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01-18-2017, 06:20 PM
People are dumping shared bikes in horrible piles
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This is why we can't have nice things.
In China, all of the bike-sharing (http://mashable.com/2017/01/03/bluegogo-china-bike-sharing/?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=) providers operate in a similar way. Instead of requiring people to dock their bikes at a shared station, like what you see with New York's Citi Bike, the bikes in China don't need to be locked down. You find one with your app, ride it, and simply leave it by the curbside when you're done.
But bike-sharing companies in China have discovered one downside to this convenience: People destroying or dumping their bikes after use.
SEE ALSO: This Chinese bike-sharing firm has put 70,000 bicycles on the streets in just a month (http://mashable.com/2017/01/03/bluegogo-china-bike-sharing/)
These pictures of a massive pile of bikes in Shenzhen say it all. Several bike-sharing startups are waging a fierce war for users in the tech town, and are flooding street corners with hundreds and thousands of bikes (http://mashable.com/2016/10/31/mobike-bicycle-sharing-singapore/) in the hopes of raising visibility. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/01/18/bike-sharing-pile-up-china/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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This is why we can't have nice things.
In China, all of the bike-sharing (http://mashable.com/2017/01/03/bluegogo-china-bike-sharing/?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=) providers operate in a similar way. Instead of requiring people to dock their bikes at a shared station, like what you see with New York's Citi Bike, the bikes in China don't need to be locked down. You find one with your app, ride it, and simply leave it by the curbside when you're done.
But bike-sharing companies in China have discovered one downside to this convenience: People destroying or dumping their bikes after use.
SEE ALSO: This Chinese bike-sharing firm has put 70,000 bicycles on the streets in just a month (http://mashable.com/2017/01/03/bluegogo-china-bike-sharing/)
These pictures of a massive pile of bikes in Shenzhen say it all. Several bike-sharing startups are waging a fierce war for users in the tech town, and are flooding street corners with hundreds and thousands of bikes (http://mashable.com/2016/10/31/mobike-bicycle-sharing-singapore/) in the hopes of raising visibility. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/01/18/bike-sharing-pile-up-china/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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