Should SoBi be saved? CBC Asks Coun. Nann and SoBi rider Zoe Branigan-Pipe

SoBi, Hamilton's popular bike-sharing program, ends Monday. This is thanks, in part, to a decision made late Wednesday by the city to not fund the program now that its owner, Uber, has pulled out.

The decision was immediately met with disappointment from many of the thousands of SoBi users in the city, including teacher Zoe Branigan-Pipe, who said on Twitter,"This actually made me feel sick to my stomach. Heartbroken."

Branigan-Pipe will be a guest on CBC Hamilton's Facebook LiveMonday at noon to share her experiences using SoBi in the city and tell us what the program's cancellationmeans to her.

She'll be joined by Ward 3 Coun. Nrinder Nann, who introduced a plan at a council meeting Wednesdaytouse up to $400,000 from the capital budgets of Wards 1, 2 and 3 to fund the program until the end of the year. That plan failed.

The bike share program launched in 2015, and in 2018, original operator Social Bicycles LLC becameJump Mobility. Uber bought Jumpthat same year.

Earlier this month, Jump was acquired by Lime, a company that runs e-scooter programs in numerous cities. Uber and the city had just signed a one-year agreementin February, but on May 15, the companywrote the city to sayit would pull out on June 1.

Join ourFacebook LiveonMonday at noon with Nann and Branigan-Pipe. They'll talk with the CBC's Conrad Collacoand take your questions and comments about Sobi's cancellation.

Let us know what you think in the box below, the comments section on this page, byemail atHamilton@cbc.caor on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram.