The notorious ofo oBike will soon disappear from Melbourne`s city streets after a heavy punch, the Times reported.
The bike-sharing company failed to meet strict environmental protection agency rules and decided to leave Melbourne.
Under the new rules, the Singapore company would be fined 3000 yuan if a discarded oBike blocked the streets for up to two hours.
Melbourne Mayor Sally Capp says the behaviour of some cyclists makes it difficult to manage the bike-sharing system.
What makes this difficult is the behaviour of the cyclists. It`s hard to regulate the way people use oBike or other similar bikes, which is a huge challenge for operators. We welcome cyclists to Melbourne so that we have more options, and in general, we are supportive. "
From now on, Melbourne should stop using oBike, says Capp. "We will work with oBike to collect and clean up these bikes, and the problem is that people are still using them. So we suggest you stop using them, and we also advise the company to stop running these bikes so that we can collect them in an orderly manner. "
OBike was supposed to provide plans last week on how to manage abandoned and damaged bikes, which should have been implemented by Wednesday.
Port Phillip Mayor Bernadene Voss said trucks had been collecting the abandoned bikes in St Kilda over the weekend.
"they can`t accept the new rules imposed on the company," said Voss, a company called mobike, which will start operations next month.
The Times has tried to get in touch with oBike and hope they can comment on it. The yellow rental bikes have been controversial in Melbourne, and hundreds of them have been left on the trail., Yarra River has identified more than 100 oBike. since it began operations in Melbourne on June 14 last year. So far, oBike has been operating in Melbourne for less than a year.
In addition to being thrown in the Yarra River, oBike had been left on trees or street signs, and on one occasion on the roof of a mobile toilet.
Environmental Protection Agency Chief Executive Nial Finegan said they could not confirm whether the company would withdraw from Melbourne, but the company would still face a fine if there was still a bike jam.
"if oBikes does decide to leave, under the Environmental Protection Act 1970, the bikes they leave are treated as waste, and the authorities can collect them and send the bills to oBike`s boss."
