In 2008, the League of American Bicyclists named Portland its first platinum-level Bike Friendly Community.
That infrastructure includes 106 kilometers of bike paths, 48 kilometers of low-traffic bike boulevards and 283 kilometers of bike lanes, all of which are used with gusto by the 8% of citizens who claim that biking is their primary form of transportation, and 10% who say a bike is their secondary vehicle. “In some ways, Portland now has the feel of a European city.” “It has built upon itself over the years and bicycling has become somewhat ingrained in the culture of the city. “The groundwork for the city’s bike infrastructure was laid over 20 years ago,” says Brian Zeck, bike manager of Portland’s River City Bicycles. Courtesy Kari Sullivan/Creative Commons/Flickr
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