This prediction was made based on my experience and partly claims from a magazine I can't find anymore, but here's something I can find online: https://zielona.interia.pl/eko-technologie/czysty-transport/news-niespodziewany-sukces-rowerow-miejskich-w-trojmiescie-mevo-z,nId,20115130 It helps that they went with a franchise kind of model for this go, where the Metropolitan Area pays a fixed sum each month to the operator while income goes back into the public purse, I think. 14b/16