Canada

I loved bike sharing as a tourist in Toronto and Vancouver. It was probably the most convenient, cheap, and fun way to explore those cities. I wish my city had them.

I don't know about other bike shares in the country, but we have Bird and Neuron where I live, and they are extremely uncomfortable to ride. No suspension, solid tires (or tire liners), and a very clunky feeling ride.

You'd have to really want to use them to tolerate anything past your first ride.

Now, if these felt more like a premium bike, then it would make people want to use them all the time.

Mobi in Vancouver is pretty decent, some stations have reliability issues but there are enough stations to make it work. I too own a bike and use Mobi pretty much every week for the same reasons described in the article. It's also perfect when friends come visit the city and I just lend them my anual pass, it blows their mind that they can bike around mostly for free.

If only the service was slightly cheaper, and there were more AAA bike facilities specially outside downtown. Maybe one day when municipal government stops moving backward into car-dependency.

This is the best summary I could come up with:

Riders say it's a convenient way to take one-way trips during busy days around Canada's cities without the hassle of maintaining, storing and securing your own bike.

Andrew Sedor, the city's Mobility Initiatives lead, said bikes and scooters provide more transportation options and can help people get from a transit station to their final destination.

In a news release, Andrew Arifuzzaman, chief administrative officer for UTSC, said the building has "proven that passive house is an attainable standard for future large-scale developments."

Rewilding is a way to re-naturalize environments in degraded locations — an approach that has gained popularity in Europe in recent years, and remains less explored in North America, according to Canada's science agency.

Saher Fazilat, McMaster's vice president of operations, told CBC Hamilton the university has committed to not developing the west campus any further.

The 10-year strategy recommends McMaster no longer allow vehicles in the "heart of campus," create more public gathering spaces, as well as embrace its "outstanding natural surroundings."

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Given how hostile most streets are to cyclists, this is basically like the suicide booth in Futurama.