Saturday night out on the town… Ron suggests that we use the new NYC bike share. (24-hour access for $9.95). The computers were offline though and we weren’t able to access the bikes. One guy (pictured) was trying to return a bike but it wouldn’t lock in. He called citibike, worried that he’d either get a charge for a late fee, or for not returning the bike. At another kiosk, a woman told us that by pulling up on the seat, you could release bikes that were not locked. Then she and her husband proceeded to pull out two bikes for us. As we stood there, mouths agape, she must have said “take them” about 15 times. Another couple looking for bikes stepped up and took the “free” bikes. Ron and I quickly backed away. Ron reminded me that stealing a bike is grand larceny (and criminal possession of stolen property). We went back home and got our own bikes, though we opted not to take them down to Chinatown later in the evening…
Interesting!