JPACT came together this morning to green light $16.8 million in federal grants for active transportation projects.(Photo © J. Maus)

A Metro committee unanimously approved a $70.7 million package of federal "regional flexible funding" at a meeting of their Joint Policy Advisory Committee on Transportation (JPACT) this morning. 14 projects (totaling $22.9 million) — including $2.0 [...]

Mia Birk, President of Alta Planning + Design and Principal of its sister company Alta Bicycle Share photographed yesterday at a celebration of their selection as operators of New York City Bike Share.(Photos © J. Maus)

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Promo photo from New York City Bike Share website.

Local staff of Southeast Portland-based Alta Bicycle Share are celebrating a huge victory this morning. New York City has formally announced that they've selected the company as the vendor for their massive 10,000 bike, 600 station New York City Bike Share system.
Officials estimate that bike share in [...]

This guest post is by Michael Andersen of Portland Afoot, a 10-minute newsmagazine and wiki for public transit riders in Portland.
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If bike sharing comes to Portland as expected, it won't really be for cycling devotees, many of whom already take their bicycles everywhere.
No, bike sharing will be for people who rode in on buses, [...]

Checking out the B-cycle system.(Photos © J. Maus)

When Portland last hosted a bike share demonstration, the concept was still just a twinkle in PBOT's eye. But now with a green light to accept $2 million in federal seed funding, a similar demonstration held today in downtown Portland put the idea in a much different [...]

Take a spin on a bike share bike.(Photo © J. Maus)

Hot off the City Council adoption of a $2 million federal funding request to start bike sharing in Portland last month, the Bicycle Transportation Alliance (BTA) is set to host a public demonstration of what folks can expect once the project hits the streets.
The [...]

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City Council will vote today on a funding request that includes the Portland Bike Share project.(Photo © J. Maus)

A request by the Portland Bureau of Transportation to fund a bike share project with $2 million from the federal government is up for [...]

Commissioner Amanda Fritz(Photo © J. Maus)

Portland City Commissioner Amanda Fritz plans to vote against a PBOT request for federal funds that includes a bike share system when it comes in front of Council tomorrow.
Since her winning campaign back in 2008, Fritz has championed "basic services for all 95 neighborhoods" as the pillar of her policy [...]

Not even 24 hours has passed and the Portland Bureau of Transportation's (PBOT) decision to include bike share in a federal funding request is already facing opposition — and some of it is coming from unlikely places.
But, while this bike share funding decision is poised to become just the latest bike-related political/media punching bag, [...]

A bike share system is now officially in the running for federal funds.(Photos © J. Maus)

This Wednesday at City Council, the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) will make their pitch for four projects they want to fund with $9 million in federal Regional Flexible Funds. As per instructions from Metro (the agency that doles out [...]

Learn PBOT's take on rental station density, the helmet question, whether or not infrastructure improvements will come with bike sharing, and more.(Photos © J. Maus)

As I reported last week, a plan to bring bike sharing to Portland is alive and well. But, what exactly does the plan entail? How will Portland's system compare with [...]

In Portland's future?(Photo © J. Maus)

The Bicycle Transportation Alliance (BTA) is making a big push to bring bike sharing to Portland. They've launched a petition campaign to demonstrate public support for the project, they are actively searching for the estimated $4 million in start-up funds, and they are gathering support from heads of transportation agencies [...]

Support from Portland Streetcar Inc. will raise the local political profile of bike-sharing.(Photo © J. Maus)

Tonight in downtown Portland, the Portland Bureau of Transportation will ask for feedback on their draft list of projects in the running for a key pot of federal funding. Portland is in line to receive $6.6 million in "regional flexible [...]

"Reshape the fareless zone to put a greater emphasis on carbon-free circulation; and the best free circulation in the Central City probably ought to be on bikes."— Rick Gustafson, former TriMet planner and Director of Operations for Portland Streetcar Inc.

A few weeks back, we shared how momentum is building for the City of Portland to [...]

Could happen sooner than you think.(Photo © J. Maus)

It's been over four years since the City of Portland first announced their interest in bike-sharing. They've held off for a number of reasons; but new developments show that the plan could come to fruition sooner than you might think.
A panel discussion on the topic at the [...]

Alta Bicycle Share would operate a system like this on the streets of New York City.(Photo © J. Maus)

Crain's Insider, a New York-based business news publication, says two companies remain in the running for a $200 million contract to run a bike-share program in New York City. According to Crain's, B-cycle and Portland-based Alta Bicycle [...]

Portland is once again rolling forward on bike-share plans.(Photo © J. Maus)

After being mum on bike-sharing for about 18 months, the City of Portland Bureau of Transportation has now taken the idea back off the shelf.
At a meeting of the City's Bicycle Advisory Committee last night, PBOT shared plans for a bike-sharing system that [...]

Bike-sharing bikes from Montreal's Bixi.(Photo © J. Maus)

As public bike-sharing systems continue to be launched in cities around the country (including a novel new system being developed in New York City), the City of Portland still sits on the sidelines. But that hasn't stopped the Lloyd District Transportation Management Association from exploring a system [...]

A SmartBikeDC kiosk in D.C.(Photos © J. Maus)

Alta Bicycle Share, sister company of Portland-based Alta Planning + Design, will operate the largest bike-sharing system in the United States when Washington D.C. expands their SmartBikeDC program into Arlington, Virginia later this year.
Plans announced today by D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty and other regional officials say the system [...]

Portlanders demo'd public bikes at a City hosted event last summer.(Photos © J. Maus)

With their recent launch of 500 bikes and 50 kiosks, Denver is now home to the largest bike-sharing system in the United States. Bike-sharing has yet to catch fire in the U.S. like it has in Europe, so Denver's foray will [...]