Divvy could get $50M expansion, including e-assist and dockless bikes in all 50 wards - The Chainlink2024-03-28T23:42:58Zhttps://thechainlink.org/forum/topics/divvy-could-get-50m-expansion-including-e-assist-and-dockless?commentId=2211490%3AComment%3A1120489&x=1&feed=yes&xn_auth=no18mph on a Divvy... I hope th…tag:thechainlink.org,2019-04-16:2211490:Comment:11204892019-04-16T14:01:29.944ZPhillip Hutchinsonhttps://thechainlink.org/profile/PhillipHutchinson
<p>18mph on a Divvy... I hope the brakes are in good working order. </p>
<p>18mph on a Divvy... I hope the brakes are in good working order. </p> "The only good brand is a dea…tag:thechainlink.org,2019-04-12:2211490:Comment:11202502019-04-12T23:35:27.119ZDavid S.https://thechainlink.org/profile/DavidS734
<p>"The only good brand is a dead brand" Matthew some-thing</p>
<p>"The only good brand is a dead brand" Matthew some-thing</p> Great news for branding!
Now…tag:thechainlink.org,2019-03-19:2211490:Comment:11187762019-03-19T23:45:47.646ZMike Zumwalthttps://thechainlink.org/profile/MikeZumwalt
<p>Great news for branding!</p>
<p>Now Lyft can eliminate the Divvy app and add a bike share option to their app. Soon they'll expand into smaller cities and tourist destinations like The Grand Canyon, Yosemite, The Great Wall of China, and Saudi Arabia.</p>
<p>Not to forget humanitarian an philanthropy corporate do goodery free rides will be offered in Uganda and Ethiopia so Women won't have to walk 14 miles round trip for water and a bag of rice.</p>
<p>Simply reserve your bike,scan the code…</p>
<p>Great news for branding!</p>
<p>Now Lyft can eliminate the Divvy app and add a bike share option to their app. Soon they'll expand into smaller cities and tourist destinations like The Grand Canyon, Yosemite, The Great Wall of China, and Saudi Arabia.</p>
<p>Not to forget humanitarian an philanthropy corporate do goodery free rides will be offered in Uganda and Ethiopia so Women won't have to walk 14 miles round trip for water and a bag of rice.</p>
<p>Simply reserve your bike,scan the code on the stem and away you go to the Red Cross food distribution center.</p>
<p>They're also looking at partnering with Coachella and Burning Man as official bike shares.</p>
<p>Lastly from the mind of Elon Musk comes Lyft Air.</p>
<p>It's a flying bike!</p>
<p>Range 100 miles and an extended time dock time of 2 hours.</p>
<p></p> It's nowhere near the scope o…tag:thechainlink.org,2019-03-13:2211490:Comment:11183262019-03-13T20:42:45.123ZAnne Althttps://thechainlink.org/profile/Anne91
<p>It's nowhere near the scope of the parking meter deal, but 9 years is a very long time in terms of bike stuff here. The monopoly aspect of the deal concerns me. Otherwise, it looks like it could be good. The devil is definitely in the details.</p>
<p>It's nowhere near the scope of the parking meter deal, but 9 years is a very long time in terms of bike stuff here. The monopoly aspect of the deal concerns me. Otherwise, it looks like it could be good. The devil is definitely in the details.</p> I don't really understand why…tag:thechainlink.org,2019-03-13:2211490:Comment:11184082019-03-13T20:28:54.793ZPhillip Hutchinsonhttps://thechainlink.org/profile/PhillipHutchinson
<p>I don't really understand why this is being compared to the parking meter deal. That deal was 75 years and resulted in a single payment, with nothing else in return and no upgrades to the service. This Lyft/Divvy deal is only 9 years, and includes a massive system expansion that wouldn't otherwise happen, plus we get cash payments and a portion of future revenues, and the city is no longer on the hook for operating losses.</p>
<p>I get that Lyft is an evil car-culture company run by a bunch…</p>
<p>I don't really understand why this is being compared to the parking meter deal. That deal was 75 years and resulted in a single payment, with nothing else in return and no upgrades to the service. This Lyft/Divvy deal is only 9 years, and includes a massive system expansion that wouldn't otherwise happen, plus we get cash payments and a portion of future revenues, and the city is no longer on the hook for operating losses.</p>
<p>I get that Lyft is an evil car-culture company run by a bunch of Silicon Valley billionare bros and I also get that their drivers routinely terrorize cyclists in Chicago, but this also seems like a sign that Lyft is taking bike share seriously, and worth investing in, so maybe there's some hope? </p>
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<p></p> I agree it's not perfect, but…tag:thechainlink.org,2019-03-13:2211490:Comment:11182412019-03-13T19:09:55.904ZMadopal (16.5 mi)https://thechainlink.org/profile/madopal
<p>I agree it's not perfect, but it's darn close. Despite the Lyft connection:<br></br>1) They already own the company that's currently running Divvy</p>
<p>2) The city will maintain control over the system, just like they do now</p>
<p>3) There's no other way I'm hearing to get this level of expansion anytime soon, and we're already going too slowly for the outlying wards.</p>
<p>I definitely want to hear the details on how the rollout will go, how balancing dockless vs. docked bikes will work,…</p>
<p>I agree it's not perfect, but it's darn close. Despite the Lyft connection:<br/>1) They already own the company that's currently running Divvy</p>
<p>2) The city will maintain control over the system, just like they do now</p>
<p>3) There's no other way I'm hearing to get this level of expansion anytime soon, and we're already going too slowly for the outlying wards.</p>
<p>I definitely want to hear the details on how the rollout will go, how balancing dockless vs. docked bikes will work, etc. But I'm excited to see this, and as the NW Side community rep for MBAC, I'm looking forward to more quickly actually getting some bikeshare up here. Love to hear more from anyone after the MBAC meeting tomorrow. We're doing a bit of a revamp, so two of us (Jacob & I) will be presenting on our areas.</p> Streetsblog coverage, includi…tag:thechainlink.org,2019-03-13:2211490:Comment:11181622019-03-13T14:23:47.895ZJohn Greenfieldhttps://thechainlink.org/profile/JohnGreenfield
<p>Streetsblog coverage, including some of the potential downsides of the proposal:</p>
<p><a href="https://chi.streetsblog.org/2019/03/12/lyft-may-spend-50m-to-expand-divvy-to-all-wards-using-dockless-option-ebikes/" target="_blank">https://chi.streetsblog.org/2019/03/12/lyft-may-spend-50m-to-expand-divvy-to-all-wards-using-dockless-option-ebikes/</a></p>
<p>Streetsblog coverage, including some of the potential downsides of the proposal:</p>
<p><a href="https://chi.streetsblog.org/2019/03/12/lyft-may-spend-50m-to-expand-divvy-to-all-wards-using-dockless-option-ebikes/" target="_blank">https://chi.streetsblog.org/2019/03/12/lyft-may-spend-50m-to-expand-divvy-to-all-wards-using-dockless-option-ebikes/</a></p>