Washington, D.C residents and workers reacted to bike shares and other mass transportation options this month as the WMATA’s billion-dollar repair and renovation work continues.
Derrick Jefferson, 45, originally from California and works as a librarian at American University, has lived in the district for 5 years. He says that he is a “big advocate for public transportation,” and he likes the different types of transportation options in the district, although he feels it could be better implemented.
Lailah Johnson, 18, from Washington D.C., believes that the dock-less bikes are efficient because “you don’t have to walk to a dock station, which may not be close to where you live, to get a bike.”
She says that the dock-less bikes are “cool” because you can just locate the closest one through an app. She never felt like they were in the way. She likes the fact that “you don’t ever have to buy it, you can just rent it for not as much money.”
Without the bikes or the metro she wont have a way to get around.
Madison Childs, 17, from Washington, D.C., thinks that the dock-less bikes are “a waste of money,” she says they are good for the environment but she wouldn’t recommend them to a friend.
She doesn’t think the bikes are in the way and said they are a “cleaner way of transportation and a great way to get exercise, which is needed in America.” She prefers walking.
Liliana King, 22, recently graduated from American University and says she relies on the Metro. If her train line was closed she wouldn’t really know how to get around.
Reginald Dickens, 17, believes that the dock-less bikes are a good alternative for people if their Metro line was shut down due to repairs.
But he personally thinks that the bikes are inconvenient because, “If the bikes are not in your neighborhood you’re out of luck.”