Monday, March 16, 2015

A Diabolical Endeavour

“Errare humanum est, perseverare autem diabolicum”
(To err is human, but to persist is diabolical)

Bike sharing station, Piazza Cavour, Livorno
It took more than two years and a change of Administration, but at last even our local daily has acknowledged on its front page that our bike sharing system is a disaster and a waste of public money.
Bike sharing station, Largo Fattori, Livorno
It was also easily foreseeable to anyone who has lived in Livorno even for only a few months: here public property is enthusiastically vandalized and any kind of bicycle is systematically stolen, with absolute impunity.

See also: Five-Thousand-Euro Bicycles - Waste of Money - Bike Sharing
External links: Poche, rotte e sconnesse: il “bike sharing” è a terra (Il Tirreno, in Italian)

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17 comments:

  1. Luis GomezMarch 16, 2015 at 12:44 AM

    I understand that probably it wasn't necessary for the city and a waste of municipal money but nevertheless it is sad that it didn't work. DC has a wonderful bike system and it works really well with more and more stations all over the city and more dedicated bike lanes.

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  2. Taken For GrantedMarch 16, 2015 at 12:45 AM

    Sorry to hear that bike sharing hasn't worked. San Diego has a public bike system. To unlock a bike from a station it takes a credit card, so these bikes are seldom stollen.

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  3. MichelleMarch 16, 2015 at 2:05 AM

    Sad to hear.

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  4. DentonMarch 16, 2015 at 4:28 AM

    so very sad to hear .. we have a very populate shared bicycle program where we live .. it is not public and there is a cost and there are security controls in place .. but people love the bikes.

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  5. UnknownMarch 16, 2015 at 1:49 PM

    too bad !

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  6. BirdmanMarch 16, 2015 at 2:51 PM

    Wave bye-bye to another good idea.

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  7. KarlMarch 16, 2015 at 3:24 PM

    Sad, sad, sad !

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  8. EG CameraGirlMarch 16, 2015 at 3:25 PM

    Sad to hear that there are so many selfish people living in Livorno.

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  9. GunnMarch 16, 2015 at 3:29 PM

    Bad news:(

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  10. William KendallMarch 16, 2015 at 4:15 PM

    Sad that it hasn't worked. Our bike sharing system, in season when it's used, seems to work pretty well.

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  11. RedPatMarch 16, 2015 at 4:37 PM

    It seems to be working here but needs to be expanded more across the city.

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  12. cieldequimperMarch 16, 2015 at 9:13 PM

    That's a real shame because despite some vandalism, on the whole it does work here. And we're talking about France, and more specifically Paris...

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  13. orvokkiMarch 17, 2015 at 12:45 AM

    It's a big shame.

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  14. DinaMarch 17, 2015 at 7:59 AM

    Oi, sad pictures and a sorry situation. Does it mean the City is abandoning the bike idea, or are they diabolically persisting?

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  15. PerthDailyPhotoMarch 17, 2015 at 4:31 PM

    That's a shame VP I guess these ideas don't work everywhere.. as for the graffiti and vandalism, that does seem to work everywhere.. unfortunately!

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  16. HalcyonMarch 17, 2015 at 7:09 PM

    Very sad...

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  17. LindaMarch 20, 2015 at 5:52 PM

    That's a shame.

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