Chengdu to pilot free bike-rental program – China Environment

www.gochengdoo.com — Announcements were made recently that Chengdu will pilot a free, short-term bicycle-rental program in its southern new area. Concrete details for the program's implementation are to be released as early as next week.

Centered around the subway stations in a hexagonal "honeycomb" arrangement, the bicycle-rental stations will be positioned near popular public areas, shopping and commercial centers, and important administrative areas and traffic junctures.

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