Bike Sharing in Portland
The Portland Bureau of Transportation is studying bike sharing as a possible tool to increase the number of bicycle trips and the number of people using bicycles for transportation and recreation.
Although over 100 bike sharing systems are in use internationally, Washington DC and Montreal, Quebec are the only North American cities that have installed the latest iteration of bike sharing systems. Bikes are usually checked out by a credit card or Smart Card at an un-staffed kiosk adjacent to the parked bicycles.
More information is available at: www.portlandonline.com/transportation/bikesharing
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I saw these in Barcelona, Spain and was very impressed. The only thing different was that the kiosk offered more bikes, around 15-20 more. Virtually everyone in the city was traveling either by bike or on foot. Good stuff!
I like this idea. I wish they would do this in New York. Though I don't know if I would use the service very often, I would probably ride more often than I do now since it is a huge hassle to own a bike.
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