Unexpected added values for shared bikes in Chinese cities :-)

𝘜𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘪𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴... 😊

video source : Douyin 277802764

After a first few turbulent introduction years of the shared bikes concept last decade in Chinese cities, regulations and infrastructure now makes the concept successful; environmentally, logistically and economically...

Beijing showed about 𝟲𝟵𝟬 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟬. The city government has limited the number of shared bikes in the 6 most densely populated city center districts to 800,000 to avoid blockages.

Pick-up and drop off locations have been assigned with hardly any possibility to park your bike somewhere else. The bike just won't just lock and end your lease at non-assigned places in many neighborhoods or otherwise you face a penalty. The pick-up/drop-off locations are shown in the navigation map of the bike sharing app.

In suburban districts, the amount of shared bikes have significantly increased for millions of commuters riding the last mile from home to subway or bus stations going to work and vice versa.

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