Citi Bike: “another one of those great examples of an idea that seemed impossible, and now New York City can’t exist without it.”
DC didn’t think for a minute that it was impossible.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/26/nyregion/citi-bike-10-years-old.html?partner=slack&smid=sl-share
@bikepedantic Before it launched many many people said it would be a giant failure, that it would cause a bloodbath etc. It ended up being VERY useful during the pandemic when so many folks were averse to taking transit.