LNahid2000
Senior Member
A couple of more stations added today:
Yonge St / St Clair Ave
Oriole Pkwy / Kilbarry
Yonge St / St Clair Ave
Oriole Pkwy / Kilbarry
The 30 minute limits are really too short so I ended up buying my own bike recently and don't currently plan to renew with Bikeshare TO
OK, I do live downtown and am surrounded by bike docks (at last!) but I use Bike Share quite a lot (walk one way, bike home) and have been a Member since before the launch and I have never had any overage fees. This may be due to my Ulster protestant roots and my (generally!) frugal ways but my partner also has never paid overage either. Of course, 45 minutes might be handy occasionally but if it cost more in membership I would 'vote' no. You can avoid overage fees if you keep an eye on the time and, if necessary, dock your bike and then start again.I would also think if it is true that there is such a great amount of overage revenue, then it is badly mispriced in the first place. Public services shouldn't be banking on generating revenue by duping users into paying overages. This isn't a pay-day loan business, this is a public bike share service.
I've never had overage when I used the service in downtown Toronto either.OK, I do live downtown and am surrounded by bike docks (at last!) but I use Bike Share quite a lot (walk one way, bike home) and have been a Member since before the launch and I have never had any overage fees. This may be due to my Ulster protestant roots and my (generally!) frugal ways but my partner also has never paid overage either. Of course, 45 minutes might be handy occasionally but if it cost more in membership I would 'vote' no. You can avoid overage fees if you keep an eye on the time and, if necessary, dock your bike and then start again.
Can you share a link to data that suggests that this is true? I think before telling people that this isn't a good idea it would be helpful to see how you came up with that conclusion. Specifically what data suggests that the overage revenue is so great that it would require increasing annual membership prices significantly.
I would also think if it is true that there is such a great amount of overage revenue, then it is badly mispriced in the first place. Public services shouldn't be banking on generating revenue by duping users into paying overages. This isn't a pay-day loan business, this is a public bike share service.
Noticed a new station today at Danforth and Langford/Jones. Now I don't have to go to Pape or Donlands stations![]()
Glad to hear its there.........oddly, its not on their system map.
Had the same issue w/Bloor-Riverview a couple of weeks back.
Perhaps every new station has to be manually added to the map.
Maybe the new station at Danforth and Langford/Jones is installed, but not yet working, and that's why they haven't added it to the map. Or maybe not. I dunno.
To be fair, it didn't have any bikes, so probably not quite ready. I'm not sure how long it takes to get them up and running after the docks are dropped off.They used to pop up on the map faster than the social media account could catch up; and before the stations had any bikes.
Something changed, not sure what.