Portland's Biketown announce 500 new e-bikes as ridership climbs

Biketown said people took 576,000 rides in 2022, which is a 60% increase from 2021. This year is already on track to top that record.

PORTLAND, Ore. — Portland City Commissioner Mingus Mapps, along with the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT), rode Biketown bikes to a news conference at Urban Plaza at Portland State University Friday afternoon. They came together to announce an expansion of the bike share program that started with human powered orange bikes back in 2016.

The fleet today is exclusively easier-to-pedal e-bikes, and more people are using them. Biketown said people took 576,000 rides in 2022, which is a 60% increase from

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