Portland toasts Platinum with current, former leaders of local bike movement

Former Mayor Bud Clark (L) and Mayor-elect Sam Adams at the celebration last night.(Photo: Thomas Le Ngo) Last night at City Hall, the City of Portland hosted a party to celebrate their achievement of becoming a Platinum-level bike-friendly city. As attendees gathered around the steps in front of the building and filled commemorative water bottles … Read more


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Southwest Portland residents say they “want to be Platinum too”

Advocacy group SWTrails wants to create conditions like this in Southwest Portland.(Photos © J. Maus) Proclaiming that, “Southwest Portland wants to be Platinum too,” SWTrails has released their latest list of “immediate actions” and recommendations for bikeway improvements in their part of the city. SWTrails has worked with Southwest Portland residents and the City of … Read more


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Press Release: Portland Platinum News Conference

News Conference from: Portland Office of Transportation LEAGUE OF AMERICAN BICYCLISTS NAMES PORTLAND A “PLATINUM” LEVEL BICYCLE FRIENDLY COMMUNITY News conference is scheduled for today: 10:00 AM – Tuesday, April 29 Downtown Bike Gallery 1001 SW Salmon Street The coveted designation of “Bicycle Friendly Community,” given at levels from Bronze to Platinum, recognizes those communities … Read more


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Portland earns Platinum; becomes first major U.S. city to win the award

This photo was taken at Bridge Pedal in August of 2005. The “Sam” is City Commissioner Sam Adams, who has made achieving Platinum a priority.(Photos © J. Maus) Portland has gone Platinum. The League of American Bicyclists will officially announce later today that Portland has become the first major city in America to be designated … Read more


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Portland’s “Platinum” Bicycle Master Plan gets rolling

Portland bike insiders are wondering how we can go beyond the confines of U.S. standards for bike-friendliness and begin to adopt infrastructure and policies already in use in places like Amsterdam and Copenhagen. But before Portland can become a world-class bicycling city, we must first have a plan to get there.