Any ideas on when the program will be back up and running?
This was posted previously; I received it on 5/31:
Dear Spokies member,
Thanks for being among the first to try out Oklahoma City’s first bike share program. Because of people like you, OKC is on track to becoming a greener, healthier, more progressive city. And that’s no small feat!
As many of you know from personal experience, it’s been a struggle getting the Spokies software to work seamlessly. Also, there have been several incidents of theft and vandalism. To correct these problems, the kiosks and bikes will need to undergo maintenance. That means The city of Oklahoma City’s Office of Sustainability will have to temporarily shut down all of the Spokies stations and remove the bikes while these improvements are being made. The stations will be shut down today.
But don’t fret! DOKC expects the maintenance to take less a month, and as an act of goodwill, we’re automatically giving an extra month of Spokies service for free to everyone who signed up for a membership on or before May 30.
We appreciate your patience as we work to make Spokies the best it can be. We’ve heard a lot of great feedback and suggestions for improvement, and we’re planning to implement a lot of your recommendations, so keep ‘em coming!
We assure you we’re working hard to get those bikes back on the streets as soon as possible. Attached is the official press release with more information. If you have questions, feel free to give us a call at 235-3500 or contact me personally.
Thanks again for your support,
Jill Brown DeLozier
Marketing Director
Downtown Oklahoma City, Inc.
One Leadership Square
211 North Robinson, Suite 225
Oklahoma City, OK 73102
Direct: (405) 235-3515
Mobile: (405) 623-7206
Hopefully the acceptance of my debit card wasn't a "software glitch". Guess I will find out again in a month.
I saw one bike in the rack in front of the Memorial today. Maybe someone returned one of the stolen bikes.
I guess our bicycles are for homeless people from Washington state.
http://okgazette.com/oklahoma/articl...ng-wheels.html
Heh heh, that's funny. For those of us who have never given Spokane much thought..
On a side note, there is an excellent bikeshare program in Pullman. In fact I think it's a model program.
Ours would probably have less bikes getting stolen by homeless people if they moved the memorial station over to Robinson.
Here is a yet to be completed Spokies rack near the convention center:
Bicycle Rack 6.10.2012 by dani1262, on Flickr
The bikes are today back at the racks across from the 'Peake Arena.
So is the program back on? I sure hope so. I agree that maybe the bikes near the library should be moved since so many homeless people hang out there - it's kinda like asking them to take the bikes..
Ditto for Library and Bricktown.
A dozen in midtown.
I'm glad they decided to get it going again during The Finals, It'll give people from out of town a chance to ride around the city.
Kudos to the City for such a quick turn around on resolving the issues.
Until I saw yesterday in person, it's very hard to comprehend the amount of construction happening around downtown... It seems to be *everywhere*.
I'm sure these bikes will get much more use once most of this is done. It's hard enough just walking around let alone trying to navigate a bike through all that.
Anybody have any idea what, specifically, changed (if anything)?
It asked me for my phone number today. Didn't give me a receipt. Two main things I noticed.
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