Shared tandem bikes come－and go

Tandem bicycles are seen in Shanghai in August 2017. Police ordered a bike-sharing company to remove more than 120 tandem bicycles parked along sidewalks in Shanghai on Monday due to a nationwide ban on riding them on public roads. "We never intended to put the tandems along public streets," an employee with Chaopai based in Beijing who gave only her surname, Bi, said on Monday. "The 120-plus bicycles in Shanghai were planned for parks and scenic spots, and were temporarily parked along streets waiting to be transferred during transportation," she said. Chaopai did not communicate with the association before putting its bikes in Songjiang district, he said, adding: "The police can stop any of these tandem bicycles from being ridden on public streets."