Biketown | |
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Overview | |
Owner | Portland Bureau of Transportation |
Locale | Portland, Oregon |
Transit type | Bicycle-sharing system |
Number of stations | 133 |
Website | biketownpdx.com |
Operation | |
Began operation | July 19, 2016 |
Operator(s) | Lyft, Inc.[citation needed] |
Number of vehicles | 1,000 |
Biketown (stylized as BIKETOWN), also known as Biketown PDX, is a bicycle-sharing system in Portland, Oregon, that began operation on July 19, 2016. The system is owned by Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) and operated by Lyft, with Nike, Inc. as the title sponsor.[1] At launch, the system had 100 stations and 1,000 bicycles serving the city's central and eastside neighborhoods, with hopes to expand outward.