Shared bikes lying in the grass.(Photo/China Daily)
Bike-on-demand services like Beijing-based Mobike and Ofo have been making inroads in recent weeks, but problems of disorderly parking, theft, and sabotage have emerged as bike-sharing gains in popularity. Beijing News has reported at least 7 cases of destroyed bikes this month in Beijing.
Photos provided by netizens show that the shared bikes are being abandoned in ditches or in withered grass near rivers. At a repair station near the Wangjing Subway Station in Beijing, about 70 shared bikes are waiting for repair.
Recently, a man surnamed Han, who stole a shared bike, was sentenced to 3-month detention with 3-month probation, and fined the sum of 1,000 yuan(USD 144) by Shanghai Minhang People's Court.
However, people wonder whether criminal punishment is the only way to prevent the shared bikes from been stolen or destroyed.
As per the report, Chengguan, or urban management officers, have no duty to deal with disorderly parking at present.
Mostly, shared bikes are sabotaged by drivers of black motorcycles, private vehicles illegally carrying passengers for money, and staffs of bicycle parking lots, said Ofo's chief Public Relations Officer (CPO).
The number of shared bikes being sabotaged is under control and will not affect the operation as a whole, added the CPO.
Bike-on-demand services like Beijing-based Mobike and Ofo have been making inroads in recent weeks, but problems of disorderly parking, theft, and sabotage have emerged as bike-sharing gains in popularity. Beijing News has reported at least 7 cases of destroyed bikes this month in Beijing.
Photos provided by netizens show that the shared bikes are being abandoned in ditches or in withered grass near rivers. At a repair station near the Wangjing Subway Station in Beijing, about 70 shared bikes are waiting for repair.
Recently, a man surnamed Han, who stole a shared bike, was sentenced to 3-month detention with 3-month probation, and fined the sum of 1,000 yuan(USD 144) by Shanghai Minhang People's Court.
However, people wonder whether criminal punishment is the only way to prevent the shared bikes from been stolen or destroyed.
As per the report, Chengguan, or urban management officers, have no duty to deal with disorderly parking at present.
Mostly, shared bikes are sabotaged by drivers of black motorcycles, private vehicles illegally carrying passengers for money, and staffs of bicycle parking lots, said Ofo's chief Public Relations Officer (CPO).
