Can't have nice things in Baltimore!

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Wishbone

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The manufacturer of the $2.36 million Baltimore Bike Share system said his company has never experienced the level of theft that caused officials to announce a temporary shutdown of the program to allow additional locking devices to be installed to the bike docks.

The original locks on the bike stations were overwhelmed by thieves ripping the bicycles out at an unprecedented pace, said Alain Ayotte, CEO of Bewegen Technologies, the Canadian manufacturer.

“We don’t have this issue anywhere else, not at this level,” Ayotte said Wednesday. “Our locking system is recognized [as] very, very up to industry standard, but due to the issues that occurred in Baltimore this summer, we did add additional security.”


http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-city/bs-md-bike-share-update-20170913-story.html
 
Bird Dog

Bird Dog

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“We’ve had different challenges [in Baltimore] than other places, but the city is 100 percent behind the bike share system so we’ll make sure we’ll overcome these issues,” Ayotte said.

That's racist........just sayin'
 
vraiblonde

vraiblonde

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In Montreal in the Little Burgundy neighborhood they have a small park, and in this park is a piano. A real piano, just sitting there in the open and anyone can come by and play or tinker around. In passing I remarked that that thing wouldn't stand a chance in Baltimore, and the couple standing there listening burst out laughing and the woman said that she had just said that very thing to her husband.

Also, along the canal, they have nap loungers. You'd think these things would be filled with bums and covered in graffiti, wouldn't you? Well, they weren't - there were a number of obvious business people catching a few winks and they were in wonderful condition.

So the Canadians are doing something right, at least in Montreal. Not sure what page we need to take from their book so we can have nice things too.
 
Hijinx

Hijinx

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vraiblonde said:
In Montreal in the Little Burgundy neighborhood they have a small park, and in this park is a piano. A real piano, just sitting there in the open and anyone can come by and play or tinker around. In passing I remarked that that thing wouldn't stand a chance in Baltimore, and the couple standing there listening burst out laughing and the woman said that she had just said that very thing to her husband.

Also, along the canal, they have nap loungers. You'd think these things would be filled with bums and covered in graffiti, wouldn't you? Well, they weren't - there were a number of obvious business people catching a few winks and they were in wonderful condition.

So the Canadians are doing something right, at least in Montreal. Not sure what page we need to take from their book so we can have nice things too.
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Canada does not have the same amount of statue removers we have in America
 
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