Portland will donate 650 original Biketown bikes to Hamilton (Ontario) Bike Share
Posted on July 12th, 2021 at 9:39 am.
New (old) Biketown bikes lined up in South Waterfront in July 2016.
(Photo: J. Maus/BikePortland)
Bike-sharing system
The City of Portland is working on a bike-sharing/rental system. The system will put card-activated rental bikes in kiosks downtown.
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Adaptive Biketown makes cycling with Parkinson’s possible
Posted on June 23rd, 2021 at 9:06 am.
Carol Clupny, who has Parkinson’s disease, gets fitted by Adaptive Biketown Manager Ryan Ross.
(Photos and video: J. Maus/BikePortland)
Tell PBOT where new Biketown stations should go
Posted on June 8th, 2021 at 7:02 am.
Map from survey shows existing Biketown stations.
The City of Portland has released a survey that gives everyone a chance to create a fantasy Biketown system.
As we reported last week, the Portland Bureau of Transportation is eyeing a major expansion of the Biketown service area. Now they want your help to find where holes exist in the current system.
The survey includes a map where you can click a location and request a new station. Because PBOT has typically favored widening the coverage area over adding more bikes and stations to the system, there are still plenty of Biketown deserts in Portland. [Read more…]
Biketown: More adaptive bikes, service area expansion on the way
Posted on June 2nd, 2021 at 12:22 pm.
A bigger Biketown.
(Photo: Jonathan Maus/BikePortland)
Eugene’s new bike share operator partly funded by ODOT, and may be coming to a city near you
Posted on April 16th, 2021 at 11:26 am.
PeaceHealth Rides in Eugene.
(Photo: City of Eugene)
Portland will pilot Nike’s recycled rubber bike share stations
Posted on April 13th, 2021 at 11:10 am.
New station on the left. Existing station on the right.
(Photos: Jonathan Maus/BikePortland)
New ‘Prescribe-a-Bike’ program teams with health clinics in north/northeast Portland
Posted on March 25th, 2021 at 10:48 am.
One of the intended benefits of the program is to “foster social cohesion” among participants.
(Photo: Jonathan Maus/BikePortland)
‘No immediate plans’ for Biketown re-opening as smoke-filled air lingers
Posted on September 14th, 2020 at 4:24 pm.
“This service outage is a good opportunity for leadership at Lyft to better articulate how their bike share systems plan to operate in emergency situations,”
— Tarani Duncan, bike share industry veteran
A man riding on the Broadway Bridge on September 10th.
(Photos: Jonathan Maus/BikePortland)
Biketown 2.0 is here and the electric bike share era has begun
Posted on September 9th, 2020 at 11:25 am.
All ready to go.
(Photos: Jonathan Maus/BikePortland)
Biketown’s new e-bike fleet launches Wednesday
Posted on September 8th, 2020 at 6:47 pm.
(Photo: Jonathan Maus/BikePortland)
Portland’s much-ballyhooed all-electric fleet of new bike share bikes will launch on Wednesday.
The Portland Bureau of Transportation just made the official announcement and will host a press conference tomorrow in east Portland.
As we reported back in July this expansion comes with a host of changes — most notably a widely expanded service area, higher prices, and of course zippy new bikes that have been completely redesigned. [Read more…]
