Would bike racks with bikes owned by the cities council for public use be allowed
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I passed this stop today, it's been there for about a year but I hadn't clicked on it before, so I was surprised to see it was this bike stand. My question, is this actually acceptable or is it a bad poi that got through
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NianticCasey-ING
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Hey folks,
This is a good question, I think we're only going to continue to see additions like this as more and more cities move towards shareable transit (one was just installed near my home as a matter of fact).
I would consider these to be like a regular transit stop: taken by itself it wouldn't not qualify as it's not unique enough to be a Wayspot. The example provided would be ineligible.
However, if there were an artistic installation around it or a piece of interesting architecture into which the bike station was installed or something to better distinguish it and make it unique, then I would say it would be eligible. Hope that helps!
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Bit of background, these are owned and operated by Glasgow city council, as are the bike which in belive are pay to use, and were installed as an initiative to get people cycling. So from that aspect city run, exercise, I could see tem being accepted but there are a lot of them
Personally I don't rate them as a candidate as my thinking is, wow a bike rack meh.
I do know others have differing opinions, viewing them as encouraging exercise.
Have seen a few around pre-dating OPR, and a couple since.
The old AMA on it was
Q14: Jud Burkett (canon07) - Can you ask the OPR folks for their thoughts on bike share stations? Seems to me like they’d be a great “get out and explore” type of portal.
A14: NIA OPS replied, “These are similar to transit stations, if these are large enough, have a structure, or are artistic, these could be considered. If it's just a regular bike rack, it wouldn't meet our criteria.”
We have those in my city, too, and I've seen a few become accepted (and a few I've heard of getting rejected). I feel they should be accepted as an exercise initiative as well as providing transportation for visitors as many tourists use them.
Q14: Can you ask the OPR folks for their thoughts on bike share stations? Seems to me like they’d be a great “get out and explore” type of portal.
A14: NIA OPS replied, “These are similar to transit stations, if these are large enough, have a structure, or are artistic, these could be considered. If it's just a regular bike rack, it wouldn't meet our criteria.”
That's pulled from November 2018 AMA, but I don't find the answer remarkably informative or definitive.
@Theisman-ING I wouldnt have out a bike wrack through myself, so it's why I wouldnt have accepted this, the only reason I can think this got through is that it's not just a bike wrack, the bikes that are in it and allowed in it are council owned bikes for public use
For a full bike station like this, it promotes some of the core tenets of Niantics get out and explore and healthy lifestyle. I think exploration, exercise, gathering. This could be eligible.
Without the bikes if it was just a bike rack it would need to be artistic/sculpture style. I’ve seen Fish, Own, Orange Slices as bike racks and would rate those favorably as they add a nice look to the area.
@AgentB0ss-ING all the bike racks will have differing amount of bikes ag them based on who's taken bikes from it and who's returned them
I do agree about be exercise bit so if I were to start submitting these I would make sure to mention that the downside is they are a bit numerous, I can think of 3 that are within 10 minutes walking distance from that one
Typical Rule on Bike racks is they typically have to be artistic looking to pass in my experience. One in my area approved, all others have been rejected as normal bike racks. I am confused on this situation because a bike rack promotes exercise, but for niantic it is not enough for them to approve.
@NianticCasey-ING could we possibly get clarification on this one?
Hey folks,
This is a good question, I think we're only going to continue to see additions like this as more and more cities move towards shareable transit (one was just installed near my home as a matter of fact).
I would consider these to be like a regular transit stop: taken by itself it wouldn't not qualify as it's not unique enough to be a Wayspot. The example provided would be ineligible.
However, if there were an artistic installation around it or a piece of interesting architecture into which the bike station was installed or something to better distinguish it and make it unique, then I would say it would be eligible. Hope that helps!