Taipei Feb. 9 (CNA) Taiwanese car rental and automobile/motorcycle-sharing services platform iRent received separate fines from the Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MOTC) and Taipei City government on Thursday for data protection failings.
Taipei, Nov. 18 (CNA) Taipei is to phase out YouBike 1.0 stations and bicycles from its citywide bike-sharing network from Dec. 3, with riders only able to rent YouBike 2.0s after that date, the city government said Friday.
The Taipei City Government is to expand the YouBike 2.0 system, an upgraded version of the public bicycle rental service, to 1,200 stations by the end of next year, it said on Thursday.
The upgraded system, which was launched in May, has more than 800 rental stations, surpassing the city’s target of 750 by the end of the year, Taipei Department of Transportation division head Liao Yuan-ling (廖苑伶) said.
The service’s daily users reached a high of more than 120,000 last month, with a daily average of 94,000 users, the highest among all such services in Taiwan.
After the installation of 1,200 bike-share
Taipei, Dec. 2 (CNA) Taipei is planning to expand the "YouBike 2.0" system, an upgraded version of the public bicycle rental service, to 1,200 stations by the end of 2022, the city government said Thursday.
Taipei launches electric scooter sharing to promote green transport
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Taipei, May 13 (CNA) The Taipei City government kicked off a public electric motorbike share scheme on Thursday, offering discounted rental rates to holders of the MRT monthly passes.
The scooters, provided by electric motorbike operators WeMo Scooter, iRent and GoShare at special rates, can be rented using the EasyWallet mobile payment service, city officials said at a launch ceremony.
Holders of the NT$1,280 (US$42.8) MRT monthly pass, which covers unlimited rides on MRT trains and public buses in Taipei and New Taipei, can choose from three packages available on the EasyWallet app that was developed by EasyCard Corp., transportation official Liao Yuan-ling (廖苑伶) said.