program for a cool Million. _________________ "Remove one freedom per generation and soon you will have no freedom and no one would have noticed."......Carl Marx "Let us Cross the river and sit in the shade of the trees" .....Stonewall Jackson T. Jefferson "....the tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots & tyrants. it is it's natural manure" |
| Fri Sep 15, 2017 12:04 pm |
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Site Supporter  Location: Everson, WA Joined: Sun Jan 6, 2013 Posts: 28461 Real Name: Ace Winky
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I absolutely did NOT see that coming!
_________________ Why does the Penguin in Batman sound like a duck? Because the eagle sounds like a hawk. |
| Fri Sep 15, 2017 5:23 pm |
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In Memoriam Location: Tacoma Wa Joined: Tue Oct 8, 2013 Posts: 16607 Real Name: George Bailey
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Pablo wrote: I absolutely did NOT see that coming! The TV news the other day was showing the Seattle Bikes getting left in odd places....one on a Piling off shore another submerged in what looked like a fountain................ http://www.kiro7.com/news/local/seattle ... /600653735 _________________ "Remove one freedom per generation and soon you will have no freedom and no one would have noticed."......Carl Marx "Let us Cross the river and sit in the shade of the trees" .....Stonewall Jackson T. Jefferson "....the tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots & tyrants. it is it's natural manure" |
| Fri Sep 15, 2017 5:35 pm |
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Site Supporter  Location: Lynnwood/Bothell Joined: Thu Jul 31, 2014 Posts: 8688 Real Name: Curtis
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WaJim wrote: Pablo wrote: I absolutely did NOT see that coming! The TV news the other day was showing the Seattle Bikes getting left in odd places....one on a Piling off shore another submerged in what looked like a fountain................ http://www.kiro7.com/news/local/seattle ... /600653735 I see them in the most random places. One was left in the middle of the pedestrian walkway on University bridge. Another was in an closed gas station, behind the fence, on 47th & Brooklyn. What a boondoggle. |
| Fri Sep 15, 2017 6:38 pm |
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Site Supporter Location: Everson, WA Joined: Sun Jan 6, 2013 Posts: 28461 Real Name: Ace Winky
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Guns4Liberty wrote: Pablo wrote: I absolutely did NOT see that coming! What a boondoggle. No way! _________________ Why does the Penguin in Batman sound like a duck? Because the eagle sounds like a hawk. |
| Fri Sep 15, 2017 7:07 pm |
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Site Supporter  Location: West Olympia Joined: Mon May 28, 2012 Posts: 6852 Real Name: Matt
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There are much better ways to make money in this world. Path of most resistance must be the new thing.
_________________ "I'm Hub McCann. I've fought in two World Wars and countless smaller ones on three continents. I led thousands of men into battle with everything from horses and swords to artillery and TANKS! I've seen the headwaters of the Nile, and tribes of natives no white man had ever seen before. I've won and lost a dozen fortunes, KILLED MANY MEN! And loved only one woman, with a passion a FLEA like you could never begin to understand. That's who I am. NOW, GO HOME, BOY!" "I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones". Albert Einstein 1947 |
| Fri Sep 15, 2017 11:35 pm |
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Site Supporter  Location: puyallup Joined: Sat Nov 3, 2012 Posts: 1151
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I saw one of the orange bikes on its side with a missing seat and the wheels bent sideways. In sodo on 4th.
_________________ If your Dad doesn't have a beard you've got two Moms |
| Sat Sep 16, 2017 7:24 am |
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Site Supporter  Location: Not Washington : ) Joined: Thu Aug 2, 2012 Posts: 2831
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ironworker78 wrote: I saw one of the orange bikes on its side with a missing seat and the wheels bent sideways. In sodo on 4th. It is Seattle. I am guessing the seat was missing but the shaft was still there. In Seattle, that means it is ready to "ride". |
| Sun Sep 17, 2017 8:30 pm |
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Site Supporter  Location: Tacoma Joined: Sat May 4, 2013 Posts: 6476
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People who want to ride bikes, largely already own one. This bike share thing is monumentally stupid
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| Mon Sep 18, 2017 8:42 am |
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Site Supporter Location: Everson, WA Joined: Sun Jan 6, 2013 Posts: 28461 Real Name: Ace Winky
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Arisaka wrote: People who want to ride bikes, largely already own one. This bike share thing is monumentally stupid I am shocked I tell you. [emoji15] [emoji4] _________________ Why does the Penguin in Batman sound like a duck? Because the eagle sounds like a hawk. |
| Mon Sep 18, 2017 8:49 am |
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