U.S. Census: 6.3% of Portlanders bike to work
Source: U.S. Census 2011 American Community Survey.(Graphic: BikePortland)
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PBOT counts show bike trips up 6.4 percent in 2011
An average of over 18,000 trips are made by bike over Portland’s four main downtown bridges every day.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) PBOT released their 2011 Bicycle Counts Report today (PDF). The numbers show that overall there were 6.4 percent more trips made by bike citywide in 2011 compared to 2010. On new neighborhood greenways, the … Read more
Census: Portland and Oregon lead nation in biking to work
(Photo © J. Maus) New data released by the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey shows that the state of Oregon is a national leader in the number of people who ride a bicycle to work. According to the new “Journey to Work” numbers, 6 percent of people in the city of Portland use a … Read more
PBOT bike counts show 8 percent increase over last year
Traffic through the Rose Quarter.(Photo © J. Maus) The City of Portland Bureau of Transportation released results of their 2010 bike counts today (PDF here). The counts — taken at 153 locations throughout the city — show that bike use climbed in Portland this year after a small dip in 2009. According to the report, … Read more
Beyond ‘bikes vs cars’: Four secrets buried in the new Census stats
This guest post is by Michael Andersen of Portland Afoot, a new “10-minute newsmagazine” and wiki about low-car life in Portland. Photos © J. Maus) The official U.S. Census numbers for 2009 came out Tuesday, and as BikePortland reported, they held the latest evidence that the phenomenal growth of local biking has been leveling off.
2009 U.S. Census: 5.81% of Portlanders commute (primarily) by bike
Bike traffic in Portland.(Photo © J. Maus) The U.S. Census Bureau released results of its annual American Community Survey (ACS) today. The survey found that 5.81% of Portlanders used a bicycle as their primary mode of transportation to work in 2009. According to an analysis of the data by the League of American Bicyclists, that … Read more
City releases bike count report, explains first decrease since 1995
Bike traffic on the Hawthorne Bridge.(Photo © J. Maus) The City of Portland Bureau of Transportation has released a full report and analysis on their 2009 bike counts. Last month, an unauthorized and incomplete version of the report leaked to the Willamette Week revealed that bike ridership in Portland had taken its first dip since … Read more
It’s true: Portland bike counts show first decline in five years
“What we want to do is put the bike counts into the context of… Were all trips down? We’re thinking that’s the story.” — Roger Geller, PBOT bike coordinator When Willamette Week reporter Beth Slovic broke the story about PBOT’s 2009 bike count numbers yesterday, we were shocked. Our surprise was two-fold: First, although we’d … Read more
Willamette Week: PBOT bike counts down in 2009 — updated
[UPDATE: The Oregonian’s Hard Drive blog has an update on this story] (Photo © J. Maus) The Willamette Week has gotten their hands on a preliminary report of this year’s bike counts from the City of Portland Bureau of Transportation that shows a decrease in bicycle ridership for 2009. Here’s a snip from Willamette Week … Read more
Census data: In Northwest, bike commuters outnumber farmers
There are all types of fun ways to play with the recently released American Community Survey data put out by the US Census Bureau. The Sightline Institute, a Pacific Northwest sustainability think tank, delved into the numbers and found that in Oregon, Washington, and Idaho, bike commuters outnumber farmers. Check out this graph published on … Read more
Who was that guy with the clipboard? Bike count season is in full swing
Riders take a trails survey on the Hawthorne Bridge just before rush hour. (Photo © Elly Blue) It’s bike counting season again, and for the second year in a row there are two concurrent counts going on in Portland.
PDOT reveals latest counts: Bikes are now 20% of all Hawthorne Bridge traffic
Bike traffic in Portland has tripled since 2001.(Photo © J. Maus) I gave you a little sneak peek last week, but now PDOT has released their full, 29-page, 2008 Bicycle Count Report (download the 11MB PDF here). In general, biking is way up all over the city. That’s not exactly earth-shattering, but some of the … Read more