Census: Portland bike commuting laid low again in year before Covid
2019 was another year with little growth in bike commuting, in Portland or elsewhere in the U.S.
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US Census: Portland bike commuting hits lowest rate in 12 years
The latest numbers from the U.S. Census bureau estimate that the number of people who bike to work in Portland is down to 5.3%. That number is down from 6.3% in 2017 and it’s the lowest we’ve seen since 2007. Portland’s bike to work number peaked at 7.2% in 2014.
Bike commute numbers ebb nationwide; in Portland, they’re flat
Here’s what it might mean about the future.
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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.
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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.
In some metro areas, bike commuting is nearing the scale of transit commuting
And the strange correlation between old buildings and good transit.