Nike launches on-campus bike share system
For a thriving sportswear giant, Nike has seemed oddly unplugged from the active transportation revolution of the last decade.
Bike Sharing
Portland has been studying the prospect of a bike-sharing system for several years. We’ve covered it every step of the way. Browse our previous coverage below and click a headline to read the full story.
Five new bike ideas from other places that Oregon could steal
Over the last week or so, a bunch of great ideas from other cities have been washing up on our digital shorelines.
Alta Bicycle Share teams up with former PBSC tech provider
Alta Bicycle Share announces partnership with 8D Technologies to deploy “next generation” of bike share systems.
University of Oregon prepares to launch bike share system
With its bike parking spaces crammed and its long-term bike loan program booked solid, the University of Oregon is preparing to add a four-station bicycle sharing system on its Eugene campus.
The Oregonian Editorial Board on Portland’s “risky bike share venture”
Surprise, surprise; The Oregonian Editorial Board is already against Portland Bike Share.
Bill would make bike-sharing benefits tax-deductible (updated)
The bill would help companies offer bikesharing passes just like transit or parking passes, but only to people who live and work in central cities.
10 key details from Portland’s bike share proposal and contract
As public bikesharing systems continue to become standard public services in cities around the country, what’s the deal with Portland’s?
Portlander designs low-cost bikeshare station for apartment buildings
Portland’s public bikeshare system is too expensive to have stations everywhere. But what if the city had a low-cost private system, too?
Six lessons for Portland from the League’s new ‘Women Bike’ report
Common, but not quite common enough.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland) Even in Portland, people who really ought to know better (links to FB) still claim now and then that biking is a thing for young dudes. Still, in a town where only 31 percent of people on bikes tend to be female (it’s about 25 percent … Read more
“Mistakes” aside, city says Alta’s labor issues won’t affect Portland Bike Share
The federal “prevailing wage” law that Alta may have run afoul of in D.C., which requires government contractors to be paid at higher than market price, applies only to direct contracts with the District of Columbia or federal government itself, city spokeswoman Diane Dulken said.
Guess what? NYC’s bike share system is popular and working well
Initially plagued with problems, Citi Bike’s main issue these days is keeping up with demand for the popular new mode of transit.
Intel employees set to launch ‘Open Bike Initiative’ on Hillsboro campus
Employees at Hillsboro-based Intel Corporation are spearheading an effort to make bike sharing less expensive and more widely available. Using their own volunteer time, a group of employees at the company have been working on the Open Bike Initiative since January. I’ve heard murmurs about the effort for months and they just released some bare-bones … Read more
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