The city government plans to upgrade the current "YouBike" system from version 1.0 to version 2.0, which is estimated to cost one billion yuan.

(Photo by reporter Xie Wuxiong)

[Reporter Xie Wuxiong / Taoyuan Report] "YouBike Upgrade 2.0" is the political opinion of Taoyuan Mayor Zhang Shanzheng's election campaign. The Taoyuan City Council has a work report from the Transportation Bureau. Blue and green councilors are worried that the old system cannot be integrated, and that the new system will become orphans. In the past, the old system cost 700 to 800 million yuan, and now the new system costs another 1 billion yuan. The city government is completely led by the nose by the manufacturers. Zhang Xinfu, director of the transportation bureau, said that the "YouBike 2.0" system will be launched next year, and the system conversion has been evaluated feasibility.

Zhang Xinfu said that the public bicycle rental system in Taoyuan City started to be promoted in February 2016, and the YouBike 1.0 construction contract expired in November last year. In order to meet the service life of the equipment and shorten the replacement schedule, the station is now commissioned to operate until November this year On March 30, the Bureau of Transportation has invited a professional consulting company to conduct a program evaluation on the system's service life, system conversion, and cross-county and city system integration strategies. It is expected to start the new system upgrade operation early next year.

KMT member Huang Jingping said that Taoyuan City has built 407 "YouBike 1.0" stations, providing 10,000,321 bicycles. It is a huge project to upgrade all of them to version 2.0. Since the system cannot be converted, there will be no stations after riding out In the dilemma of returning the car, the Transportation Bureau must carefully study how to get through the transfer ride.

Huang Jingping also mentioned that the upgrade project is huge. Whether "YouBike 3.0" will appear after the upgrade to version 2.0 is completely led by the manufacturer. After all, the cost of the upgrade is twice that of the previous one.

Members of the Democratic Progressive Party Lu Lin Xiaofeng and Chen Zhiwen also believe that Taoyuan spent 700 to 800 million yuan to complete the construction of "YouBike 1.0". After the integration of the old system, Taoyuan will consider setting up a new factory station to use the "YouBike 2.0" system.

KMT Councilor Huang Wanru said that the "YouBike 2.0" system uses a small space for piles, and the same size of the station can accommodate more vehicles.