The city of Wuhan in central China announced on Tuesday that this year it would reduce by 150,000 the number of share bikes scattered¹ around the city's streets, as the huge number of bikes has seriously disrupted traffic, People's Daily reported.

 

武汉市政府周二宣布今年将削减15万辆分布在城市街头的共享单车，这些单车已严重阻碍交通。

 

The three major bike share services Mobike, Ofo, and Hellobike have been ordered to cut the number of bikes they have in the city by around 50,000 each.

 

The cut is based on the results of a recent assessment² of the service provided by the bike share companies in the city, such as the management of their bikes, the quality of their service, their management of bike parking, the public satisfaction with their service. Mobike was assessed to be the best performing service provider, followed by Ofo and Hellobike, although none of the companies received a very high performance score.

 

An official from Wuhan's transport and communications committee said that many bikes are inappropriately parked, and the companies all lack the manpower to handle the problem, which have plagued the residents since the bike share services became popular.

 

Currently, over one million share bikes have been released into the city. More than 15 million people in Wuhan have registered with a share bike service, and nearly three million rides are taken every day.

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