
Mobike, ofo Share Bicycle Data, Reveal Cycling Heat Map
Published:January 18, 2018
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Two major bike-sharing companies, Mobike and ofo, have announced plans to share their big data. On January 17, ofo launched its Qidian Urban Traffic Management...
Two major bike-sharing companies, Mobike and ofo, have announced plans to share their big data.
On January 17, ofo launched its Qidian Urban Traffic Management Platform and opened its big data to the government. More than 20 Chinese cities have signed an agreement to use Qidian.
Mobike also opened its big data related to travel on January 17. On the premise of ensuring user privacy and data security, Mobike cooperated with the government and scientific research institutions to promote shared cycling refinement and intelligent management.
Mobike and ofo said that by mining and opening travel data for shared bikes and working with the government, they can significantly improve their operating efficiency and lead the industry into refined operations and mature development.
ofo said it would also open its data archives related to traffic, such as bike routes, operation scheduling, thermal tidal figures and demand forecasts. ofo could support urban management departments in the shared cycling operation, intelligent traffic and management needs of urban construction, closely collaborate with the government, and provide practical data for the urban traffic system.
Ma said Qidian showed two locations in Pudong District, Shanghai had more demand than others. Accordingly, bike sharing enterprises can put more bikes there. The government can put more public transportation tools in city planning and improve the efficiency of public travel.
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ofo: Shanghai was the first to access the platform
ofo said its solution to city management problems caused by sharing bikes, ofo has developed Qidian, the world's largest big data platform for bikes. Qidian is focused on people, bikes and locations, and tracks more than 10 million bikes and 200 million ofo users in 250 cities of 20 countries. Processing the data enables ofo to conduct intelligent scheduling, predict supply and demand and build and intelligent shared cycling system that can respond within one second. Ma Jun, ofo's director in Shanghai, said the Qidian platform allows government departments to clearly see bicycle distribution data, cycling heat maps and other information such as cycling distance in Shanghai. In addition, the government can manage personnel, which is consistent with the existing shared cycling mechanism. This may make joint operation between government and enterprises more efficient, he said.