"sharing bicycles" is in full swing in China, a few happy and sad.
"mobike" just announced a few days ago to receive more than 600 million US dollars in financing, but the other side of the "Wukong bike" can not survive!
In China, the bike-sharing market is a bit crowded, and Sydney's market is still vacant.
So, China's shared bikes are going to Sydney?
In some places where city works, commuters are not allowed to go directly to the office by train or bus, such as near Love Harbor.
At the age of Donald Tang,33, he was always upset because he couldn't find a parking space for work.
As a result, he founded Reddy Go, which plans to place red bicycles with GPS near various railway stations near Sydney's CBD in July.
These bicycles are located and unlocked through the phone's app.
Helmet available, $1.99 for half an hour.
You can park your bike anywhere under the law.
Mr. Tang said the first shipment of 160 bicycles came from China on Monday, but his plan is not for more than a hundred. He plans to put 6000 bicycles on Sydney's streets within six months.
See if the area where you live or work is on his list.
Top Ryde, Macquarie Park, Chatswood, Rhodes, Burwood, Parramatta，Hurstville...
At first, smart bike sharing appeared on the campus of Chinese universities.
Then entrepreneurs scrambled to do the project.
Millions of bicycles, colorful colors, appear in the streets of every city in China.
Mr. Tang, who has lived in Sydney for 12 years, took the bike-sharing to Sydney through an old schoolmate in Anhui, Tang Binsheng.
Mr Tang is an investor in Bluegogo, China's third-largest bike-sharing company, and will invest in Reddy Go. in Australia
His Smart Star will do the App, [Bluegogo], which will offer red bikes.
Donald Tang said he would hire college students to keep bicycles working to make sure they don't stop where they shouldn't be.
Unlike China, Australia has to wear a helmet to ride a bike here.
Reddy Go will provide helmets free of charge, and will remind everyone to wear helmets through App.
Mr. Tang also said, "if a user stole a car, we would be very happy." Because we have a big logo, on our cars and helmets, which is giving us free marketing. "
Goverment supports the idea of "sharing bikes," but how they are managed and where they can be parked remains to be discussed.
It would be popular to go on a long walk after getting off a train or bus.
A few days ago, we reported that "bike sharing" had been implemented in some parts of Perth, and the editor also discussed whether it would be helpful for us to travel daily if Sydney had a bike sharing.
There are many friends who express their support.
There are also many friends feel that Sydney's road is not very suitable for cycling.
In July, we may see shared bikes from China on the streets of Sydney!
Guys, do you use "bike sharing"?