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- Thieves have stolen at least 12% of the city’s Divvy bike-share system’s fleet since April 2018, according to newly-released Department of Transportation (CDOT) data and adult arrest records compiled by CWBChicago. But the program’s losses have been cut substantially by Chicago police officers who have recovered hundreds of stolen taxpayer-owned bikes.
An inventory this spring revealed that 401 of the Divvy system’s 6,200 bikes were missing, according to CDOT records provided to CWBChicago. And more than 300 stolen bikes have been returned to the company by police who found adults riding them throughout the city. Not included in the 12% theft rate are stolen Divvies that police found in possession of juveniles and bikes returned to the company after being found abandoned on city streets, yards, and alleys.
So the police are now an enforcement arm of Divvy / Lyft? And just how many successful prosecutions were there for bike thefts? We're better the number is awfully low.
- At $1,200 per bike, the Divvy system has lost $481,000 to thieves since the last system inventory in October 2018.
The Divvy system racks up a yearly operating loss of between $600,000 to $700,000, the Tribune reported this year. The $481,000 replacement cost for stolen bikes is in addition to those losses.
And how exactly are they staying in business with losses like those? Who's beaks are getting wet with this operation?
Along those same lines, who has the missing scooter totals?
Along those same lines, who has the missing scooter totals?
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posted by SCC at 12:02 AM
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These new clown companies---Uber, Lyft, WeWork
they all lose money and only made it for the IPO
types. Too Fucking Risky.
I think there is one still sitting in the garage at the Stickney Police Department.
Chicago values at its finest!
Have they put the snow tires on the scooters? Ready 'em up for the real climate.
They get to write those losses off on their taxes!
All the scooters are missing due to the 2019 Scooter River Toss finals this summer.
Overheated batteries, vandalism, theft and unsafe by design, cyclists running over pedestrians and hit by cars. It's something for John Austin Greenfield to promote as good, alternative transit.
Curious what are the loss numbers in other large Cities? Is Chicago unique or ale our criminals more criminal.
What the hell kind of bike costs $1,200 ?
Does anyone remember they investigators who would search for bootleg movies/music.
AT least that guy would come out and make it seem like an investigation these DIVY prick want you to just dock the bike again when in reality it should be inventoried and held for court.
who cares if they have the bike!!!
Quit working for LIght foot she hates you.
Anonymous The Guy on Grove said...
I think there is one still sitting in the garage at the Stickney Police Department.
11/05/2019 12:57:00 AM
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Snitch, that's our undercover vehicle.
" hundreds of stolen taxpayer-owned bikes."
Who's loosing money? Sounds like the taxpayers own the bikes and if you dig a little deeper you will probably find the city is subsidizing this connected company operation in addition to buying the bikes at double of cost.
Media will change the narrative to racism in the Divvy corporation for not having more of their bikes in certain zip codes, this preventing ‘people’ the opportunity to seek employment for the work that they desperately want to do. This lack of Divvys (and their rudeness of not offering lower rates to ‘people of poverty’ accelerates of circle of despair and thus increases crime in the city. It’s your fault, Divvy.
Yep, about 3 years ago while on the west side (surprise) I found a divvy bike lying in an empty lot. I called divvy and told them and guess what they wanted me to do. They wanted me to pick it up and take it to the nearest divvy bike station (hahaha) I told them that ain't gonna happen I'm working on something. The person on the other line said "oh well" just leave it
Another good program ruined by our Chicago Values.
Archeologists find rental bikes for the masses
Say WTF about the society
They did that with houses just before 2008
The madness of crowds
It's play money. The investors are so greedy looking
for the next big thing they are throwing cash at these
startups. In what perfect world do these business types live.
Moody's, what say you?
Tulip bulbs, houses, bikes, Slumpers pilling a quarter mil.
When will it end? It will end badly that's for sure.
OT: where’s shitcago’s equivalent???
https://youtu.be/YPHX0jIL4qQ
We need someone to stand up and stand out.
Pinterest, Peloton, Uber, Lyft, Airbnb
That's a great business model. Rent your home out to
strangers at below hotel-rates. What could go wrong?
Like the Stones said "People are just dyin' to meet you."
Knowing you clown Mayor, she probably cut a deal that ShitCago would help cut their losses. Just look at the great deal she gave the teachers!
Peloton is SEVEN years old and has NEVER made money
It’s in the contract, city of Chicago taxpayers pay for lost,stolen and damaged bikes.
April 10, 2019
Sun Times (Headline)
City Council makes Lyft exclusive operator of Divvy
bike sharing for 9 years
(Yeah, you read that correctly!)
Those neighborhood names, ect?
Let's start with Chicago itself.
Comes from a Native American name for the stinky onions
found along the river
Fools! $1,200/bike.
What bike costs Twelve Hundred?
And you put these out for rental?
Are you sick of these new-age CEOs?
Grown men in a suit jacket, T-shirt,,and jeans.
And people throw money at them.
Big Ed: you can throw money at a problem but
the problem won't change
“The Divvy system racks up a yearly operating loss of between $600,000 to $700,000, the Tribune reported this year. The $481,000 replacement cost for stolen bikes is in addition to those losses.”
