Re: China clamps down on those damned bicyclists

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
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.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2022-02-26/the-dutch-anarchists-who-launched-a-bikesharing-revolution
(photos!)
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.
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