Lessons about China in a simple case of swapped bikes
8 months ago

Lessons about China in a simple case of swapped bikes

China Daily  

At 6 pm, as I leave the office to go to dinner, I look to the right and see there are no rental bicycles. Beyond my personal preference for bikes and the many stories I have about them, rental bicycles have allowed me to feel the pulse of the city and also discover, through a simple misunderstanding, the urban intelligence behind the service. When I returned, there were two bicycles, one blue and one green, the colors of the bikes I usually use. I always activate the bike using the Alipay app, but this time something happened that I didn't expect. Perhaps I am describing a situation that is not at all complex but the engineering decisions, way-finding and the use of color, for example, to solve issues that are not as common as my confusion over which bike was mine, led me to imagine all the planning behind the implementation of this type of service.

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