You take the subway or bus near your destination, then pull out a city bike for the last mile.

Really. That's the whole idea. These are to eliminate the need for cars, and parking lots, and pollution, and urban sprawl, and all of that shit. I've seen it work in Shanghai. It works great.

But it doesn't fucking work if the population are wreckers who are determined to keep their cars no matter what because of MUH FREEDUMBS