The brakes were hit on the city’s bike share system, BCycle, after several years of serving Houston.
The video above is from a previous report.
Many riders arriving at Eleanor Tinsley Park on Monday were left confused and with dead air.
“I didn’t know,” Stephanie Resendiz said. “There’s no sign. I was kind of bummed out. I wish it were open.”
After paying for a rental, Resendiz tried to remove the bike, but it wouldn’t budge. That’s because the service closed over the weekend.
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“I really hoped they were open,” Resendiz said. “We were trying to ride the bikes and stuff.”
Apparent financial problems contributed to the program shutting down.
The bike share had a total of 300,00 users in 2020. Four years later, the program had less than 50,000 users.
“It’s really difficult after so many years and really quite a bit of success showing how Houstonians will take to bikes when they’re affordable and available,” Houston Bike Share Vice Chair James Llamas said.