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The rise and fall of China’s cycling empires - tomh009 - 01-02-2019

Take a look at the photos, especially ...
https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/12/31/a-billion-bicyclists-can-be-wrong-china-business-bikeshare/


RE: The rise and fall of China’s cycling empires - nms - 01-07-2019

I guess that's what happens when you run transportation solutions like a business. Similar oversupplies and spectacular crashes have happened when investment money piles into utilities or transportation. Late 19th or early 20th century railways comes to mind, as does late 20 century fibre optic networks.