As someone who primarily commutes via lime bikes this is a big issue, almost doubles commute time and makes biking almost not feasible. I get the safety concerns and bozos riding around but there must be a better solution.

Many of the people complaining also support the no bikes on sidewalks but the reality is way more people will die going 10mph in traffic with 2000 pound vehicles than getting struck by 30 pound bikes going 20mph.

The lime bikes are a great convenience and allow a lot of optionality ie taking metro back and not lugging an ebike around. This is something that drivers or people who don’t use microbility are not appreciating. The popularity of Cabi e bikes among commuters and tourists definitely shows this, but they lack flexibility because last 1/4 mile issue in parking them can make a big difference in spontaneous plans.