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About Street roots. (Portland, OR) 1998-current | View Entire Issue (April 14, 2017)
Street Roots • April 14-20, 2017 News Page 13 * ★ X ★ * ★ ★ * ★ < ■KM t ★ r ★ J AS 1 , 1 " 11111,111 " ★ *■* — Did you serve in the Armed Forces and are experiencing or at risk of becoming homeless? Vendor wheels Transition Projects p h o t o b y p a t t y o t e r o / c o m m u n it y c y c l in g center Street Roots vendors are now riding around Portland on bright orange Biketown bikes. They are members of Biketown for All, a discounted membership made possible through a partnership with the Community Cycling Center, Portland Bureau of Transportation and Motivate, the company that operates Biketown. For just $3 per month the vendor members receive unlimited rides throughout the system and can earn credit toward their membership by taking bikes that are not locked at a Biketown station back to any Biketown station throughout the city. Each bike returned gets a member a $1 credit toward their account. • ») ■ • . !.«>.> .: 1 i if i ' . : • . ■ , , s ' . Vendor Kevin Ketchum has been riding Biketown bikes two or three times per week for the last six months. “I can hop on it and get to my sales turf easy, lock it up and off I go,” he said. “It’s saving me 15 to 20 minutes per day and it’s good exercise. It’s also great that I don’t have to worry about repairs.” Staff from Community Cycling Center and Motivate come to the Street Roots office every month to conduct a Biketown for All orientation. So far, more than 20 Street Roots vendors have participated and become members of Please call 855.425.5544 or visit 650 NW Irving Street Biketown for All. : s< 1 ( * . . . V* 5. i »/V • i ; k . v . - » -J . ; i - i t*. • •. 3 » ; L - «
