Hmmm let's see how can we make a bunch of bikes get stolen??? I know! Put them out on the streets with minimal security locks in crime ridden Baltimore. Haha I am a genius!
Idiots should have put GPS on every bike then they could track them. That cost would probably be less than the cost of the thefts. Everybody knows these type of programs including MDOT is a tax dollar hole that never covers expenses.
there isn't a program anywhere in Maryland that isn't abused to the point where it should be scrapped and it's because of incompetent program managers at every level
The program costs Baltimore 2.5 million for 200 bikes, that= $12,500 per bike. If you went to Walmart you could buy 31 thousand bikes @ $80.00 per bike.
In a city where your car window WILL get smashed into if there's so much as a pack of smokes - not to mention a radio - visible in the car, who's brilliant idea was it to put (basically) "free" bikes out on the street? It's like throwing a hunk of meat to the lions and hoping they won't eat it. (They say in Baltimore, BMW means "Break My Window".)
Anonymous Anonymous said... Idiots should have put GPS on every bike then they could track them. That cost would probably be less than the cost of the thefts. Everybody knows these type of programs including MDOT is a tax dollar hole that never covers expenses.
September 14, 2017 at 9:50 AM
Why don't you just hand them the GPS? You don't think they would steal them too?
Just shows the moral difference of Europe and the USA.
ReplyDeleteCan't say that we didn't see this one coming...
ReplyDeleteHmmm let's see how can we make a bunch of bikes get stolen??? I know! Put them out on the streets with minimal security locks in crime ridden Baltimore. Haha I am a genius!
ReplyDeleteIdiots should have put GPS on every bike then they could track them. That cost would probably be less than the cost of the thefts. Everybody knows these type of programs including MDOT is a tax dollar hole that never covers expenses.
ReplyDeletethere isn't a program anywhere in Maryland that isn't abused to the point where it should be scrapped and it's because of incompetent program managers at every level
ReplyDeleteWhat do you expect in the ghetto
ReplyDeleteWhat did you expect in a city of professional looters and thieves.
ReplyDeleteThey were real clunkers too you could get killed trying to ride in traffic.
ReplyDeleteThe program costs Baltimore 2.5 million for 200 bikes, that= $12,500 per bike. If you went to Walmart you could buy 31 thousand bikes @ $80.00 per bike.
ReplyDeleteYes - I did laugh out loud on this one - literally!!
ReplyDeleteSold to metal recyclers as scrap metal. Money used to buy drugs.
ReplyDeletebike share ? I've shared a few biker chic's but never bikes.
ReplyDelete"Investigators noted a spike in spray paint sales as the bikes disappeared."
ReplyDeleteIn a city where your car window WILL get smashed into if there's so much as a pack of smokes - not to mention a radio - visible in the car, who's brilliant idea was it to put (basically) "free" bikes out on the street?
ReplyDeleteIt's like throwing a hunk of meat to the lions and hoping they won't eat it.
(They say in Baltimore, BMW means "Break My Window".)
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ReplyDeleteYou mean a spike in spray paint can thefts
I think they should make them 40 pounds heavier. They look like they only weigh 120 pounds.
ReplyDeleteAnonymous Anonymous said...
ReplyDeleteIdiots should have put GPS on every bike then they could track them. That cost would probably be less than the cost of the thefts. Everybody knows these type of programs including MDOT is a tax dollar hole that never covers expenses.
September 14, 2017 at 9:50 AM
Why don't you just hand them the GPS? You don't think they would steal them too?