As the world`s largest bike sharing Ofo in China has been a huge success, their daily orders have exceeded 32 million yuan. Currently, Ofo plans to enter Sydney next week. The first 200 shared bicycles will be launched in downtown Sydney. Another 400 vehicles will be dropped one after another.
On the other hand, a number of bike-sharing companies have opened in Australia, where the damage has been severe, with some being thrown into rivers and some hanging on trees. Melbourne`s mayor has even said that if the bikes are not managed, they will be banned.
Australian officials at Ofo say they will provide 25 to 30 recommended parking areas within each city hall and have surveillance footage near some of the parking areas so they can monitor the saboteurs. Bicycles issue reminders when cyclists try to park their cars outside the operating area. In addition, Ofo employees will collect bikes every day and put them back in the recommended parking area. Ofo hopes these measures will share the damage to bicycles.
According to the Sydney City Hall, in the past three months, three shared bikes have launched their services in Sydney, namely, ReddyGo,oBike and Airbike.. More than 60, 000 people downloaded the bike-sharing APP. The city hall received a total of 29 complaints about bike-sharing.
Singapore`s oBike is the first to enter the Australian market and is currently operating in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Gold Coast. A considerable number of people are not optimistic about the sharing of bicycles in Australia. The main reasons are as follows:.
Australia`s urban population base is not large enough, the population is not concentrated, and the number of cyclists is too small;
Many parts of Sydney have slopes that are not suitable for cycling;
Many places in Melbourne`s CBD are free of charge.
So we will wait and see if the bike-sharing that is popular in China can survive in Australia.
