Portland earns fifth place in national bicycle network ratings
Two other Oregon cities came away with higher scores.
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Portland slips to 5th in Bicycling Magazine ‘Best Bike City’ rankings
Our worst ranking ever.
Portland cycling rates high in comprehensive new ratings of 480 U.S. cities
More data-driven and transparent than any other methodology to date.
Comment of the Week: A little perspective on city rankings
Like best-guitarist-of-all-time rankings, best-bike-city rankings are mostly just for fun. But in a week when Portland reportedly got a serious demotion from the granddaddy of bike rankings, reader MaxD’s reaction probably spoke for a lot of us.
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.
Census shows Hosford-Abernethy is Portland’s bikingest neighborhood (updated)
We don’t usually devote much space to the endless lists ranking Portland among the best this or that for biking, and with good reason – most of them aren’t worth much.
Portland reclaims #1 spot in Bicycling Mag rankings
Back on top where we belong. Bicycling Magazine has just released their 2012 Bike-Friendly Cities rankings and Portland sits atop the heap once again. Portland was ranked #2 in 2010, which was the last time the rankings came out. Prior to that Portland had earned the top spot every year since 1995. Our defeat to … 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
Bicycling Mag: Portland no longer America’s top bike city
“There’s a lot going on in Portland, but there are other cities having more astonishing success at this point.” — Loren Mooney, Editor-in-Chief Bicycling Magazine Bicycling Magazine’s annual list of America’s top bicycle cities puts Portland in unfamiliar territory: second place. Since 1995, Portland has consistently been ranked as the #1 biking city, earning the … Read more
Yahoo: Portland #1 green city; a “role model for the nation”
Air quality, access to parks, good public transit, and bike facilities were some of the reasons Portland got #1.(Photo © J. Maus)
Headed to Seattle for national conference; Bike Friendly State rankings to be unveiled
I’m headed to the 2008 Pro Walk/Pro Bike conference in Seattle next week along with a large contingent from Portland. Among the highlights will be the unveiling of the first-ever Bike Friendly States rankings by the League of American Bicyclists.