Baltimore bike share program shut down, guess why..

[Mushmouth]

The original locks on the bike stations were overwhelmed by thieves ripping the bicycles out at an unprecedented pace

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 bicycles are outfitted with GPS technology, so the stolen or abandoned bikes were usually recovered. But thefts and other non-returns of the bicycles had become such an issue that two maintenance employees were devoted solely to bike recovery

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/mar...913-story.html

[Cracka Jack]

200 bikes. $2.36 million.... $11,800 per bike.............

Who needs niggers when you've got rat-bastard thieving politicians who would sign off on bullshit like this. Niggers stealing / destroying the bikes is just the (rotted) cherry on the top of this steaming pile of shit waste of tax dollars.

[Gul Dukat]

200 bikes. $2.36 million.... $11,800 per bike.............

Who needs niggers when you've got rat-bastard thieving politicians who would sign off on bullshit like this. Niggers stealing / destroying the bikes is just the (rotted) cherry on the top of this steaming pile of shit waste of tax dollars.

$11,800 for a bike you have to share with strangers.

You could buy a used car for that price.

[Cat fur allergic]

Those bikes are like 50 bucks each. the rest were scam money!

[Buck Simian]

We have those bikes in my city. The damn things are so ugly I cant even imagine a nigger wanting to ride one. Oh wait, scrap metal. Scrap metal = drug money. Makes sense now.

[justin igger]

Bikes are 20 bucks each at the pawn shop 40 for a nice one. Some graft loving politician got a new Lambo.

[Gul Dukat]

Bikes are 20 bucks each at the pawn shop 40 for a nice one. Some graft loving politician got a new Lambo.

Bikes- $11,800 per.

Program cost-$2.36 Million.

A collectivist program getting ruined by tnb- priceless.

For everything else there's your tax money.

[Thin White Duke]

With all the nigged out movie remakes these days, they out to do a remake of the Italian classic "The Bicycle Thief" and set it in Baltimore.

[Cracka Jack]

$11,800 for a bike you have to share with strangers.

You could buy a used car for that price.

The combined purchase price of my last three vehicles is less than that. Guess I'm the oddball these days. I don't believe in pouring money into depreciating assets.

[Cat fur allergic]

I wonder which politicians made a ton of money over this bike scam.