Portland inked a deal with Nike to launch the “Biketown” system by July 2016. But the effort to bring bike share to Portland began way back in 2007. We’ve covered every twist and turn. Browse the archives below…
Montreal officials aboard their “Bixi” bikes.(Photo: Bixi) Unlike other projects that the City of Portland has been accused of rushing into (the Sauvie Island Bridge relocation attempt and the Lents/Memorial Coliseum baseball debacle come to mind), no one can ever say that they moved too quickly on bike-sharing. It was back in February of 2007 … Read more
Tom Miller(Photo © J. Maus) Welcome to the final installment of our 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 asked some of the questions that must be answered in order for Portland … Read more
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
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
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
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
Tom Miller riding in the 2006 Bridge Pedal.(Photo © J. Maus) Welcome to the first in a six-part series; Bike-share in Portland: A status report. The author of this guest article series is Tom Miller. Miller is the current Chief of Staff for Portland City Commissioner Sam Adams and he’ll follow Adams into the Mayor’s … Read more
The crew from NYC-based Streetfilms has published a good overview of the recently launced SmartBike DC bike-sharing system. With bike-sharing still in the plans for Portland, it’s worth keeping tabs on how things go in D.C. As for Portland’s plans, here’s a little update on where things stand.
Bikes await customers at Penn Quarter station in Washington D.C.(Photo: afagen/Flickr) After several months of delay following the initial “launch”, Washington D.C. is basking in the glow of becoming the first large U.S. city to offer a bike-sharing system. Will their approach work? Should Portland be jealous? Why weren’t we first?
“There are a lot of [bike-sharing] systems out there and we really want to pick the best model.”–Shoshanah Oppenheim, transportation policy aide for Commissioner Adams With the announcement last week that the City of Portland has canceled their search for a bike-sharing vendor, some are wondering what’s next in Portland’s public-bike future. Far from giving … Read more
Portland will have to wait for a bike-sharing program like this one in Vienna.Photo: Ethan Jewett The process to select a vendor that would implement a public bike-sharing system in Portland has been canceled. In a letter just released by the City of Portland’s Office of Management and Finance, Purchasing Agent Jeffrey Baer writes:
Washington DC has beat Portland in becoming the first U.S. city with a bike-sharing system. This photo shows a construction site where one of the new SmartBikeDC racks will be located.(Photo: afagen on Flickr) Now that Washington D.C. is getting national media attention for their “first of its kind in the U.S.” bike-sharing system, I … Read more
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