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ricohagemanyesterday at 4:50 PM1 replyview on HN

The GBFS feeds are national, so expanding to other cities would be technically possible. But I think the value comes from knowing the local context well enough to know which numbers matter, and from following up with your local government. That said, if someone wants to dig up the permit conditions for their own city and build a similar project, I'm happy to assist.


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joriswyesterday at 6:16 PM

Thanks.

Did a quick check on Amsterdam: https://gbfs-validator.mobilitydata.org/visualization?url=ht...

This also exceeds the supposed 600 max per service provider. That said I'm not sure I'd have time to maintain a derivative site.

I agree that the follow up with the legislator is what makes this interesting. I'd even suggest making sharing that correspondence on your site a feature. Your outgoing link on the site to the regional press doesn't quite seem to cover that.