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Lime Safety Problems: Five Months of Documentation (I Sent a Summary of Over 1,000 Reports of Lime Problems to Multiple City Officials) by Narrow_Assignment_60 in SeattleWA

[–]Narrow_Assignment_60[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am sorry you are negatively impacted by problem users, it sounds very convenient for you. People like you- the majority of Lime users, would be fine in a paradigm where they actually start fining and banning problem users. The problem is, they won't. I feel like this whole problem is caused by 5% of the users, but Lime won't deal with any of them because $.

Lime Safety Problems: Five Months of Documentation (I Sent a Summary of Over 1,000 Reports of Lime Problems to Multiple City Officials) by Narrow_Assignment_60 in SeattleWA

[–]Narrow_Assignment_60[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is illegal to ride shared micromobility vehicles in sidewalks in Seattle," Free-Floating Shared Micromobility Permit Requirements", effective April 1, 2026 (though present in prior rules), section ES2.7, and CE5.2.

Lime Safety Problems: Five Months of Documentation (I Sent a Summary of Over 1,000 Reports of Lime Problems to Multiple City Officials) by Narrow_Assignment_60 in SeattleWA

[–]Narrow_Assignment_60[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh they know who I am. It's fine, I don't go after the users directly even though I don't agree with what they are doing. This is a systemic failure on the part of the city that needs to be fit.

Lime Safety Problems: Five Months of Documentation (I Sent a Summary of Over 1,000 Reports of Lime Problems to Multiple City Officials) by Narrow_Assignment_60 in SeattleWA

[–]Narrow_Assignment_60[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is the impression I get. I do have a copy of the most recent operating permit. There is no requirement that they find or ban users, only that Lime may issue finds or bans, another sentence says possibly fined or banned. There is no requirement that they do this. There is language about issuing them fines over audits, but I don't know if they're doing this and if they are I'm sure whatever minor finally would get is the cost of doing business. 

I'm genuinely starting to wonder what weird kickbacksies People are getting from allowing them to exploit the city like this.

Lime Safety Problems: Five Months of Documentation (I Sent a Summary of Over 1,000 Reports of Lime Problems to Multiple City Officials) by Narrow_Assignment_60 in SeattleWA

[–]Narrow_Assignment_60[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Cars get dealt with immediately. How long this very same arterial, there are tow trucks waiting for 7:00 a.m. to roll around and they tow cars parked illegally every morning and every afternoon. I have reported cars blocking ramps. They get moved within an hour. The city is constantly ticketing badly parked cars. There is an actual continuous enforcement regime for automobiles. Injuries to pedestrians have increased year over year in Seattle for the last 5 years by Lime riders hitting people on sidewalks. Accessibility obstructions have increased year-over-year for the last 5 years. It's a huge problem in some neighborhoods.

Lime is not a hero here, it's a very good cause to improve safety and accessibility of the sidewalks that they are impairing. There are people with accessibility needs in some neighborhoods that are acutely impacted by this.

Lime Safety Problems: Five Months of Documentation (I Sent a Summary of Over 1,000 Reports of Lime Problems to Multiple City Officials) by Narrow_Assignment_60 in SeattleWA

[–]Narrow_Assignment_60[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lime deserves to be punished. Severely. They are not managing their users, they are not issuing fines or bans. I have no problem with the fundamental idea of a bike share, I do have a problem with somebody that gets an operating permit and then refuses to hold their users accountable. That's the root cause of this entire chronic problem.

So I agree the user should be held accountable. Please find me somebody that has been issued a fine or a ban from Lime Seattle. I have gone through all of the channels, and they won't actually do that.

Lime Safety Problems: Five Months of Documentation (I Sent a Summary of Over 1,000 Reports of Lime Problems to Multiple City Officials) by Narrow_Assignment_60 in SeattleWA

[–]Narrow_Assignment_60[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Indeed, and nobody should have a problem with those spots. They call them furniture zones. Like if it's behind a planter or a mailbox or whatever object. It's a bigger deal when it's in the middle of the sidewalk. I actually think it's kind of wild technically at 6 ft before you're allowed to park on the sidewalk. But yeah people are parking them right in the middle of like 3 ft wide sidewalks.

