Portland will look for new Adaptive Biketown operator next year
Kerr Bikes will run the program for just two more months.
Biketown Bike Share
Portland’s bike share, Biketown, is Portland’s bike share system. It is backed with a $10 million Nike sponsor deal and launched with 1000 bikes by sobi, SocialBicycles, who run systems in Santa Monica California, Boise Idaho, Long Beach New York, Buffalo New York, and many others.
Adaptive ride shows (nearly) everyone has access to ‘bike fun’
“I had never really looked into attending group rides. I never thought those rides were accessible to me.” – Cassie Wilson “Bike fun” is a colloquialism often used here in Portland to describe that thing where people get together to socialize and ride bikes, often with a theme in mind. Pedalpalooza (now in its third … Read more
Beyond vandalism, Biketown faces ridership test ahead of summer season
Annual memberships aren’t everything. But for Portland bike share, this number is on the same trajectory as Seattle’s failed system.
As bike share stations hit the streets, 550 annual memberships are sold so far
The first few Biketown stations are now bolted in place.