I was browsing through a copy of Dwell this morning and saw a one-paragraph piece on Cyclocity, a public bike-sharing system by the French firm JCDecaux. You pay a yearly fee that gives you access to bikes around the city. Unlike Flexcar or Zip, which makes you bring your car back to the parking spot you took it from, you can take the bike to any other Cyclocity kiosks.
This system is big in Europe (e.g., Holland, Spain, Austria, France) and it appears that Portland, San Francisco, and Chicago are all considering it, too.
I would definitely use it if it comes to PDX.
Update: I sent a quick email to Sam Adams, Portland’s city commissioner in charge of transportation, and a big supporter of biking, letting him know about Cyclocity, or offering my support if he’s considering it.
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