Comments on: Is Portland, Oregon the Best City for Bikes in the Country? http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/adventure/2012/08/is-portland-oregon-the-best-city-for-bikes-in-the-country/ Just another blogs.smithsonianmag.com site Sun, 12 May 2013 14:12:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 By: Nick http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/adventure/2012/08/is-portland-oregon-the-best-city-for-bikes-in-the-country/#comment-761 Nick Mon, 27 Aug 2012 16:35:36 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/adventure/?p=4106#comment-761 The "almost 25%" is very official. It comes from the national census! The “almost 25%” is very official. It comes from the national census!

]]> By: listens to fish http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/adventure/2012/08/is-portland-oregon-the-best-city-for-bikes-in-the-country/#comment-748 listens to fish Wed, 22 Aug 2012 21:50:47 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/adventure/?p=4106#comment-748 San Francisco has ONE of these green boxes, right? You didn't mention whether Portland has hills or not. It is the hills that keep us from being a 10% bike commute city. Can we get rid of those hills? San Francisco has ONE of these green boxes, right?
You didn’t mention whether Portland has hills or not. It is the hills that keep us from being a 10% bike commute city. Can we get rid of those hills?

]]> By: Jeff http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/adventure/2012/08/is-portland-oregon-the-best-city-for-bikes-in-the-country/#comment-746 Jeff Wed, 22 Aug 2012 20:23:47 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/adventure/?p=4106#comment-746 Certainly I would never dream of biking the Ross Island Bridge. And the St Johns Bridge does not have dedicated bike lanes and can also be a little nerve wracking to cross if riding on the road (as signs there tell cyclists to do). But any of the downtown bridges (Burnside, Morrison, Broadway, and especially Hawthorne and Steel, and presumably the new version of the Sellwood due to be completed in a few years) will provide for a perfectly nice and safe ride across the river. Certainly I would never dream of biking the Ross Island Bridge. And the St Johns Bridge does not have dedicated bike lanes and can also be a little nerve wracking to cross if riding on the road (as signs there tell cyclists to do). But any of the downtown bridges (Burnside, Morrison, Broadway, and especially Hawthorne and Steel, and presumably the new version of the Sellwood due to be completed in a few years) will provide for a perfectly nice and safe ride across the river.

]]> By: Gregar http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/adventure/2012/08/is-portland-oregon-the-best-city-for-bikes-in-the-country/#comment-745 Gregar Wed, 22 Aug 2012 16:49:17 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/adventure/?p=4106#comment-745 "I crossed and recrossed the Willamette River via the snarling, bumper-to-bumper, almost-a-freeway Ross Island Bridge—no fun at all" I don't know if a highway counts as "almost-a-freeway" in your book, but the Ross Island Bridge is Highway 26. Not intended for cyclists. “I crossed and recrossed the Willamette River via the snarling, bumper-to-bumper, almost-a-freeway Ross Island Bridge—no fun at all”

I don’t know if a highway counts as “almost-a-freeway” in your book, but the Ross Island Bridge is Highway 26. Not intended for cyclists.

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