Urban Mobility
More options for first/last mile connectivity. If 2017 was the year when the world realised Softbank may win the global ride-hailing wars, 2018 is when ride-hailing giants collectively opened a new frontier: bike-sharing. The signs were abundant in January. Didi Chuxing said it wants to launch its own bike-sharing platform after an integration with bike-sharing players ofo last year seemed
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Donate 600 ofo bikes to address transportation and mobility challenges for those in need SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, Jan. 17, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — ofo, the world’s leading station-free bike-sharing company, and the JJ Barea Foundation, Dallas Mavericks player JJ Barea’s organization that offers economic assistance to non-profit entities in Puerto Rico, today announced a partnership in support of Hurricane Maria recovery
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ofo helps Pune put its cycle plan into motion Thursday, January 4, 2018 3:07PM IST (9:37AM GMT) ofo, the world’s first and largest station-free app based bike-sharing platform, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) to support the Pune Cycle Plan – a comprehensive bicycle master plan for integrated city-wide cycle tracks across Pune.
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to escalate research studies in personal urban mobility, especially ‘walkability’ and ‘bikeability’, and develop innovative projects to further reduce carbon emissions PARIS, Oct. 23, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — ofo, the world’s first and largest station-free bike-sharing platform, signed an agreement with C40 in Paris on Oct 22ndto establish joint efforts in tackling worldwide climate change issues. In C40’s “Benefits of Climate Action” Research
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China-based dockless Bike-sharing services is now available in Malacca. MELAKA, MALAYSIA – Media OutReach – 03 August 2017 – The Chief Minister of Melaka, YAB Datuk Seri Ir. Idris Haron, announced today that ofo, the world’s leading bike-sharing company, has launched its service in the city of Melaka. With the plan to deploy 2,000 bikes in Melaka by the end of August, ofo seeks
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New York – The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and ofo, a China-based start-up that has become the world’s first and largest bike sharing platform, are joining forces to raise public awareness about climate change. The UNDP-ofo Partnership UNDP, which is the world’s largest development organization, will advise ofo on an innovative initiative, which will see: Redistributing abandoned bikes
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BOAO, China, March 27, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — “The act of bike-sharing could someday become a lingua franca, connecting people around the world,” said Dai Wei in a speech last Thursday at the Boao Forum for Asia, a high-level meeting for Asian leaders in government, business, and academia held in Hainan annually. Dai, the 26-year-old founder of China’s wildly successful bike-sharing startup ofo, is the youngest entrepreneur ever to address this
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Didi Chuxing dominates car-hailing in China, is investing tens of millions of dollars in ofo, a bikes-on-demand startup conceived two years ago on the grounds of Beijing’s prestigious Peking University as a student project, and which now bills itself as the country’s largest bicycle-sharing platform. The company founded by college alumnus Dai Wei operates almost 70,000 bright-yellow bikes and handles half a million
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