Bike commute numbers ebb nationwide; in Portland, they’re flat
Here’s what it might mean about the future.
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Bike commuting growth slips and Portland adds 11,000 more commutes by car
Portland’s bike commute rate has slipped to its lowest level since 2011.
Portland’s new surge in bike commuting is real – and it’s gas-price proof
In fact, drive-alone commuting just hit another record low.
Multnomah County’s drop in auto ownership since 2007 would fill 287 acres of parking
That’s almost exactly the size of the entire central business district.
Portland is finally adding homes almost as fast as people are moving here
It comes after 10 years of falling further and further behind the number of people moving to Portland.
Even in suburban Oregon, drive-alone trips are a shrinking share of new commutes
The Portland metro area seems to have already discovered how to slow the growth of traffic congestion.
Vancouver BC doubles biking rates in four years, likely passing Portland
Vancouver has rapidly boosted biking to a rate we’ve probably never seen in a major modern North American city.
The lower Northwest District is Portland’s invisible capital of bike commuting
Hidden in this street is an important lesson about bike transportation in the United States.
City installs new high-tech counter on Eastbank Esplanade path
It’s watching you.
In some metro areas, bike commuting is nearing the scale of transit commuting
And the strange correlation between old buildings and good transit.
Annual city survey is latest to show Portlanders biking more, driving less
Fully 9 percent of Portlanders bike to work during the summer.
Progress for Portland: Surge of 5,000 new bike commuters brings city rate to 7%
It’s the highest bike-commuting rate ever recorded for a U.S. city of more than 200,000 residents.