Portland approves expanded bike plan
2010 March 22
Cover of Portland Bike Plan for 2030
The Portland City Council unanimously adopted the “Portland Bicycle Master Plan for 2030” in February 2010. The plan’s key issues, include:
- Attracting new riders
- Strengthening bicycle policies
- Forming a denser bikeway network
- Increasing bicycle parking
- Expanding programs to support bicycling
- Increasing funding for bicycle facilities
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here’s an interesting presentation on cycling in Portland:
http://www.portlandonline.com/Transportation/index.cfm?a=144945&c=34816
Go to link for “Bikes in Portland presentation”, halfway down.
Jennifer Dill at PSU has fome fresh data on Portland cycling in 2008/2009. does anyone know if it is on the web?
Along with building infrastrure, i’m convinced that social networking has a lot to do with increasing bike use in Portland’s neighborhoods. We hear about it, talk about it, and see it, so we join in. does anyhone ahve stories of how they started cycling?
In May 2008 Prof Dill’s gave a talk: Where Do People Bicycle? The Role of Infrastructure in Determining Bicycling Behavior
Here is a link to PSU’s Transportation Seminar Series Archive
http://www.media.pdx.edu/Transportation/Transportation_051608.asx
When discussing selecting participants for the research project, she comments on the role of the strong online biking community in Portland. The insights she draws from a such a dense set of travel data are very interesting.
Thanks for the comments! I agree – Portland has a great online bike presence. Plus a very strong in-person community, which is supported by hundreds of great events like the “Worst Day of the Year Ride” and more regular “breakfast on the bridge” events – coffee and donuts always get people excited.
The Bike Transportation Alliance has a great blog for this type of information and really helps reinforce the online community – http://www.bta4bikes.org/btablog/.