Bike Commute Challenge

From the Oregon Walk + Bike Newsletter:

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Riding bicycles in Portland could be an entry on Stuff White People Like according to a comment made by the bicycle coordinator for the Los Angeles Department of Transportation at a City Council Transportation Committee meeting last week. According to a great report by our friends over at BikePortland.org, Michelle Mowery, who claims to have been [...] Related posts:

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The women of Gladrags were one of five small businesses with 2-4 employees who commuted by bike every day of the month.(Photos © J. Maus) The BTA announced results of their 15th annual Bike Commute Challenge tonight. The event, which pitted workplaces against each other in a friendly competition to see how took more bike [...]

For the last few years Oregon Food Bank has enjoyed the Bike Commute Challenge. This year, with the kickoff of a capital campaign for a new, much-needed Washington County facility, they decided to make their participation in the Challenge the basis for a fundraiser for the new facility. Employees are pledging to bike commute [...]

Participating workplaces: 1240 Participating riders: 11,118 Miles biked: 1,244,718

14 years since I have been on a bike. Some time in the last three years? As a walker I have watched many bikers whiz by. I wonder where they live, who they are and where they work. I don't really have any biker friends and haven't regularly ridden a bike for 14 years. Frankly I [...]

The BTA and partners are presenting three opportunities this week in Portland, whether your top questions are about winter riding skills, laws, or gear.

Have you biked to work this month?