Houston BCycle to shut down at end of June after 12-year ride
"Monthly ridership dipped below 10,000 after BCycle increased its prices and closed many of its stations...it's "really unfortunate" that Houston will soon be the largest city in the U.S. without a bike share network."
I'm sure Houston's new disaster of a mayor is primarily responsible though.
Houston BCycle to shut down at end of June after 12-year ride | Houston Public Media
John Whitmire Is a 20th-Century Mayor in 21st-Century Houston.
"After two pedestrians were fatally struck by cars within 24 hours, Whitmire called for better enforcement of traffic laws and urged bicyclists to stay off the roads. “I think the bikers need to be protected from the traffic, and they need to do that on bike paths that are recreational and not try to compete with people going to work and school,” he told a local TV station."
https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/john-whitmire-mayor-houston/
Newly installed medians along Houston Avenue intended to improve safety for pedestrians will be torn out starting Monday.
District H Councilmember Mario Castillo: "If something isn't working with the project, modify it, don't waste taxpayer money,"
"Public Works told me the whole thing was getting ripped up, and it was starting on Monday," Castillo says. "That's warp speed for the City of Houston"
https://www.axios.com/local/houston/2024/02/05/whitmire-houston-avenue-pedestrian-safety