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Cycling in Portland, Oregon

A station for Biketown, the city's new bicycle-sharing system
Bicycle mural in Portland, 2014

Bicycle use in Portland, Oregon has been growing rapidly, having nearly tripled since 2001; for example, bicycle traffic on four of the Willamette River bridges has increased from 2,855 before 1992 to over 16,000 in 2008, partly due to improved facilities.[1] The Portland Bureau of Transportation says 6% of commuters bike to work in Portland, the highest proportion of any major U.S. city and about 10 times the national average.[2]

Due to its urban bicycling efforts, Portland has earned multiple "bicycle-friendly city" awards,[3][4][5] including being awarded platinum status by the League of American Bicyclists,[6][7] and it ranked second in the CNBC's 2019 most bicycle-friendly cities in the US.[8]

In July 2016, Portland launched a bike share program,[9] named "Biketown" because of a naming rights deal with Nike,[10] with 1,000 bikes and 100 stations. It is operated by Motivate.[9] The new system logged more than 100,000 rides in its first two months of operation.[11]

  1. ^ Portland Bicycle Counts 2008 (PDF), City of Portland
  2. ^ Weise, Elizabeth (September 9, 2012), "In Portland, Ore., bikes rule the road", USA Today, retrieved September 18, 2012
  3. ^ NBC News North America's most bike-friendly cities
  4. ^ "Bicycling magazine, Best Cities for Cycling (2008)". Archived from the original on 2009-10-03. Retrieved 2010-10-14.
  5. ^ Scan of 2006 Bicycling magazine Best Cities for Cycling
  6. ^ "League Names Portland a Platinum Community". League of American Bicyclists. April 29, 2008. Archived from the original on December 29, 2010. Retrieved October 18, 2010.
  7. ^ Portland Tribune: Bike group gives Portland 'platinum' award[permanent dead link‍]
  8. ^ Higgins-Dunn, Noah (2019-12-12). "The 10 most bike-friendly cities in the US". CNBC. Retrieved 2020-08-28.
  9. ^ a b Njus, Elliot (August 26, 2016). "136,000 miles in, Biketown bike-share makes its mark on Portland". The Oregonian. Retrieved September 16, 2016.
  10. ^ Njus, Elliot (January 7, 2016). "Nike to sponsor Portland's bike-share program, call it Biketown". The Oregonian. Retrieved September 16, 2016.
  11. ^ Fox 12 Staff (September 15, 2016). "Biketown reaches 100,000 rides in less than two months of operation". KPTV. Retrieved September 16, 2016.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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