共享单车的城市 · Cities of Shared Bicycles

几年前,jǐ nián qián共享单车gòngxiǎng dānchē在zài中国Zhōngguó的de城市chéngshì迅速xùnsù普及。pǔjí

A few years ago, shared bicycles spread rapidly across cities in China.

只要zhǐyào用yòng手机shǒujī扫sǎo一下,yíxià就jiù可以kěyǐ骑车qíchē去qù任何rènhé地方。dìfang

With just a swipe of your phone, you can ride one anywhere.

它tā解决jiějué了le所谓suǒwèi"最后zuìhòu一公里"yì gōnglǐ的de出行chūxíng难题。nántí

It solved the so-called "last mile" transportation problem.

然而,rán'ér盲目mángmù扩张kuòzhāng很快hěn kuài带来dàilái了le严重yánzhòng的de管理guǎnlǐ问题。wèntí

But blind expansion soon brought serious management problems.

街道jiēdào上shàng的de自行车zìxíngchē乱luàn停tíng乱luàn放,fàng挡dǎng住zhù了le行人xíngrén的de路。lù

Bicycles were piled randomly on sidewalks, blocking pedestrians.

不少bùshǎo公司gōngsī因为yīnwèi扩张kuòzhāng太tài快,kuài最后zuìhòu破产pòchǎn倒闭。dǎobì

Many companies expanded too fast and eventually went bankrupt.

如今,rújīn这个zhège行业hángyè已经yǐjīng成熟,chéngshú共享单车gòngxiǎng dānchē成chéng了le城市chéngshì基础jīchǔ设施shèshī的de一部分。yí bùfen

Now the industry has matured, and shared bicycles have become part of urban infrastructure.

这zhè是shì一个yí ge非常fēicháng中国Zhōngguó式shì的de故事:gùshi先xiān爆发式bàofāshì增长,zēngzhǎng再zài小心xiǎoxīn治理。zhìlǐ

It's a very Chinese story — explosive growth followed by careful regulation.

最疯狂zuì fēngkuáng的时候,de shíhou有yǒu几十家jǐshí jiā公司gōngsī同时tóngshí投放tóufàng单车。dānchē

At the maddest point, dozens of companies were putting out bicycles at once.

每家měi jiā都dōu用yòng不同bùtóng的de颜色,yánsè街上jiē shàng像xiàng开kāi了le一场yì chǎng比赛。bǐsài

Each used a different color, and the streets looked like a race had opened.

黄色、huángsè橙色、chéngsè蓝色、lánsè绿色,lǜsè人们rénmen叫jiào它们tāmen"彩虹大战"。cǎihóng dàzhàn

Yellow, orange, blue, green — people called it the "rainbow war".

公司gōngsī为了wèile抢qiǎng用户,yònghù甚至shènzhì推出tuīchū一元yì yuán骑qí一个月yí ge yuè的de活动。huódòng

To grab users, companies even ran promotions of one yuan for a whole month.

结果是jiéguǒ shì钱qián烧完shāo wán了,le车chē却què还hái堆duī在zài路边。lù biān

The result was that the money burned away while the bikes still piled up on the roadside.

有些yǒu xiē城市chéngshì出现chūxiàn了le巨大jùdà的de"单车坟场"。dānchē fénchǎng

Some cities grew enormous "bicycle graveyards".

成千上万辆chéng qiān shàng wàn liàng车chē锈xiù在zài空地上,kòngdì shàng从cóng高处gāochù看kàn非常fēicháng震撼。zhènhàn

Tens of thousands of bikes rusted on open ground, staggering to see from above.

后来hòulái政府zhèngfǔ开始kāishǐ限制xiànzhì投放tóufàng的de数量。shùliàng

Later the government began limiting how many could be put out.

也yě要求yāoqiú企业qǐyè把bǎ用户yònghù的de押金yājīn存进cún jìn专门zhuānmén的de账户。zhànghù

It also required firms to hold user deposits in dedicated accounts.

现在xiànzài剩下shèng xià的de几家jǐ jiā公司gōngsī规模guīmó小xiǎo了,le却què活huó得de更稳。gèng wěn

The few firms left today are smaller in scale but live far more steadily.