Guide urges bike companies to improve
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BIKE sharing companies are being urged to implement a range of new proposals to improve the safety and management of the booming industry.
The Shanghai Bicycle Association yesterday detailed some of the key points of a guide to regulate the sector, which it expects to release in May.
“The standards are not compulsory. However, the plan provides an important guideline and framework of the industry,” said Xu Daoxing, the association’s chief engineer.
Among measures in the proposed guide are calls for bike rental companies to buy casualty insurance for users, implement strict standards on the safety and quality of their bikes and to crack down on abuse by users, such as illegal and dangerous parking, common throughout the city.
The proposed guidelines call for random checks on roadworthiness and for bikes to be scrapped after three years or if they are damaged.
Clear rules on deposits and refunds should also be established, and age and height limits set for users.
Shanghai is the world’s largest bike-sharing city, with an estimated 280,000 bikes, which the association expects will reach 500,000 by June — two months before it wants its proposals to take effect.
The surge in use is bringing problems and complaints, Xu told a Shanghai Consumer Rights Protection Commission media conference yesterday.
“Random parking and the lack of parking space is the headache,” said Xu.
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