China's first intelligent bicycle parking station set up in Tianjin

The first intelligent bicycle parking station came into use on April 16, 2017 at a vocational school in Tianjin, a municipality in eastern China. [Photo: Chinanews.com]

The station is a cylinder-shaped steelwork with a height of 8 meters and a diameter of 8 meters. [Photo: Chinanews.com]

The station is able to accommodate 120 bicycles at the same time. [Photo: Chinanews.com]

Users need only to swipe an ID card or a student card to store a bike. [Photo: Chinanews.com]