Re: China clamps down on those damned bicyclists

On Wed, 20 Nov 2024 11:47:52 -0600, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:

On 11/20/2024 11:22 AM, Shadow wrote:

On Wed, 20 Nov 2024 09:27:31 -0600, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:
 

https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202411/11/WS67315c6fa310f1265a1cc95c.html

 
"For university students, grabbing a shared bike ...."
 
What's a "shared bike" ? Not a tandem, judging from the pics.
There is only one person on each bike.
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Rental fleets like this:
https://divvybikes.com/how-it-works
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Which is a modern system. In 1967, Amsterdm had a 'white
bike' share system for basic commuter bicycles. Painted
white with directions printed, anyone could ride one, park
it in a public area and leave it for the next person to use.
That actually worked for Nederlanders for a time.
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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2022-02-26/the-dutch-anarchists-who-launched-a-bikesharing-revolution
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(photos!)

I had no idea anything like that existed. What an amazing
project.
Here in Brazil gangs of armed robbers "hijack" riders.
Sometimes the rider is armed, so they take his bike AND his gun...

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A similar system was tried here and there, notably in my
city in 1971 (I worked on that and built/painted many bikes
from used/scrap).  They were mostly pulled from the lake a
year later, with the rest completely disappeared. Different
culture I suppose.

If people are taught that socialism is a "bad" thing, I would
not expect anything else. They will never understand the concept of
"ours". They only understand "mine".
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