Taipei City launched a public bicycle rental program in 2009, and went on to successfully manage its expansion, working with leading Taiwanese bike manufacturer Giant. The system saw 22 million rentals in 2014, double the 11 million rentals in the previous year.[135]
Initially, an unexpectedly small number of daily users in the trial district of Xinyi (信義) prompted the city's Department of Transportation (zh) to install the "YouBike" system along Taipei Metro lines and to offer the service in several more districts.[136] The slow initial adoption of YouBike rentals was overcome through adapting the model, such as lowering rates (currently free for 30 minutes and progressing from NT$10 afterwards), and increasing ways to open an account (online via the YouBike website or at the kiosks).