Sharing and Cooperation
Bike Share
Posted November 21st, 2005 by Gregory HellerWouldn't it be nice to have access to a bike? Most days my bike sits locked up in the bike room, not being used. I suspect the same goes for many other people. Well what if you could "own" a share in a bike. Well it woulnd't work if 2 people shared 1 bike, there would be too many "collisions" of desired use. However if 15 people shared 10 bikes, chances are that whenever one of those 15 people wanted a bike, there would be one available.
I am proposing that 15 people get together, buy 10 bikes from recycle-a-bike and get 10 locks with coded combinations or matched keys. We rent 10 spaces in the bike room, make a deal with the management compnay to get everyone a key, and then we each pay a small monthly fee for access to the bikes.
