On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 12:24 PM, S. Morris Rose <[email protected]> wrote:
> Here's a Seattle Bike Blog article that makes a case that that the impact > of the Bixi/PBSC bankruptcy will have minimal impact on deployment of the > new PNW systems: Not sure how much new info there is here: Bankruptcy Case Lifts Curtain on Bike-Share Operator (New York Times) "The bankruptcy protection filing of the Canadian company that has supplied the bicycles and the technology behind most of the bike-sharing programs in major American cities is revealing a complicated and messy financial foundation.....Court documents and interviews with suppliers, customers and politicians show that Bixi's acumen with technology and design has been undermined by an often ad hoc approach to business and a lack of a clear mandate. One of the Bixi mysteries is its relationship with its agent in the United States. Unlike the three Canadian cities with Bixi systems, Ottawa, Toronto and Montreal, American municipalities have generally not dealt directly with the Canadian company. Instead, Alta Bike Share, a relatively small company in Portland, Ore., sells the Bixi system and operates it." http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/22/business/bankruptcy-case-lifts-curtain-on-bike-share-operator.html -- a Andy Bach, [email protected] 608 658-1890 cell 608 261-5738 wk
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