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Boise Bike Share Companies Learn From Dallas' Mistakes

wkow-abc7/Credit: Tyler Harbick/Courtesy of Zack Young/NBC 5, Dallas-Fort Worth
Dockless bike-share bikes abandoned around Dallas.

Five different dockless bike share companies have set up shop in Dallas in the last year. In a matter of weeks, three shuttered and left town, leaving behind nearly 20,000 unused bicycles. We speak with a Dallas reporter who covered the rise and fall of Dallas' bike share industry and David Fotsch, director of Boise Green Bike about the lessons that can be learned from this.

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