Venture-Financed Bike-Share Off to a Hot Start in Seattle

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By Angie SchmittAug 9, 2017, 12:05 pm109 pts
Earlier this year, Seattle closed down its publicly-funded bike-share system, Pronto, after it failed to gain significant ridership. With just 50 awkwardly distributed stations, the Pronto network wasn’t set up to succeed, and Seattle’s mandatory helmet law was also seen as a drag on use. The failure of…

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