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Mountain of Ride-Share Bikes Left at Dallas Recycling Center After Company Leaves City [View all]
My current daily driver bike came from a trash pile. Had I shown up ten seconds later, it would have been crushed by a trash truck's compacter. Is there some reason that people in Dallas can't dumpster dive too?
Granted, these are hideous bikes, but they're bikes nonetheless.
I see a tremendous opportunity here for the "bikes for the world" crowd, or the "bikes for kids" crowd.
Mountain of Ride-Share Bikes Left at Dallas Recycling Center After Company Leaves City
Ryan Felton
40 minutes ago Filed to: BIKE-SHARING
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Last month, Dallas officials imposed new fees on companies operating bike-sharing programs in the city, including an $800 application cost for a permit. Several companies left town in response, including Beijing-based Ofo, who disposed of hundreds of their bikes at a nearby recycling center, creating—as you can see—quite a sight.
Hundreds of Ofo’s yellow bikes were seen at the a facility in South Dallas that “works with businesses and individuals looking to sell scrap metal,” reports The Dallas Morning News. Ofo had already announced a plan last month to reduce its presence in North America, but apparently that means ditching what at first glance sure seems to be usable bikes.
Take a look:
The Mornings News said the city’s new fees for bike-sharing operators included an $808 application fee and an additional $21 per bike. Ofo said it had 5,000 bikes in the city at one point, meaning it scrapped all these rides over $105,808.
Ryan Felton
40 minutes ago Filed to: BIKE-SHARING
....
Last month, Dallas officials imposed new fees on companies operating bike-sharing programs in the city, including an $800 application cost for a permit. Several companies left town in response, including Beijing-based Ofo, who disposed of hundreds of their bikes at a nearby recycling center, creating—as you can see—quite a sight.
Hundreds of Ofo’s yellow bikes were seen at the a facility in South Dallas that “works with businesses and individuals looking to sell scrap metal,” reports The Dallas Morning News. Ofo had already announced a plan last month to reduce its presence in North America, but apparently that means ditching what at first glance sure seems to be usable bikes.
Take a look:
#ofobike @junior_miller @dallasbikemess Recycling center. What a waste. The bikes could have been donated to kids and people who are without.
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Terrible. -MR
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The Mornings News said the city’s new fees for bike-sharing operators included an $808 application fee and an additional $21 per bike. Ofo said it had 5,000 bikes in the city at one point, meaning it scrapped all these rides over $105,808.
'Terrible,' mayor says of hundreds of Ofo bikes piled up at Dallas recycling plant
COMMENTARY AT 20 HRS AGO
When Ofo had to play by Dallas' rules, it tossed its bicycles in the trash heap
Robert Wilonsky, City Columnist
When Ofo had to play by Dallas' rules, it tossed its bicycles in the trash heap
Robert Wilonsky, City Columnist
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