New e-bikes coming to Portland’s bike share fleet
No date released yet, but a big upgrade is coming soon.
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No date released yet, but a big upgrade is coming soon.
Lyft hasn’t confirmed the number but says some bikes have recently been decommissioned.
Lyft is raising prices by 50% for its bike share service in Portland.
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
Help our bike share system, help others. A win-win.
This is how culture changes.
Lyft now owns the contract between Motivate and the City of Portland.
It’s an awkward mess.
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