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If the flood of bikeshare companies in Dallas are any indication, it's "with".

The Dallas City Council passed a law allowing dockless bikeshare, and suddenly about six Chinese companies all dumped hundreds—if not thousands—of bikes each in Dallas, causing every kind of externality you can imagine. Dallas opened the door a crack, and the companies stampeded through hard enough to break the frame.



Upvote for the metaphor I’m going to steal one of these days. Credit to the Dallas council for at least the appearance of progress, debit for not thinking through the externalities.




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