The City of Portland released a report on how bureaus use surveillance technologies, highlighting efforts to increase transparency and accountability. Phase II will expand data collection and public engagement to build a citywide open data inventory by early 2026.
8/15/2025 through 9/30/2028
A summary of the events done in November and December 2023 on effective public participation in surveillance technologies.
https://wehotimes.com/weho-bike-share-connect-program-crosses-westside-borders/
Some municipalities in Southern California had their own bike share systems outside of the territory of Metro Bike Share, but many of them worked with the TAP system. They (at one time?) were grouped together under the name Bike Share Connect.
West Hollywood: WeHo Pedals (seems defunct)
Santa Monica: Breeze Bike Share, folded and partially shifted to Beverly Hills system
(Lyft was supposed to have bike rentals in Santa Monica in late 2020.)
Beverly Hills: also defunct
Bruin Bike Share: defunct, seems to have been folded into Metro Bike
There's data on 389 different cities across the world, including 80 in the US.
February 2017
This is that weird overlap between BDS and the PDC, including documents and resources like the Community Design Guidelines and neighborhood plans.
A program to establish communication in the event of a major earthquake in Portland
Information on construction and activities on the public right-of-way, from swales to cafe seating to vending. It would be interesting to install some kind of bike parking, seating, and/or solar-powered charging station in Lents as a potential emergency response gathering point.