Chao News client reporter Chen Wei
On May 1, 2008, Hangzhou's public bicycle, that is, the little red car, was launched by the West Lake, with 61 service points and 2,800 bicycles, which opened the boom of cycling in Hangzhou.
Today (May 1st), Little Red Car celebrated its 16th birthday. Many of the young people who rode the little red cars back then have become parents. The children who used to ride in the parent-child little red car are now in their prime. The little red car has also gone from the original West Lake to all corners of Hangzhou, with more than 5,500 service points and more than 140,000 vehicles, becoming the world's largest urban public bicycle project.
On the occasion of the 16th anniversary, Hangzhou Public Bicycle Company prepared a birthday gift to the citizens and tourists of Hangzhou, especially the children.
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The "artifact" of walking the baby is new
1,616 parent-child little red cars have been put on the market one after another
Since its re-launch, the parent-child little red car has always been the most popular model of the little red car. Whether it is to take the baby to ride and play, or to pick up and drop off children, it is a rare "artifact".
Prior to this, Hangzhou Public Bicycle Company has invested a total of 9,000 parent-child little red cars in the main urban area. But even so, the parent-child little red car is still "hard to find" on holidays, especially in the West Lake Scenic Area, the parent-child little red car often becomes the object of competition, and the call for citizens and tourists to increase the parent-child little red car is getting higher and higher.
This time, on the occasion of the sixteenth birthday of the little red car, Hangzhou public bicycle company once again launched a new parent-child little red car. From May, a new batch of parent-child little red cars will be launched one after another, with a total of 1,616 vehicles.
After the new batch of parent-child little red cars are all launched, the total number of parent-child little red cars in the main urban area will reach 10,616 (Xiaoshan District has also invested in parent-child little red cars).
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The "electronic fence" was further extended
The pure "electronic fence" form walked into the riverside
The so-called "electronic fence" service refers to the addition of "electronic fence" next to the original pile point, or the way of setting up "electronic fence" separately, so that citizens and tourists can rent and return cars in the physical pile, but also rent and return cars in the "electronic fence", so that public bicycles can be retained on the basis of the original "orderly management", get rid of the restrictions of "one pile and one car", and be more flexible.
On May 1, 2022, Hangzhou Public Bicycle Company officially launched the "electronic fence" service on a pilot basis, landing 70 "electronic fence" service points in the civic center area, and investing 1,000 electronic lock small red cars.
In 2023, the "electronic fence" service of Xiaohongche will be selected as one of the top ten livelihood facts in Hangzhou in 2023, and Hangzhou will add 10,000 electronic lock Xiaohongcars and 70 "electronic fence" service points to create an upgraded version of the "Hangzhou model" of public bicycles.
By the end of 2023, Hangzhou Public Bicycle Company has landed a total of 600 "electronic fence" service points and invested 15,000 electronic lock small red cars.
Recently, the "electronic fence" service has entered the Binjiang District, and for the first time in the form of pure "electronic fence" (that is, no physical piles) has been launched, and 1,500 electronic lock small red cars have been added one after another.
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Surprise linkage of green transportation
The little red car-themed bus goes out on the street
"Little red car + bus", the two most common public travel modes on the ground in Hangzhou, realize "dream linkage", and travel transfer is more intimate.
Recently, Little Red Car has joined hands with buses to launch two Little Red Car themed buses. These two buses are mainly green, white, blue and green, with the theme of various service initiatives of the little red car, including "what should I do if the little red car station is full?", "how to use the little red car to return the car delayed?", "what is the electronic fence?" and other questions and skills of renting and returning the car, which is a guide to the use of the "one car" moving little red car for citizens and tourists. There are a total of 20 buses in these two types, covering 20 major bus routes.
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Ride a small red car in the scenic area
Look out for these points during the holidays
During the "May 1st" holiday, in order to cope with the tide of tourists and provide convenient and orderly public bicycle services, Hangzhou Public Bicycle Company will take No. 282 Nanshan Road, No. 282, 8012 Sudi South Exit, 8010 Hangzhou Flower Garden, 8015 Children's Palace Square, 8007 Lingyin Center Station, 8025 Feilaifeng Parking Lot and other service points as fulcrums to strengthen on-site management and ensure the most popular lakeside, Prince Bay, flower garden, Lingyin, and broken bridge areas in the West Lake Scenic Area, and take into account other service points in the form of mobility. At the same time, by transporting and reserving parent-child little red cars to the 8015 Children's Palace Square, the needs of citizens and tourists to take their babies to play are guaranteed.
In addition, Hangzhou Public Bicycle Company will also carry out a series of 16th anniversary theme activities such as themed riding activities and riding check-in activities.
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