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First Transit Enters Agreement with Lyft for Bike Share Operations at BIKETOWN January 15, 2021 (PRLEAP.COM) Business News PORTLAND, Ore. First Transit enters an agreement with Lyft to provide operations for BIKETOWN, Portland s all-electric bike share system, the first in the U.S.
The partnership allows First Transit to perform field operations for BIKETOWN s 1,500 bike share system with roughly 140 stations covering 30 square miles. Operations include battery monitoring, deployment, retrieval, and general rebalancing of bike inventory.
BIKETOWN consists of a fleet of specially designed, sturdy and durable ebikes that use lock-to technology to create a transportation network across the city. The ebikes can be unlocked from one station and returned to any other station in the system or locked to a public bike rack in the service area for a small fee. BIKETOWN bikes have electric pedal assist providing additional power when needed so the bike can go faste