Taipei’s Youbike system is trying out some new equipment to make returning rented bicycles more convenient.

New bike-return grooves have been added to the rental stations at the Taipei Medical University and Gongguan MRT YouBike stations in the first phase of the trial.

They’ll be in use for a month, after which Youbike officials will gather opinions from users about how well it works before spreading it further.

The grooves were installed following complaints from some users that it’s difficult to get rented bikes into the locks when returning them.

 

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