Bicycle-sharing is challenging Didi's car-sharing business as China's most popular mode of last-mile transportation
The number of bicycle-sharing users in China will more than double to 50 million by the end of 2017, from 18 million a year ago, according to a forecast. Tweets: @jakeasion , @chintansparikh , @happy_roman , @paulcurrion , and @timoreilly Tweets: Jake Sion / @jakeasion : “Bicycles as a mode of transportation has doubled to 11.6 per cent of total transportation within a year, from 5.5 per cent.” http://twitter.com/... Chintan Parikh / @chintansparikh : The number of shared bicycle users will more than double to 50 million by the end of 2017, from 18 million at the end of 2016 http://twitter.com/... @happy_roman : “I can get up later in the morning. I don't need to worry about traffic jams anymore.” Bicycles are eating cars. http://www.scmp.com/... Paul Currion / @paulcurrion : Beijing transport %s: Bicycles up from 5.5% to 11.6%; Cars down from 29.8% to 26.6% http://www.scmp.com/... Tim O'Reilly / @timoreilly : A hopeful sign for public transit: subways+bikeshare key competitor for car sharing in China. Would be gr8 here too http://www.scmp.com/...