YouBike is Taipei’s well-established city bike system. Many cities in the world had introduced similar city bike systems but few had achieved subsidy-free and financial sustainability. However, the emerging station-less model such as Singapore’s OBike, China’s MoBike and ofo had revolutionized the imagination of public bike. It makes us wonder if YouBike model is out of date, and how might it face the new challenge?
What if we can take advantage of the space of the fixed bike stations? What if we can offer more value at those stations? And how can the stations better respond to the city’s needs?
“YouBike+” is the project based on YouBike open data. By analyzing around 300 station data accompanied with field research, we proposed some value-adding and alternatives for current station space. The goal was to showcase the potential of using data for urban innovation and provoke a constructive public conversation.