Unlikely, Lewis thought, and led him back to something more conventional. Bikes it was. I don't think we could find a better location than a small city within a city. To deal with this, some programs are carefully controlled, for instance by requiring registration or corralling bikes at designated stations. Others, because of ideology or a low budget, surrender to the inevitable and unleash their donated bikes like dandelion parachutes.
Proponents envision using new bikes, to cut down on the cost of maintaining used bikes.
To prevent theft, the New Idea Factory proposal suggests would-be riders obtain electronic swipe cards that would electronically lock and unlock the bikes. To get a swipe card, riders would provide their contact information and sign a liability waiver. Pittsburgh's proposal borrows most from City Bike, in Copenhagen, Denmark, one of the more formalized and famous projects. Minneapolis' Yellow Bike Coalition bears a resemblance to City Bike, but uses refurbished bikes. There, bikes must be checked out and returned to specific hubs, which are sponsoring community centers, churches and businesses.