What Dockless Bikes and Scooters Are Exposing
If Hertz or Avis attempted to use public space to park their inventory, local residents and city officials would pitch a fit.  Public parking exists for the benefit of the public at large, not as a cost-saving measure for rental firms.The same is true of bicycles.  You can store your private bicycle almost anywhere you like in public.  But city fathers will naturally take a dim view of a business using that public space without permission.