The Oregonian Editorial Board on Portland’s “risky bike share venture”
Surprise, surprise; The Oregonian Editorial Board is already against Portland Bike Share.
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…
City, Alta Bicycle Share secure funding for Portland Bike Share system
After a year-long hunt for private sponsors that left many doubting whether it was possible, Alta Bicycle Share and the City of Portland have lined up agreements that will bring a publicly funded bicycle sharing system to Portland.
’20s Bikeway’ is an ideal artery for bike sharing, calculations show
Buried in Portland’s new application for $2.5 million to expand its proposed bike sharing system into Portland’s eastside neighborhoods is a bit of analysis worth noting.
Bill would make bike-sharing benefits tax-deductible (updated)
The bill would help companies offer bikesharing passes just like transit or parking passes, but only to people who live and work in central cities.
10 key details from Portland’s bike share proposal and contract
As public bikesharing systems continue to become standard public services in cities around the country, what’s the deal with Portland’s?
Portlander designs low-cost bikeshare station for apartment buildings
Portland’s public bikeshare system is too expensive to have stations everywhere. But what if the city had a low-cost private system, too?
Where should Portland’s bikeshare stations go? Ten maps that might help
The main gripe Portlanders seem to have about bikesharing so far isn’t that it’s a bad idea – it’s that there isn’t going to be enough of it.
“Mistakes” aside, city says Alta’s labor issues won’t affect Portland Bike Share
The federal “prevailing wage” law that Alta may have run afoul of in D.C., which requires government contractors to be paid at higher than market price, applies only to direct contracts with the District of Columbia or federal government itself, city spokeswoman Diane Dulken said.
At bike share event, City begins crucial search for sponsors
Mia Birk made the pitch for bike share at the Porltand Art Museum last night.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland) At the Portland Art Museum last night, high society donors mixed with corporate bigwigs and local bike industry luminaries. While PAM got in a few words about their upcoming major exhibition of Cyclepedia (opens June 8th), the … Read more
Equity concerns take center stage as bike share funding moves forward
JPACT came together this morning to green light $16.8 million in federal grants for active transportation projects.(Photo © J. Maus) A Metro committee unanimously approved a $70.7 million package of federal “regional flexible funding” at a meeting of their Joint Policy Advisory Committee on Transportation (JPACT) this morning. 14 projects (totaling $22.9 million) — including … Read more
How much to use bike sharing in Portland? About $60-$95 per year
This guest post is by Michael Andersen of Portland Afoot, a 10-minute newsmagazine and wiki for public transit riders in Portland. — If bike sharing comes to Portland as expected, it won’t really be for cycling devotees, many of whom already take their bicycles everywhere. No, bike sharing will be for people who rode in … Read more
Bike share demo puts future system within reach
Checking out the B-cycle system.(Photos © J. Maus) When Portland last hosted a bike share demonstration, the concept was still just a twinkle in PBOT’s eye. But now with a green light to accept $2 million in federal seed funding, a similar demonstration held today in downtown Portland put the idea in a much different … Read more