The China Post
Date: September 1, 2016
By: Sun Hsin Hsuan
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Public bike rental system YouBike experienced its worst-ever crash since
Public bikes are lined up at a YouBike station in Taipei, Wednesday, Aug. 31. (Lo Jen-hung, The China Post)
operations began in Taipei in 2009, affecting over 140,000 commuters nationwide.
The system will take one to two days to repair, according to Gaint Bicycles, the company that produces and operates the bikes.
According to Giant’s YouBike division spokeswoman Vicky Liu (劉麗珠), the company was running a routine system update remotely at 1:30 a.m. Wednesday morning when a software system abruptly broke down.
As many as 17,317 digital parking poles at 778 YouBike stations blacked out, locking approximately 22,000 bikes at the stations..
The incident affected over 140,000 commuters in Taipei, New Taipei, Taoyuan, Hsinchu City, Taichung and Changhua County. Between 100,000 and 110,000 people were affected in the Taipei area alone.
Rental stations in Taipei and New Taipei remained dysfunctional following attempts at repairs, a statement released Wedenesday evening by Giant’s YouBike division read. [FULL STORY]
