Biketown for All program scales back to stem costs after exponential growth
A victim of its own success.
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Portland bike advocates react to Biketown fee hike
Lyft is raising prices by 50% for its bike share service in Portland.
Biketown booms as system blows through record ridership
Over half a million trips have been taken on Biketown so far this year.
The Street Trust and Biketown kick off program to reel in new riders
“There’s definitely an interest in BIKETOWN, but accessing it is still a barrier for a lot of people.” -André Lightsey-Walker Last Friday, transportation advocacy non-profit The Street Trust (TST) held their first event in a series of group rides to help new people get comfortable riding around the city using Biketown, Portland’s electric bike share … Read more
Biketown and The Street Trust team up to get more people into reduced cost program
It’s a match made in multimodal heaven: Biketown, Portland’s electric bike share program, won’t rest until every Portlander is confident behind the handlebars of one of their orange bikes, and transportation nonprofit The Street Trust (TST) wants to see active transportation dominate Portland’s mode share. This morning the two organizations announced they’re embarking on a … Read more
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.
Ride Biketown for free and park anywhere you want in May
Free bikes are good city policy.
Portland now offers online bike share memberships for food-stamp card holders
About 70,000 Portlanders can now sign up online.
Reduced fares, cash payment part of new ‘Biketown for All’ program
75 percent off a membership and no bank account needed means more people can ride.