As reported in The Portland Tribune, the City of Portland is looking for a company to provide bike-sharing next year with a fleet of 500 bikes. The City's Request for Proposal closed last week and now "Portlanders also might be asked to choose between paying public
subsidies for cheap, available bikes and allowing advertising in public
spaces to pay for a bike-rental program." At the present time, the big two bike-sharing providers, Clear Channel Adshel and JCDecaux, are advertising companies who offer bike-sharing as a bonus to jurisdictions who sign-up for their services.
Arlington is also examining bike-sharing options. Is signing-up with an advertising company the best way to do bike-sharing? Are there alternatives? Come out to a BikeArlington presentation on Monday, October 22 at 6:30 at 2100 Clarendon Blvd. (Dogwood room) to learn about what Arlington is considering and what's happening with bike-sharing nationally and internationally. Space is filling-up, so RSVP by October 21 at pdemaio@arlingtonva.us.
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