Beijing Municipality is to build a public bicycle system involving 25,000 bicycles within this year, in a bid to mitigate traffic congestion which has been plaguing the city for a long time. More than 100 public bicycle rental spots will be set up nearby metro stations, public transit hubs and residential areas.

Instead of paying rent in cash as before, the renter must use the public transportation card with his real name. The new public bicycle service will take renters' life security into consideration and pay bicycle insurance for each renter. According to the current plan, the first hour of use of such bicycles is free, and then the cost is 2 yuan per hour with the ceiling cost being10 yuan for 24 hours.