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From: AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org>
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Subject: Re: China clamps down on those damned bicyclists
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2024 11:47:52 -0600
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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.
> 	[]'s

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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Andrew Muzi
am@yellowjersey.org
Open every day since 1 April, 1971