Shared bikes,such as OFO and Mobike, have excited everyone in China overnight. The name’’shared bikes’’ stems from the idea that each bike can serve dozens of users a day.
It comes in as a handy tool for people who want to get to the subway station or workplace quickly. On the one hand, it shortens the time people spend on commuting.Currently, people can use their mobile phones to reserve a bike on the app and unlock it by scanning the QR code. On the other, the fees of using a shared bike are less expensive than any other transportation means. Though the charge will amass based on the riding time, it helps people，to some extent，reduce the cost of living.
As more and more favour those bikes over buses and walking, it shows a bright future ahead. But is it really the case?
One of the visible downsides is that streets are dotted with the bikes in a messy manner,which clog the path people walk around. It is quite frustrating when one has to walk through such a mess. Chengguan (urban management officers) need to move them away so as to keep the street clear. In some cases, the officers will take an extreme approach to those commuting tools, dumping them in landfill sites.This hurts the business and those who use the service.
Another drawback is that bike theft is rampant amid the buoyant sharing economy. The immoral appear to have finally found a target that is easy to access and takes no big risks. They unlock the bike as ordinary people do, ride it off to somewhere far away from order and law, modify it into a bike with a totally new appearance and sell it on the market. Some are smarter. They dress the QR code up so that money would go to their pocket instead of the company’s account when others scan the code.
On top of that，not few citizens are so ingenious that they see the bikes as their own property. It’s appalling that these geniuses ride home,get rid of the GPS tracker，and give the bike a new lock as company. They cycle to offices，schools or wherever they want next day. In addition，they brag about their success to their friends and families. Alas, such phenomenon makes people feel bitterly cold even in a boiling summer.
The Shanghai Bike Authority estimated in 2017 that there might be up to half a million shared bikes in the city while Beijing saw over 200,000 bikes entering service(Data excerpted from Wikipedia).
Life with them has become much easier as citizens save a large amount of time and money.However, our conscience is being challenged.
Authorities should set up bike-parking sites so everyone is well aware of where to place the bike. Businesses need to join authorities in recycling abandoned bikes and punishing those breaking the rules. Fining them, say, is a good way to prevent them from stealing the bikes, since all they want is money. Educating them and asking them to write down socialist values- including national goals ofprosperity, democracy, civility, and harmony; social goals of freedom,equality, justice and the rule of law; and individual values of patriotism,dedication, integrity, and friendship-1000 times may also help. More importantly, everyone needs to be mindful that if we don’t make contributions to good things, they will be gone forever.
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