2 down, 3 to go.
OFO is out
Adiós, Ofo.
The Chinese bike-share operator with the bright yellow two-wheelers is riding out of Dallas, company and city officials confirmed Thursday.
and SPIN will be leaving too
San Francisco-based Spin is also beating a retreat. The company still has some bikes on Dallas County community college campuses, according to a local representative, but is no longer serving the city as a whole.
The new City of Dallas Ordnance is driving them out.
The per bike fee of $18 is too high and then demanding these companies to move the bikes every 2 days in residential neighborhoods and once a week in non residential neighborhoods is too much:
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/tran...ly-ride-dallas
here's my OP about the Ordnance:
https://www.eccie.net/showpost.php?p...28&postcount=4
I did say in that post:
I think once the city starts enforcing the laws outlined under this new legislation, many of these bike share companies will leave the city.
I was correct.
So if ALL or most of the remaining 3 companies call it quits and leave, the City of Dallas will not be getting their $18 per bike fee and their annual licensing fees and someone on city council will be eating Ramen.