bike share
Fate of old Biketown bikes now in state hands
These are dark times for the old Biketown bikes. Once celebrated, they’ve been relegated to a cold corner of a city-owned storage area. While the new electric-assist bikes gather attention and adoring fans, the 1,000 or so old bikes just gather dust. While they weren’t integrated into the new system, the old bikes have lots … Read more
Sources: Portland bike share talks break down, Uber now in line for major expansion contract
Sources say the Portland Bureau of Transportation has ended bike share contract negotiations with Lyft and is now jumping on board with Uber. PBOT sought bidders for a major bike share system expansion last fall and opted to stay with Lyft, the company that owns Biketown operator Motivate Inc. Portland’s current contract with Lyft ended … Read more
PBOT confirms Biketown will see big expansion and e-bikes in 2020
Bring on the e-bikes.
Now you can donate Biketown credits to people in need (and other bike share news)
Help our bike share system, help others. A win-win.
The City of Beaverton wants a dockless bike share system
How would this fare on fast suburban arterials?
New keypads (finally!) coming to Biketown bikes
Keypads now, but what comes later?
Jump and Lime offering electric bike share during Aerial Tram closure
A limited pilot, but cool too see nonetheless.
Ride Biketown for free and park anywhere you want in May
Free bikes are good city policy.
A test ride of LimeBike’s dockless electric vehicles
Dockless is coming.
Portland State wins $75,000 grant to study bike share equity programs
Portlanders leading the way on bike share research.
‘Adaptive Biketown’ program brings new riders to the fore
“I missed biking so much!”
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