Old 12-20-18, 10:36 AM
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Originally Posted by madpogue
Question for those who live in cities with CitiBike / BCycle type bike shares, and actually have winter - does your bike share operate throughout the winter? Here, they just shut down for the season last Saturday. IIRC, they experimented with limited service (a few select stations open) over the winter a couple years ago, but it must not have gone well, because they're back to complete shutdown in December.
Yes, Citi Bike in NYC remains open. But they do shut it down in the most severe weather. I believe they let you dock but not check bikes out. We could argue over whether NYC has actual winter. I think most would say we do, though it's not as severe as in other places.
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