scooters

The Portland Bureau of Transportation Slashes Fees for Biketown and E-Scooter Rides

The Portland Bureau of Transportation is slashing the fees to use BIKETOWN, the city’s bikeshare system, and Spin e-scooter rentals so that residents have an affordable mode of transportation to purchase groceries or prescriptions during the COVID-19 pandemic.

E-Scooter Companies Lime and Bird Have Suspended Operations in Portland

Lime and Bird have announced that they’ve suspended operations indefinitely, while Razor is cutting back its fleet. Spin, however, will continue to operate as normal.

Lime Has Significantly Dropped Pay Rates for the Contractors Who Charge its Scooters

When Lime first launched in Portland, the lowest rate was $5 per scooter, and $7 payouts were common. Now, the bottom rate for juicers has dipped to $2.

Another E-Scooter Company Has Dropped Out of Portland’s Pilot Program

In an email, Shared CEO Braydon Butungbacal wrote that the Tacoma start-up is pulling its scooter from Portland’s streets “due to extreme difficulty in further fundraising to support the venture to continue to grow it.”

Study Finds E-Scooters On Average Produce More Emissions Per Mile Than Buses With High Ridership

E-scooters might not be as environmentally friendly as they are made out to be.

Portland’s Fast-Food Drive-Thrus Have Been Transformed Into Bike Lanes

We tested the new rules by riding scooters to the Taco Bell window. It wasn’t appetizing. But it was possible.

A New Group of Portland Scooter Skeptics Forms a Lobbying Group Called “Save Our Sidewalks”

E-scooters have made new enemies.

Electric Scooters With Seats Hit Portland Streets

The e-scooter population is growing.

Items Scuba-Diving YouTubers Found in a 100-Foot Stretch of Willamette Riverbed

This month, Jared Leisek went hunting for a used car, at the bottom of the Willamette River.

Willamette Week