摩拜單車進軍曼徹斯特
Greater Manchester political leaders have welcomed news that urban bicycle sharing service MoBike is launching a six-month pilot scheme on Thursday, June 29th, which will see 1,000 bikes available for public hire in Manchester and Salford.
城市共享單車服務商摩拜單車公司將在曼徹斯特和索爾福德投入1000輛自行車用於公共租賃，並於6月29日星期四啓動爲期六個月的試行方案，曼徹斯特政治領袖對此表示歡迎。Mobike is the world’s largest bike-sharing company, running cycle hire schemes in 100 cities across Singapore and China; the Manchester and Salford trial is the first by the business outside Asia.
摩拜單車是世界上最大的共享單車公司，在新加坡和中國的100個城市運營着自行車租賃業務。在曼徹斯特和索爾福德的試點是摩拜單車首次在亞洲以外的地區拓展的業務。
Mobike’s unique bike design, built-in smart lock and cashless smartphone app system allow cyclists to pick up and drop off hire bikes at any legal cycle parking location, rather than needing to be parked at dedicated docking stations. It has been commended by the Greater Manchester Authority for Greater Manchester due to its potential to support the region’s Cycle City strategy and help to boost the number of journeys made by bicycle.
摩拜單車獨特的自行車設計、內置的智能車鎖、不需要現金的智能手機應用軟件系統使騎自行車的人可以在任何合法的自行車停放地點取用並停放租用的自行車，不需要停放在專用的停車點。因摩拜單車可能會支持這個地區的自行車之城戰略，而且有助於增加自行車出行的次數，曼徹斯特當局同意在該地區試運行摩拜單車方案。
Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham commented: “This scheme could help make cycling more accessible to people, but it is an untested idea in the UK and we will need to keep this under review. If successful, it could play an important part of our long-term plans for cycling in the region and for making travel easier and more sustainable.”
曼徹斯特市長安迪·博納姆表示：“這個方案可以使自行車更易於爲人所用，但在英國，這還是一個未經測試的方案，所以我們需要繼續審查。如果成功了，它可能會對這個地區的自行車長期發展規劃起到重要作用，而且可以使出行更加便利，也更具可持續性。”The Mobike app enables users to rent a bike nearby, locate it using inbuilt GPS mapping and unlock it automatically by scanning a QR code on the bike. Journeys are charged per 30-minute period, starting once the bike has been unlocked and ending once it has been locked again.
摩拜單車應用軟件使用戶可以租用附近的自行車，用其內置的GPS（全球定位系統）地圖進行定位，通過掃描自行車上的二維碼自動解鎖。租用自行車出行每30分鐘收取一次費用，從自行車解鎖開始到自行車再次上鎖爲止。Bikes will initially be available at popular sites such as railway stations and university campuses; Mobike will use usage data analysis to redistribute them efficiently on an ongoing basis to meet user demand.
自行車最初會停放在火車站和大學校園等熱門場所。摩拜單車公司會不斷分析使用數據來有效地重新分配自行車以滿足用戶需求。The Manchester and Salford pilot is the first non-docking station scheme in the UK and will not be publicly funded or subsidised.
摩拜單車在曼徹斯特和索爾福德試點是英國首個無固定停車點的運行方案，而且將不會由政府出資或進行補貼。
