Product design question

Design a bicycle renting app.

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What this question tests

Baseline product-sense structure for a simple, well-scoped 0-to-1 product.

Clarify dockless versus station-based, and the target city's density.
Pick a segment, e.g. commuters replacing short car or transit trips.
Identify pain points: bike availability nearby, ease of unlock and pay, safety of return.
Propose the core flow: find nearby bike, unlock via app, ride, end ride at a valid zone.
Prioritize availability and reliability first, since an empty station kills trust.
Define a success metric, e.g. rides per bike per day, which measures fleet utilization.

Picks dockless versus station-based explicitly, since it changes the whole design.
Names a specific segment, e.g. last-mile commuters, instead of 'anyone wanting a bike'.
Addresses the rebalancing problem of bikes clustering in one area as a real operational pain point.
Chooses utilization over raw ride count, which rewards fleet efficiency.

Skipping the rebalancing and availability problem that dominates bike-share economics.
Designing a generic ride-hailing flow instead of addressing find-unlock-return specifics.

How would you solve for bikes clustering downtown and being scarce in residential areas?
What pricing model would you use, per-minute or subscription?