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@Burger - $5 for a daily "membership" is far cheaper than a bike rental and it's a lot cheaper than paying the Tourmobile if you don't want to go to all those other places, and it allows you to get to more places without driving which is a positive benefit for DC and the NPS.

WRT revenues, in theory, Cabi could offer to split some of the revenues with NPS.

WRT revenues for Cabi, the DC system is relatively unique amongst bikesharing systems where because the city has so many tourists, they are getting a lot of revenue from nonresidents.

Interestingly from observation, the people who use Cabi don't seem to be as concerned about paying additional use charges--they keep the bikes for trip periods longer than 30 minutes, rather than making their trips in increments of 30 minutes, returning bikes, and rechecking out bikes, which has significantly increased revenues from this source of income beyond what was originally projected.

If it meant more riders and more income, it would be worth sharing some of the revenue with NPS.

by Richard Layman on Jul 19, 2011 12:20 pm • link • report

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