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I will assume that no one (yet) has built their life in DC around the availability of CaBi bikes, unlike those who are living/working near a metro/bus line, where its very likely the location's existance was faciliated by public transportation availablity.

I manage my friend's condo and the last tennant specifically asked if it was near a CaBi station and how far it was.

Cabi has reached the limits of it's own conception: it was designed to do one thing, people are using it for another.

Not true. Even without adding stations, they can get from 4000-5000 trips per day to 8000-9000 trips. And what makes you think it wasn't designed for commuting. Look where the stations are. Half of them are in high workplace areas. I was in on some early discussions on CaBi and it was always intended to be used by commuters.

Adding capacity downtown, like adding road capacity to 270, does not relieve the system.

I'm not sure that adding bike stations induces demand the same way that adding lane miles to highways does, but even if it is true that's not a bad thing. We WANT more people to bike and fewer to drive. Inducing driving is bad, inducing cycling is good.

the only way to discourage the behavior is a cost penalty

No, in addition to a stick, there is also the carrot (credits for rebalancing). And of course, adding more capacity. There are only so many people who work downtown and live within biking distance. Saturation probably isn't that far away.

by David C on Jun 6, 2011 3:53 pm • link • report

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