YouBike 1.0, a public bicycle in Taipei City, will be fully withdrawn on December 3, and will be connected by the 2.0 system.

(Photo by reporter Zheng Mingxiang)

[Reporter Zheng Mingxiang/Taipei Report] Taipei City public bicycle YouBike 1.0 will be completely withdrawn on December 3, and will be connected by the 2.0 system. However, due to the scheduling situation, there are frequent problems of "no space to return" or "no car to borrow". Mayor Ke Wenzhe presided over the traffic report today (29th) and made a decision. The traffic bureau will give priority to converting the 1.0 station to the 2.0 dispatching area. Compared with the 1.0 system, a "full station increase" mechanism will be added, so that when the station is full and cannot return the car, Free for 30 minutes.

YouBike 2.0 in Taipei City is about to be launched on the road. The current station density has increased to 1230 stations and 33 dispatchers have been added. However, since the new system was launched in May last year, there have been frequent complaints from the public that there are often no cars at popular stations near MRT stations. Some commuters complained about the dilemma of being unable to return the car when borrowing or the parking lot is full. In the past, the 1.0 system had a "full station time increase" function. The 2.0 system does not have this function, which makes people at a loss.

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Taipei City Councilor Li Mingxian questioned that although YouBike 2.0 stations and dispatchers have been improved, many people still report that the dispatching fails and they cannot borrow a car. He asked the Taipei City Government to conduct data analysis based on the rental situation of each station. Try to improve scheduling efficiency.

Ke Wenzhe presided over the traffic report today, discussing issues related to the upcoming full launch of YouBike 2.0, and decided that the Transportation Bureau will give priority to converting the 1.0 station to the 2.0 dispatching area, and add a "full station increase time" mechanism compared to the 1.0 system.

Liao Yuanling, Chief of the Transportation Management Section of the Transportation Bureau, said that in the future, priority can be given to adding a 2.0 dispatching area. The dispatcher can respond immediately according to the parking situation of the vehicles. Solve the problem of no seats to return; in addition, in order to prevent people from being overcharged because the station is full and unable to return the car, the YouBike2.0 APP will also add a "full station increase time" function, and will continue to recruit dispatching manpower in the future , with big data analysis to optimize scheduling behavior.