TAIPEI (TVBS News) — A system outage hit YouBike (微笑單車) across Taiwan on Tuesday (June 11), rendering the popular bike-sharing service unavailable for rent for over half an hour.
The malfunction began at 7:51 a.m. and affected Taipei and the entire YouBike system nationwide, leaving commuters and tourists stranded.
The Department of Transportation, Taipei City Government (台北市政府交通局), confirmed that both YouBike 2.0 and the electric-assist YouBike 2.0E were impacted by the anomaly, preventing users from accessing the rental service.
The issue was resolved swiftly, with normal operations resuming by 8:27 a.m. The department has since requested the service provider to investigate and rectify the fault to prevent future disruptions.
