good news for the environment- Taipei (as well as Kaohsiung) now has bikes for free or low-cost rental.
good news for the credit card companies - Taipei's U-bike system needs a credit card to use it.
i know not many people share my views on credit cards, but that aside, it seems a bad deal for young people who might be on the slippery slope of "bikes are for kids (and Vietnamese "guest workers") , scooters for youths, cars for REAL adults" that seems common in Taiwan.
come on, King Liu, think of a way round this.
[update]
it seems i might have been misinformed and a city travel card with NT$3,000 on it might work as well. But beware, prices are going up massively (see U-bike and Maybe I-bike)
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