Toothpaste for bikes helps solve parking problems

Ran Tao and Tong Wangyue

Communities and the road administration bureau in Jiading have effectively eased the problem of abandoned and badly parked bicycles by marking parking spaces with white lines and exchanging commodities for old bikes.  

At the Yingyuan Community, officials launched a campaign to exchange toothpaste and detergent for old bikes and recycled about 200 in just one day. 

“These abandoned bikes occupy public areas and affect the environment of our community,” said Yingyuan Party secretary Yao Peijuan.    

The cycle parking lot at Taichen Yayuan Community in Juyuan New Area is small and many residents left their bikes in the corridors or leaned them on fire hydrants, risking safety.

The community launched a campaign to exchange rice and detergent for old bikes and recycled about 100 of them. 

The event was so successful that it ended up in making room in the previously jam-packed parking lot.  

Staff at Baolong City Square have been encouraging customers to park their electric bikes in an area marked with white lines. 

One month earlier, the sidewalks had been packed with badly parked bikes.

New parking places have been set up in busy areas, including in the vicinity of the maternal and child health hospital.