# Taiwan's bike-sharing system (Youbike) in Numbers

**URL:** <https://tw.forumosa.com/t/taiwans-bike-sharing-system-youbike-in-numbers/197485>\
**Category:** Living in Taiwan\
**Created:** [October 7, 2020, 2:42am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/taiwans-bike-sharing-system-youbike-in-numbers/197485 "2020-10-07T02:42:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![marcopoloTW](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@marcopoloTW](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/marcopoloTW)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2020, 2:42am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/taiwans-bike-sharing-system-youbike-in-numbers/197485/1 "2020-10-07T02:42:22Z")

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I’ve investigated my favorite commute system in Taipei: Youbike! I was doing this for myself but then decided to share it in an essay. Wanted to share here some interesting number for the curious. Did you know that :

- There are 3 million monthly Youbike rides
- a Youbike costs 9200 NTD to buy?
- The longest cycling path is 968km long
- Youbike’s station were located from 200m to 600m to each others?
- There was 1 or 2 persons responsible for an area to “rebalance” stations

The [full investigation is here](https://erickhun.com/posts/taiwan-youbike-bike-sharing/) , I hope you enjoy it!

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**Author:** ![RickRoll](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/rickroll/32/180921_2.png) [@RickRoll](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/RickRoll)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2020, 3:51am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/taiwans-bike-sharing-system-youbike-in-numbers/197485/2 "2020-10-07T03:51:52Z")

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Nice overview!  
Thanks for sharing!

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**Author:** ![Rzarobbie](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/rzarobbie/32/36787_2.png) [@Rzarobbie](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Rzarobbie)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2020, 4:19am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/taiwans-bike-sharing-system-youbike-in-numbers/197485/3 "2020-10-07T04:19:45Z")

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Exciting information!

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**Author:** ![cats\_meow](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cats\_meow](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/cats_meow)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2020, 5:10am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/taiwans-bike-sharing-system-youbike-in-numbers/197485/4 "2020-10-07T05:10:05Z")

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> [@marcopoloTW](#):
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> There was 1 or 2 persons responsible for an area to “rebalance” stations

I always wondered how many people there were and how they knew which to move and such. Thanks for sharing!

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**Author:** ![marcopoloTW](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@marcopoloTW](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/marcopoloTW)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2020, 10:51am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/taiwans-bike-sharing-system-youbike-in-numbers/197485/5 "2020-10-28T10:51:40Z")

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> [@cats\_meow](#):
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> I always wondered how many people there were and how they knew which to move and such.

I think it deserves more investigation. I’ll try to talk to one when I’ll see one!