About a month ago, I saw this article on an open access bike program and sent one of my students who is interested in such programs an email saying, "This looks like an old fashioned open access program—how long do you give it?"

Well, the answer appears to be about a week:

Less than a week after the Southern Miss Office of Sustainability launched its free-share Eco Eagle Bike program, most of the 17 bicycles are missing.

Thanks to Shawn R. for the pointer. What's sustainable about trashing 17 bikes in a week?

BTW, my student and I are trying to catalog attempts (and successes if there are any) at open access bike share programs. Info on programs would be most appreciated (efstephenson[at]berry[dot]edu).