NEW AT 6 PM.
THERE IS A TERROR FOR BREWING.
BETWEEN BIKE SHARING COMPANIES.
AND THIS IS A FIGHT OVER
EXCLUSIVITY AND COMPETITION.
AND THE NEWCOMER ISN'T WELCOME.
THE CITY IS GRABBING SOME OF
THOSE EVEN BEFORE THEY CAN USE
THEM.
BUT TONIGHT THEY SAY THAT THEY
WANT TO FIND A WAY FOR EVERYONE
TO BE ABLE TO SHARE THE ROAD.
WHAT WE ARE DOING TODAY IS
TAKING IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL.
AND, THAT'S CELEBRATE THE X
MANSION BETWEEN ROSLINDALE.
AND THE ADDITION OF AN
IMPORTANT NEW SPONSOR.
BLUE CROSS.
BY THIS TIME, THEY WILL HAVE
MORE THAN 200 BLUE STATIONS.
THAT TOTAL WILL BE 3000
BIKES INCLUDING THE OTHER
CITIES THAT ARE PART OF THE
NETWORK.
CAMBRIDGE, SOMERVILLE, AND
BROOKLINE.
THOSE FOUR CITIES OWNED THE
SYSTEM WHICH NOW BOASTS BLUE
BIKES.
IT IS THE EXCLUSIVE OPERATOR.
THIS BIKE IS WONDERFUL.
IT'S A STEP UP FROM THE OTHERS.
BUT THERE'S A NEW KID ON THE
BIKE BLOCK A LOCAL START UP
CALLED AND BICYCLE WITH A
SLIGHTLY THE PHONE IT UNLOCKS
AND YOU ARE OFF.
UNLIKE BLUE BIKES THREE HAVE TO
PICK UP AND DROP OFF AT A
DOCKING STATION THEY CAN BE
LEFT PRETTY MUCH WHATEVER YOU
WANT.
IT SEEMED CONVENIENT.
IT SEEMS EASY THAT HE COULD
PARK IT ANYWHERE.
BUT THAT'S FOR THE CONFLICT
LIES.
LOOK AT ALL THESE BIKES.
LOTS OF THEM IN THE FOR BLUE
BIKES CITIES.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE THEM TO
MAKE SURE THAT THEY REACH OUT
TO US.
THE CURRENT REGULATIONS AND
LAWS ARE PERHAPS A DATE AT THAT
POINT.
AND, WE ARE BEEFING UP STAFF
THAT AN UP AND THOSE FOUR
COMMUNITIES.
AND, ASKING FOR A CHANCE TO
COMPETE.
WE ARE LOOKING TO BE A PART
OF THE INDUSTRY.
AND WE HOPE THAT THEY WOULD
LOOK AT US.
AND BE WILLING TO WORK WITH US.
BOTH SIDES SAY THAT THEY
WANT TO TALK BUT BEFORE THAT,
THE CITY OF SOMERVILLE SENT
THEM A CEASE AND DESIST LETTER.
THEY PICKED ABOUT 20 OF THEM UP
THE SIDEWALKS AND HAVE THEM IN
STORAGE.
IT'S INTERESTING.
AND ONE OF THE SHOTS, THE AND
BIKE IS SETTING NEXT TO THE
OTHER ONE.