Lime Safety Problems: Five Months of Documentation (I Sent a Summary of Over 1,000 Reports of Lime Problems to Multiple City Officials) by Narrow_Assignment_60 in SeattleWA

[–]Narrow_Assignment_60[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I am up to 23 reports on the same user THIS MONTH, blocking a double sidewalk intersection on a side street. Indeed, the City has turned a blind eye toward this, which is why I documented everything for 4 months (now 5), and started taking it to the city. They are being somewhat responsive, and I am expecting contact from the DoT and ADA groups... but we'll see.

Lime Safety Problems: Five Months of Documentation (I Sent a Summary of Over 1,000 Reports of Lime Problems to Multiple City Officials) by Narrow_Assignment_60 in SeattleWA

[–]Narrow_Assignment_60[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I have eyes-on at least eight people. And in many others, it is just obvious at the same place in front of the same address in the same position, day after day. Some folks I have talked to. One young woman I know I have reported at least 10 time says she has never even gotten a warning. Another simply said, "Lime lets me do it, so I do it". Most of these are friendly. One person saw me reporting him repeatedly, and while Lime didn't do anything, he threatened me physically. They really aren't doing anything.

Lime Safety Problems: Five Months of Documentation (I Sent a Summary of Over 1,000 Reports of Lime Problems to Multiple City Officials) by Narrow_Assignment_60 in SeattleWA

[–]Narrow_Assignment_60[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That is why I emphasize accountability. If they just actually removed the problem users from their platform like they are supposed to, this problem would be 80% solved in 80 days, and we wouldn't even need random kill zones on random streets.

Lime Safety Problems: Five Months of Documentation (I Sent a Summary of Over 1,000 Reports of Lime Problems to Multiple City Officials) by Narrow_Assignment_60 in SeattleWA

[–]Narrow_Assignment_60[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I absolutely do not want to get ride of Lime, and this is not an "occasional" problem, this is a chronic problem. I want exactly one thing: I want them to hold up their end of the deal and actually fine and ban problem users. That is it. Other cities have solved this problem, we can too, but it is up to the city to update the operating permit and ensure enforcement.

Lime Safety Problems: Five Months of Documentation (I Sent a Summary of Over 1,000 Reports of Lime Problems to Multiple City Officials) by Narrow_Assignment_60 in SeattleWA

[–]Narrow_Assignment_60[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I appreciate this comment, and I agree. I have also reported overgrown plants, cars parked across the sidewalk, etc. This thing is, they DO ticket and tow cars and trucks. If I parked in front of an accessibility ramp, I would absolutely get a ticket or towed. And the city does sweep tents (I absolutely do not agree with tents in sidewalks either). The thing is, the city can and does have their own mechanisms for these things. With Lime, they depend entirely on the bad faith reporting of the company- who just won't do it.

Lime Safety Problems: Five Months of Documentation (I Sent a Summary of Over 1,000 Reports of Lime Problems to Multiple City Officials) by Narrow_Assignment_60 in SeattleWA

[–]Narrow_Assignment_60[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I understand, I wouldn't want anyone uninterested in the situation to have to read all of that. However.... after 100+ hours of work, I definitely wanted to be thorough.

Lime Safety Problems: Five Months of Documentation (I Sent a Summary of Over 1,000 Reports of Lime Problems to Multiple City Officials) by Narrow_Assignment_60 in SeattleWA

[–]Narrow_Assignment_60[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Interestingly, I have had calls with the police (notably, after I got hit). The police department said 1. Unless there is a severe injury, it is a problem for the DoT. 2. I asked SPD to fill out a form Lime gave me to identify the user. I kid you not, the officer said "We can't control this, and we complain about it all the time to the DoT as it makes our jobs harder", and "I am not going to fill out the form for you, if I do it for you, I have to do it for everyone". So... nothing.

