Shanghai Firm Offers 1M Free Bicycle Rides
29 August 2008
China Daily. A Shanghai, China advertising firm is offering people across the country up to 1 million free bicycle rides a day, as part of a scheme that will run until 2010. After registering their ID cards, cyclists can pick up and drop off their Ibike Media bikes at any of the firm’s service stations.
People can rent the bikes for up to four hours at a time, Li Yi, a press officer with the company, said. The company has 110,000 bicycles, which are available to borrow in Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, Hangzhou, Jinan, Changzhou and Changsha, he said.
Each bicycle could be used by 10 people a day, which makes up the 1 million rides, Li said.
Most of the service stations are located in local communities, and near metro stations and universities.
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