The chief executive for Knock Software, Will Henderson, has got on board the project. Printing services in Tigard could be used to help promote the program when it comes on stream. Brad Biddle, the founder of the initiative, has told the Portland Business Journal:
“We need to start thinking of bicycles as mobile sensor platforms that move around the city collecting data. The locking system could also include air quality or other environmental sensors, or even ECG monitors to measure heart rates.”
The group has created some prototypes already. The organization has used the opportunity to use smart locking systems. The next step envisaged by the team is to launch a pilot project.
The core idea is that new ways can be found to improve the running of a shared bike system. For instance, a lot of emphasis has been placed by Mr. Biddle on the way in which numerous providers of bikes could work with numerous providers of software.
The influence of technology is evident in that the plan entails the use of open source interfaces. Mr. Biddle has expressed the idea that there is something typically Portland about the initiative as a whole.