PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • June 4, 2022
The company contracted to run a long-awaited bike-share program in Portland is running up against a tight deadline to put its rental bicycles on city streets by the end of July. A planned June launch was delayed as the contractor, Michigan-based Tandem Mobility, secured major “title” sponsorships for the program. It is still recruiting local sponsors for bike docking stations and hasn’t yet finalized its contract with the city or settled on where stations will be placed around Portland. Those plans are expected to come together in short order, and the company hopes to put a portion of its planned 200-bicycle fleet on city streets in mid- to late July.