Proposal Draft 3 - Current Implementation

1.2 Current Implementations
Efforts have been invested by both the authorities and respective bike-sharing operators,
including Mobike, to minimize indiscriminate parking.

1.2.1 Penalty Fee by Land Transport Authority (LTA) to Bike-Sharing Firms
For any indiscriminately parked Mobikes found by The Land Transport Authority (LTA),
Mobike will have to pay a total of S$100 and a fine to retrieve the impounded bike.

1.2.2 Yellow Boxes Used as Designated Parking Areas
Yellow boxes have been marked out islandwide to encourage riders to orderly park the
bikes at designated locations in public spaces. However, there are still many public-sharing
bike users that irresponsibly park the bikes.
1.2.3 Credit System
Every Mobike user is entitled to 100 credits. Poor parking practices or irresponsible usage
of the bikes will result in the loss of credits thus imposing higher charges for the usage of a
Mobike. However, this credit system is ineffective as inconsiderate users can easily switch
to another public-sharing bike operator when he or she has to pay a higher fare.

1.2.4 Geostations
Geostations is the most recent solution agreed to be implemented by Mobike and four
other public bike-sharing operators to control indiscriminate parking. Although
Geostations is an effective solution to the indiscriminate parking of Mobikes, the problem
of overcrowding and high cost of implementing Geostations is of concern. Furthermore,
reaching a consensus among all public bike-sharing operators on a common geofencing
system to be installed on all the bikes and designated parking areas will be a challenge.