Oregon nabs third place in national Bicycle Friendly State rankings
We have never been #1, but the right spending package in the 2025 legislative session could get us there.
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Oregon snags second place in 2022 ‘Bicycle Friendly State’ rankings
According to The League of American Bicyclists, which recently released its 2022 list of the most bike friendly states, Oregon is the second most bike friendly state in the United States, coming in right behind Massachusetts. We made second place the last time the League published their rankings in 2019, when we were beaten out … Read more
Oregon rises to 2nd place in ‘Bicycle Friendly State’ rankings
Oregon is in a breakaway in the race for America’s most cycling friendly state.
Utah and Massachusetts jump past Oregon in bike-friendly state rankings
For the second time ever, Oregon didn’t make the top five.
Minneapolis is a very nice city for biking but it is definitely no Portland
Is Minneapolis a better biking city than Portland? Don’t be silly.
Oregon ranked 5th most bike-friendly state by the League
The League of American Bicyclists says Oregon is the fifth most bike-friendly state in the nation.
Oregon moves up to third in new Bike-Friendly State rankings
Bike rack in Sisters, Oregon.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) The League of American Bicyclists released their annual Bicycle Friendly States rankings today. Oregon came in third place, which is up from fifth place in 2012 and represents a significant improvement over our eighth place ranking in 2011. The top state in the 2013 rankings is our … Read more
ODOT says League’s state rankings leave out key spending figures
“When we went back to figure out how the League got their low numbers, we discovered that they use a definition that is very narrow and doesn’t capture all funding.”— Travis Brouwer, ODOT federal affairs Oregon’s 8th place “Bike Friendly State” ranking by the League of American Bicyclists raised a lot of eyebrows around here. … Read more
Oregon slips to 8th in ‘Bike Friendly States’ rankings
Oregon State Parks’ Scenic Bikeway Program wasn’t considered in the rankings.(Photo © J. Maus) New ‘Bicycle Friendly State’ rankings by the League of American Bicyclists put Oregon in 8th place, a loss of three places since last year and the first time since the rankings began in 2008 that Oregon has not made the top … Read more
Oregon slips to 5th in bike-friendly state rankings
… After they’re done dreaming about WA, WI, ME and MN. The League of American Bicyclists has released rankings for their Bicycle Friendly States program. Oregon earned the fifth spot this year, slipping from the fourth spot we’ve held the previous two years. For the third year in a row, Washington retained the top spot … Read more
Oregon’s bike/ped coordinator responds to fourth-place ranking
“If I had $1000 dollars for every community that’s contacted me about their bike trails plan, I could fund an entire system.”— Sheila Lyons of ODOT Sheila Lyons, the bicycle and pedestrian program manager for the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) has responded to the League of American Bicyclist’s Bicycle Friendly State rankings that put … Read more
From Seattle: How we’re coping with fourth place
Now that the whole country thinks Oregon isn’t in the top-three best states to bike in, you might assume the Beaver State delegation here at Pro Walk/Pro Bike would be sulking and demanding a recount. Not exactly. When the League of American Bicyclist’s executive director Andy Clarke announced the rankings at a party at the … Read more