Police say they've seized 73 bikes rented to unsuspecting tourists for as much as $20 an hour.
Police say they've received hundreds of complaints about bikes chained to construction scaffolding and utility poles.
Complainants say the bikes clutter sidewalks and that illegal vendors rent the bikes without helmets.
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