The program's success could ultimately be determined by people like Tina Fruehauf and her husband, Pryor Dodge, who went out Monday to try bike share for the first time at a station near their SoHo apartment.

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She described the atmosphere at the time as "intimidating" and said the station had changed out of all recognition since the 1980s.

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Kelly Jones, 33, is seeking payment from a filling station in Thetford, where she was called out to investigate a suspected night-time break-in.

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When the station decided Rukeyser's time had passed and tried to phase him out, he challenged them on it on the air and was promptly fired.

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