Cycling in Portland, Oregon

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]

^ Portland Bicycle Counts 2008 (PDF), City of Portland
^ Weise, Elizabeth (September 9, 2012), "In Portland, Ore., bikes rule the road", USA Today, retrieved September 18, 2012
^ NBC News North America's most bike-friendly cities
^ "Bicycling magazine, Best Cities for Cycling (2008)". Archived from the original on 2009-10-03. Retrieved 2010-10-14.
^ Scan of 2006 Bicycling magazine Best Cities for Cycling
^ "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.
^ Portland Tribune: Bike group gives Portland 'platinum' award^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Higgins-Dunn, Noah (2019-12-12). "The 10 most bike-friendly cities in the US". CNBC. Retrieved 2020-08-28.
^ ^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.
^ Njus, Elliot (January 7, 2016). "Nike to sponsor Portland's bike-share program, call it Biketown". The Oregonian. Retrieved September 16, 2016.
^ 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)

[1] Portland Bicycle Counts 2008 (PDF), City of Portland

[Weise2012-2] 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.

[swift_start-9] 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.

[100000-rides-kptv-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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