Public Bike Rental Volumes Exceeding 80 Million in Ningbo

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Category: Ningbo News

Published: Monday, 19 September 2016 09:49

According to information released by Management Office of Traffic Jams on 29th, August, by the end of July, there have been 1240 standard rental points in Ningbo, with 30,000 public bikes, 80 million rental volumes (the highest daily rental volumes reaching 152,200) and free rental rate of 98.2 percent.
According to related officials in the management office, if one can cover a distance of 3.6 kilometers each time, the total travelling distance can reach 288 million kilometers, which will save 16700 tons of fuel oil and reduce the emission of 53000 tons of carbon dioxide.
In order to improve its service, Urban Public Bike Service Company established two-stage dispatch control center and take the full advantage of two-stage dispatch linkage mechanism to implement real time monitoring of each rental point in six districts during both morning and evening rush hours. By constant analysis of operating data, combining centralized, trans-regional and instruction dispatch to ensure adequate supply of public bikes in main rental points.
At the same time, to satisfy the need of renting and returning of public bikes during morning and evening rush hours, the service company sends 32 specially-assigned persons to manage the most popular 248 rental points and offer service for the returning and renting of public bikes.
To alleviate the difficulty in returning public bikes in certain rental points, the service company has established 9 co-constructed points with 2 enterprises, 3 communities and 3 schools and the volunteers of the points will help with the work of public bike renting and returning as well as facilities cleaning, which has effectively mitigated the problem