Tech links bike firm, Shanghai subway

Metro-to-bicycle transfers will be quicker, parking efficiency better

Two-year-old bike-sharing startup Hellobike, now rebranded as HelloChuxing, has forged a collaboration with Shanghai Shentong Metro Group Co Ltd to develop a smart technology to improve subway-to-bicycle transfers of commuters at railway stations, thus creating smoother traffic conditions.

HelloChuxing is Chinese for "Hello Commute", indicating the new technology will broaden the firm's transportation services, and could also give an edge in the cash-burning bike-sharing sector.