Lyft, Inc.

Michael Sasha Frumin

Peter Rex Luedtke

John Torres Fremlin

Jean-Sébastien Bettez

Man Geen Harold Li

Alexander Michael Weinstein

Kevin Stewart

David Halsted Riege

Tracy Van Dyk

Akshay Ramesh Patil

Dorian Anthony Goldman

Jacob Robert Doctoroff

This disclosure describes a pickup location determination system that determines a pickup location for a received transportation request by filtering out door points based on various factors and by utilizing a pickup location model to select a pickup location from the filtered door points. For example, the disclosed systems generate door points relative to intersection points within a request radius of a request location associated with a received transportation request. The disclosed systems generate potential pickup locations by filtering out door points that are impractical and/or inefficient based on proximity to other door points, locations relative to venues, locations relative to side streets, and/or locations between parallel road segments (e.g., medians). The disclosed systems further utilize a pickup location model to select a pickup location from the potential pickup locations.

Determining efficient pickup locations for transportation requests utilizing a pickup location model

A lock for securing a bicycle to a dock. The lock consumes little power in operation, with transitions between states in which a bicycle is locked to a dock and released from the dock being driven predominately by force applied to the bicycle by a user. Force applied to the bicycle may drive a latch within the lock to move between a latched and unlatched position. A locking member may be driven in one direction by an actuator and retained by an arm that blocks movement of the locking member. The locking member may be driven in the other direction by spring force, when the locking member is released by movement of the arm, which is coupled to the latch and therefore driven by a user applying force to a bicycle. As a result, a small battery may supply power to the actuator and to communication and control circuitry.

Locking mechanism for a bicycle sharing system

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Brooklyn, NY, United States of America

Michael Sasha Frumin