If I didn’t already know Divvy was being bankrolled by city government, this paragraph would tell the tale. Only government (and Internet companies) can run at that much of a loss and not go out of business.
My bullshit meter went crazy when I read that the bikes are valued at $1,200 each. Someone is lining their pockets, because those POSs aren't worth a tenth of that.
Circle Jerk
You see it everyday but then again you don't really see it.
A Tesla being charged for "free" inside a Whole Foods
parking garage. And we say, "The economy is good".
1200 bucks for that butt ugly sumbitch? Hmmm...Isn't that well above Crimesha's misdemeanor theft threshold?
Shithole Feral Chicago has a freshly amended and expanded $120 mil Contract thru 2021 with Divvy-Lyft, brought to you last April by lame-phuck abruptly leaving RottenRahm and his corrupt band of 48 yes-man Council.
“ Under the agreement, the city will maintain ownership of the current capital equipment. Lyft will continue to operate Divvy with equipment owned by the city, as well as new equipment purchased by Lyft. The city will maintain control over significant fare pricing changes and any new fare products or promotions...”
Property crime is not punishable anymore in Crook County and We Can’t Arrest Our Way Out of the Problem™️ (Jugghaid SpecialEd 2016).
Can’t get a dime from an overdue liberry book or collect an extra 5 solid dollars for a scofflaw boot.
Groot Community Immunity will expand the freebies.
The Marshall Field Garden's Bike Club forgot to Return them.
Another great scam by the Democrats that exemplifies true Chicago political values.
Taxpayer owned??????!!!!!!!!!!
Why does the article state “taxpayer owned bikes”?
The City that Works (to steal) !
I guess those Amish low lifes are at it again.
They stole 100% of the bikes in Baltimore last year. All of them.
"And how exactly are they staying in business with losses like those? Who's beaks are getting wet with this operation?"
Same questions should be asked of our pension board...
Anonymous Anonymous said...
They get to write those losses off on their taxes!
11/05/2019 02:29:00 AM
You don’t run a successful business by writing off your losses. Idea is to have no losses and more income which you can’t have if the bikes are missing and can’t make money for you
Protect and return property to these company's,with profits that line the city's pockets.you know,the city that treats you like shit.
This was one of Rahm’s pet projects.
Rahm’s gone, Divvy should follow him out the door.
time to deep six the divy
only political insiders are profiting off this sham
probably vanecko making money off of this BS operation
It was OK, they needed those DIVVY Bikes so they could ride to pick up the Mercedes Benz's that they were fake renting .....
I highly doubt police are actively working to locate lost/stolen Divvy bikes. Instead, they probably spot someone riding a Divvy in an area where there's no Divvy Station anywhere around, and it doesn't look like the rider is going to, or coming from, anywhere in particular.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
They stole 100% of the bikes in Baltimore last year. All of them.
11/05/2019 11:03:00 AM
Give us another year and we will catch up
Those bikes are owned by the City of Chicago. Legend has it
Anonymous said...
My bullshit meter went crazy when I read that the bikes are valued at $1,200 each. Someone is lining their pockets, because those POSs aren't worth a tenth of that.
11/05/2019 08:51:00 AM
Lol!
We remember the old Sears & Roebuck upright posture with fenders,
balloon tire "truck" of a bicycle.
Damn thing weighed a ton...
Made from S-O-L-I-D bent rebar, jack...
Not that "lightweight" sissy-assed hollow tubing.
Got one for our 12th birthday while the rest of the kids
on the block had Schwinn and Sears "polo" bikes with 3 and 5 speed.
Character builder...
Right?
But anyhoo...
The Chicago taxpayer took it up
the coal chute with this bicycle bullshit courtesy of Rahm.
Thievin' li'l bastard.
And without all the subsidies the cities gave this and the scooters where would they be. Someone is making money off all this. And $1200 bucks per bike? You can buy a Vitus Zenium Carbon Disc bike for about 950. Still you find these Divvy annual members, sheep that just can't resist the trend. I read one on Yelp, annual members crying about the poor quality of the bikes. I wonder why that would be? Perhaps this joker will wake up soon as he received a call notifying him about the missing bike on October 24th, only thing is he took the bike out on October 4. Still they accessed a $250 dollar fee for the missing bike. Wonder where it went, I just can't imagine. But he and the girlfriend are thinking of cancelling their annual memberships, just thinking of it mind you. A sucker born every minute. Just how many 250 dollar fees does it take you to wake up, pal? I wonder how many get accessed such fees when their bikes go missing weeks after they rent them. As usual the only one doing any real reporting is CWBChicago.
If your mutual fund lost 12% what would you do?
Skevvy Bikes---The Bike so good you'll want to keep it
Cook County Forest Preserve Dist. may have suffered similar losses with their "Steal This Bicycle" program. Haven't seen the bikes assigned to local Preserves in south suburbs in months. Anybody on CCFPD Police here who can find stats on theft/loss rates?
Hey, remember when they were stealing all the new cars at local dealerships? Good times the were.
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