Bike Intelligencer » Portland bike sharing http://bikeintelligencer.com All bike, all the time Sat, 04 May 2013 01:18:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Daily Roundup: Portland Bike Sharing II, BC Bike Race, Bike Pods with showers, NYPD sued by cyclist http://bikeintelligencer.com/2009/07/daily-roundup-portland-bike-sharing-ii-bc-bike-race-bike-pods-with-showers-nypd-sued-by-cyclist/ http://bikeintelligencer.com/2009/07/daily-roundup-portland-bike-sharing-ii-bc-bike-race-bike-pods-with-showers-nypd-sued-by-cyclist/#comments Wed, 08 Jul 2009 13:25:42 +0000 Paul Andrews, BI editor http://bikeintelligencer.wordpress.com/?p=920 Seattle Times: Portland will try again with a bike sharing program. Details still sketchy, but remember, this is the city that drew attention for a “yellow bike” sharing program. Crudely yellow-painted bikes were made available for free — ride it where you need it, leave it there for the next rider. But theft and other issues eventually depleted the program. Attrition has been a perennial challenge for bike-sharing programs, for even the most widely acknowledged success in Paris. For all the issues, bike sharing remains a highly visible tool for seeding additional rider interest in metro areas.

Wish I could have been there at the finish of the BC Bike Race. Bike magazine was, thanks for their report.

I’d go for this: Fully enclosed bike parking pods with showers!

Fighting back: What’s the value of a YouTube video? If Christopher Long, a Critical Mass cyclist, wins his case, it could be $1.5 million. Long, who was riding in a New York event, is suing the city’s police deprtment for assault after an officer filed a false report. A YouTube video shows an officer assaulting the cyclist.

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