Portland named “Best Overall Cycling City”
Posted by Jonathan Maus (Editor-in-Chief) on January 24th, 2006 at 8:59 am
A few months ago I got a call from one of the editors at Bicycling Magazine. We’d met at last year’s Sea Otter Classic and I of course went on and on about what’s happening in the bike scene up here. I told him about everything from wonky ridership stats to Chunkathalon, Bridge Pedal, and everything in between. I wasn’t sure what he’d do with all the info, but I guess he was duly impressed because they named Portland “Best Overall” cycling city in their March issue.
Along with a nice one-page write up, there’s a photo spread that features a shot of the River City bike people, the Eastbank Esplanade, Powell’s bike rack, and Veloshop owner Molly Cameron. They even made mention of my BikeCraft event and the bike moves Shift has made happen.
I know Bicycling isn’t exactly everyone’s favorite magazine, but we could use the good PR right now.
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January 24th, 2006 09:05
read the article and passed it on to others.
half tempted to pick up the actual mag.
January 24th, 2006 10:57
I'm jealous. I'm an everyday bike commuter in the worst city in America for bicycling, Atlanta.
January 24th, 2006 12:14
I think the worst as far as statistics for deaths is Florida.
I am in St. Louis. It is slowly getting better for cyclists but nothing like what they have in Portland. I am envyious too!
Keep Cycling!
January 24th, 2006 12:23
Bravo, Portland! Bravo, Jonathan!
I hope the local media publicizes this well so Portland drivers know about it too.
January 24th, 2006 12:58
ride with pride
praise the commuter
January 24th, 2006 14:35
TriMet passenger vs. bicyclist
As one would expect from reasonable people, most are not pleased with Mr. Albright but are even more outraged by the actions of the passenger and the TriMet driver.
January 24th, 2006 16:44
The term "chunkathalon" is getting entirely too much currency as of late.
January 24th, 2006 18:51
Evan,
I feel for you. I'm from Atlanta as well. Moved to Portland 10 years ago for the bike culture. Never looked back.
January 26th, 2006 06:01
maybe I missed the link up above, but how do I actually read the whole article--other than the graphic of the first page? I'd like to read it online and pass the article link on to others...
January 26th, 2006 07:25
Scott, the link above is only to the Portland part of the article. Here is a link to the entire article as a PDF.
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