Possibly a problem Mobi didn’t anticipate: pigeons (and their consequences) on the seats at the City Centre docking station:
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That’s because the pigeons were there first.
The Mobi station was placed exactly where hundreds of pigeons would strut their stuff each day (spurred on my passerby who (despite signs prohibiting) fed the birds daily).
They make the rounds from the Hudson’s Bay window ledges to the plaza area.
So the pigeons have to sit on bikes because stupid bikes block where they used to sit
In point of fact, these are smart bikes.
Just curious, as a Mobi user myself, anyone have stats for October and November? I’m wondering how the rain has affected ridership.
downwards.
I thought they were “extinct”
Mobird n. A bird perched on a shared bike.
Anyway, they used to hang out on the Bihar racks there.