Biggest Bike Share City (Hint: It's Not in Europe)
by Natalie Lubsen on Sep 19, 2014 | Views: 133 | Score: 1
Number of bikes | |
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Ningbo | 15000 |
Shanghai | 19910 |
Zhuzhou | 20000 |
Beijing | 22000 |
Suzhou | 22840 |
Paris | 23900 |
Taizhou | 24225 |
Taiyuan | 35000 |
Hangzhou | 78000 |
Wuhan | 90000 |
10 Largest Bike Share Systems in the World, By City
Sources:
vox.com
When you think bike share, you may think Paris, or London. According to Vox, "as late as 2008, only a single system existed outside of Europe (Washington DC's)." But China has exploded onto the bike share scene. Twenty-four of the top thirty bike share cities are Chinese, and more than half of the world's bike share bikes are in China.