Surprisingly affordable
I and my son were visiting LA, and got wanted to explore the city without paying a lot for micro mobility options, after spending $16 for 10 minutes of riding 2 Lyme scooters. We have discovered Metro City Bikes offering full day of riding option for only $5 per bike! We rode for 20+ miles around the area and saw a bunch of places using e-bike models which were great for going uphill. Using the app is straightforward, phone number + CC/ApplePay is sufficient to register and start riding in a few minutes. Finally returning the bikes to a station and locking them we realized our trips were not ending due to the station being offline. That required a tech support ticket communication, with the picture proof of our returns to get unlocked virtually out of the prior trip. Tech Support was quick to communicate and resolve the issue, but I wish there were less duplicate emails being sent by the system. Ideally there should be more e-bikes available, and also knowing the battery status through the app would eliminate depleted battery surprises if need to cover many miles.