Are there locals who use these things? Motorcycles are affordable and much more convenient than bicycles.

Are there tourists who use these? Put a QR code for scanning and a mobile app for download, then the number of users is probably close to zero. A better way is to tap an NFC card, whether credit or debit, then take the bicycle. Or there will be a need to put staff at every station, escalating the cost to a level that makes the system infeasible.

These are observations made in Chiang Mai.