"We explored donating the remaining, older-model bikes, but given many significant issues - including maintenance, liability, safety concerns, and a lack of consumer-grade charging equipment - we decided the best approach was to responsibly recycle them," said an Uber spokesperson, who added that JUMP bikes are sized for adults, and that the bikes themselves weigh about 75 pounds, quashing the hope that they are suitable for children.īut some advocates think the decommissioned JUMP bikes could have absolutely been put to better use than on the scrap heap, especially as riders scramble to access sustainable solo transportation options in the wake of the pandemic. The company said recycling was more practical than donating the bikes to the countless non-profits worldwide that service and re-deploy old bikes to riders who need them. Uber was responsible for figuring out what to do with the older cycles it would no longer operate those are the ones which ultimately ended up on the recycling heap. When Lime acquired JUMP several weeks ago, apparently, it didn't acquire the company's entire inventory of cycles - it only acquired the newest models. That honor goes to Uber, which is also Lime's biggest investor. Tipsters have confirmed to Streetsblog that recycling centers in Sacramento are also destroying erstwhile JUMP bikes, and that many of the company's other markets are seeing portions of their former fleets scrapped as we speak.ĭespite early reports on social media, micromobility giant Lime - which recently acquired Uber's JUMP bikes division - was not the one to hit the "on" switch on the trash compactor. The video above was taken by an anonymous employee of a recycling factory in North Carolina, but the Tar Heel State isn't the only place where perfectly functional e-bikes are being crushed in the midst of a national bike shortage brought on by COVID-19. #SenselessWaste #BikesForKids □□ /ee3NmCP7If- Cris Moffitt May 27, 2020 More keep rolling in and getting trashed.□□️ Probably THIRTY semi loads□□□ or more so far.
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