What do Bixis do at night? Since yesterday I know. They take the car!
I happened upon a guy that was transporting Bixis from “full stations” to “less full stations”. Not by just riding them from station to station but by loading and unloading them on a trailer. He stopped at several stations before he found one “less full” station and started unloading a couple of bikes from his trailer.
Wait. Doesn’t Bixi has an informative website were you can see “in real-time” how many bikes and free spots are available at every station? Apparently Bixi employees don’t use that map. ‘Nuf said.
Today I saw the installation of a Bixi station. It’s not as easy as they told us on their website —the stations are unloaded from a truck and ready to go— . In reality the Bixi stations are transported in modules that need to be attached together. Also the solar panel needs to be put on a pole and installed. It takes approximately an hour, and three people, to set one up.
PS When I braked to stop and take this photo my (brand new) tire punctured. The revenge of Bixi?
Jun 3 2009
Fixi
What do Bixis do at night? Since yesterday I know. They take the car!
I happened upon a guy that was transporting Bixis from “full stations” to “less full stations”. Not by just riding them from station to station but by loading and unloading them on a trailer. He stopped at several stations before he found one “less full” station and started unloading a couple of bikes from his trailer.
Wait. Doesn’t Bixi has an informative website were you can see “in real-time” how many bikes and free spots are available at every station? Apparently Bixi employees don’t use that map. ‘Nuf said.
Today I saw the installation of a Bixi station. It’s not as easy as they told us on their website —the stations are unloaded from a truck and ready to go— . In reality the Bixi stations are transported in modules that need to be attached together. Also the solar panel needs to be put on a pole and installed. It takes approximately an hour, and three people, to set one up.
PS When I braked to stop and take this photo my (brand new) tire punctured. The revenge of Bixi?
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