Q&A: How bikes meet tech in Austin, Portland’s chillest sister city
Nate McGuire is part of two worlds that Austin, Texas, is still pretty new at: digital entrepreneurship and biking.
Portland Bike Share
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…
TriMet adds new Beaverton Creek bike parking after Nike bike share takes off
TriMet responded to these concerns June 30 by adding 6 new bike racks (which comes out to 12 new spaces) to the rail platform area.
‘Lost Oregon’ blog unearths rare footage of Yellow Bike program
As we endure without a modern bike-sharing system, newly unearthed film footage of the Yellow Bike program provides inspiration.
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.
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.
West-side paths may get lottery grants, but bike-share expansion looks iffy
A mixed-use path link in Tualatin is among the top contenders for a lottery-funded state grant program that includes biking and walking projects for the first time this year.
3 lessons for Portland as Citi Bike struggles to break even
Readers may be hoping for signal in all this noise. I’ll give it a shot.
With sponsors in hand, city likely to delay Portland bike share until 2015
The City of Portland is currently lining up official schedules to set a date for its announcement of private sponsors for Portland’s bike share system, two sources familiar with the plans said last week and Tuesday.
Visualizing the cost of local transportation projects
Sometimes it’s hard to visualize these things. So we gave it a shot.
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.
Key supplier to Portland’s bike share vendor files for bankruptcy (updated)
In order to continue operating, the company has been granted the right to ignore some of its debts and negotiate with its creditors on any other available ways to compensate them.
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.