Bike-share companies LimeBikes and Ofo (yellow) kicked off in St. Louis — 750 each, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. A 40 South reader reported a Limebike bike parked outside Orbit Pinball Lounge on Sutton, said her (his?) boyfriend rode it in from The Grove.
A Twitter user wondered what it would take to have Maplewood be part of the program.
Wonder what it takes to get Maplewood added to the program? Looks like that bike is a stray. pic.twitter.com/oWZ4hmaZPk
— pɯqsʇl (@dbeebestl) April 18, 2018
“Her (his) boyfriend rode the bike from the Grove” Make sure we cover all bases here or someone will be offended…
Or use the singular they: “said their boyfriend”
The Associated Press Stylebook started accepting the epicene they in 2017!
https://www.copyediting.com/associated-press-accepts-singular/#.WtoVIi7wZhE
The point is not to make assumptions.
The story about the bikes in the Mississippi turns out to be due to a GPS error. I’ve read several stories that the GPS on the bikes is WAY off, so I believe it.
STL Today had an article today saying that a couple of the bikes have already been thrown into the Mississippi River. Hope this one fares better. Pulling it out of Deer Creek would be much easier anyway.
I saw a graphic about a couple years ago that showed three different phases of the bike share program. Phase three included Maplewood. Not sure if these are connected or not… https://nextstl.com/2015/02/60-station-bike-share-system-in-planning-stages-for-st-louis/
More recent article about the program…. https://nextstl.com/2018/04/dockless-bike-share-launches-in-st-louis-a-new-way-to-get-around/
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