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Bike Share Series, Part Five: Questions to answer if we want to “get it right”

Tom Miller(Photo © J. Maus) Welcome to Part Five of our six-part, guest article series on bike sharing in Portland. The series is written by Tom Miller, chief of staff for Portland City Commissioner and Mayor-elect Sam Adams. Yesterday, Tom laid out what’s at stake for Portland in choosing a bike share vendor. In today’s … Read more


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Bike Share Series; Part Four: What’s at Stake for Portland?

Tom Miller(Photo © J. Maus) Welcome to Part Four of our six-part, guest article series on bike sharing in Portland. The series is written by Tom Miller, chief of staff for Portland City Commissioner and Mayor-elect Sam Adams. On Friday, Tom shared experiences from the bike share system in Stockholm, Sweden, which is operated by … Read more


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Bike share in Portland Part Three: Lessons from Stockholm

Tom Miller(Photo © J. Maus) Welcome to Part Three of our six-part, guest article series on bike sharing in Portland. The series is written by Tom Miller, chief of staff for Portland City Commissioner and Mayor-elect Sam Adams. Yesterday, Tom shared his initial impressions on bike sharing systems from a recent trip to Scandinavia. In … Read more


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Bike share in Portland Part Two: Off to Scandinavia

Tom Miller(Photo © J. Maus) Welcome to Part Two of our six-part, guest article series on bike-sharing in Portland. The series is written by Tom Miller, chief of staff for Portland City Commissioner and Mayor-elect Sam Adams. Yesterday, Tom gave us some background on Portland’s efforts to launch a bike share program. Today’s article is … Read more


Guest Article: Cops and Stops; Putting our Foot Down

Robert Pickett(Photos © J. Maus) Robert Pickett is a member of the Portland Bicycle Advisory Committee, an Alice Award nominee, a regular commenter and contributor to the Forums here on BikePortland.org, and he’s also a police officer in Portland’s Southeast Precinct. When he’s not working in our community, he likes to ride tall bikes. In … Read more