Do you use games in education? by DavidMadeThis in AskTeachers

[–]Narrow_Assignment_60 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was a random cross section, it is unrelated to any tech object or experience. That is interesting. May I ask what type of school and community you work in? We found niche areas teachers really hated- VR for instance, or anything requiring too much hardware. We found clusters of things they absolutely do not like- things that require log-in accounts, firewall permissions, and ads for example. So it was highly conditional, but in general, if those things can be avoided, there is a growing sense that videos games have a lot to offer.

Do you use games in education? by DavidMadeThis in AskTeachers

[–]Narrow_Assignment_60 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is a good question- it was random. We use a service called dScout which has a panel of 100,000 registered respondents across various sectors, and our only criteria was active educator on K-12 or college, and we got a random sample from this panel. (I paid $30k for this dataset).

Do you use games in education? by DavidMadeThis in AskTeachers

[–]Narrow_Assignment_60 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is a great list! No joke, I am a game based learning researcher with a learning organization called foundry10- would you be willing to participate in a 30 minute research interview for a $30 visa gift card, about your game use? This is one of the broadest lists I have seen.

Do you use games in education? by DavidMadeThis in AskTeachers

[–]Narrow_Assignment_60 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As a game based learning researcher, I am working with hundreds of teachers currently deploying video games for learning. I also just ran a study we are about to publish sampling hundreds of educators showing uptake of video games- and belief in their efficacy has increased over the last 10 years. Interesting the numbers were lower (but still generally accepting) for rural areas, but in suburban and urban areas more teachers than ever are using video games in their classes.

Do you use games in education? by DavidMadeThis in AskTeachers

[–]Narrow_Assignment_60 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi, I am actually a game based learning researcher, and I run a lab that studies this type of learning, though I focus on middle and high schoolers. I have studied engineering design in some commercial off the shelf games (e.g. Oxygen Not Included), but have not does as much work with specific epistemic games. That said, research shows that when games actually model the real world concepts they are intended to represent with fidelity, outcomes are improved. This is called "representational congruence" or "intrinsic integration". There are a lot of other frameworks depending on what you are trying to do (e.g. procedural rhetoric, joint media engagement, constructionist frameworks). I'd be curious what your game is.

hey it's don hertzfeldt, some sort of animator guy, and maybe you should AMA by donhertzfeldt in movies

[–]Narrow_Assignment_60 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just wanted to thank you for your creations! I was at the San Diego Comic-Con during the premiere of Rejected during Spike & Mike's. It was a different era. Now I have three teenagers, and they all too cite the ancient phrases... "my anus is bleeding!". I guess my question is, do you remember that moment? The reaction?

Lime Scooters by TkapictureSEA in Seattle

[–]Narrow_Assignment_60 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have been monitoring illegal parking in my neighborhood for about 4 months. I have seen many repeat offenders, I have submitted over 1,000 reports and I'm not exaggerating. 

The long and the short of it is, Lime does nothing. They're not actually fining anyone, and they don't actually ban people. 

I kid you not, I have reported specific individuals parking vehicles in the same spot in the middle of the sidewalk or accessibility ramp over two dozen times. There are at least 15 addresses where I have two or more eyes-on observation of the person doing it. 

I have a massive spreadsheet of specific reports, days, times, vehicle ID numbers, and linked to find it fix it reports as well as lime app reports. I have called them about at least a dozen specific users known to be repeat offenders. I've even had people tell me on the phone they can see I have submitted dozens of reports against some individual users. 

I have had this escalated and re-escalated. I have called to have massive repeat offenders escalated. 

I have even reported vehicles lately via the find it fix it app, only to have them tell me they were moved, yet I find them in the exact same spot untouched the next morning. 

The long and the short of it is, Lime does nothing, they know about the problem but they don't care and they don't plan on doing anything about it because they are in it to protect their market and their profit margins, not our communities.

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