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Portland: Celebrating America’s Most Livable City

by on May 1, 2007 | 33,698 Plays

StreetFilms' 30 minute film on Portland, OR showing just a few of the ways it is one of the most livable cities in the U.S.

Portland’s Sunday Parkways

by on June 24, 2008 | 22,350 Plays

Despite a very dreary and damp first half of the day, Portland's first Ciclovia-style street closure, Sunday Parkways, was a smashing success with countless thousands of city residents participating. It was like a giant community block party with walkers, bikers, joggers, bladers, families, and pets filling the 6 mile course.

Portland: Bike Rush Hour on the Hawthorne Bridge

by on April 29, 2009 | 71,088 Plays

The first time you visit Portland, Oregon, the gaggles of cyclists streaming over the Hawthorne Bridge during rush hour is a sight you will never forget. It's something other cities need to see and be inspired by.

Portland (Green) Bike Box!

by on June 27, 2008 | 19,690 Plays

Earlier this year, Portland's Office of Transportation installed many high visibility bike boxes that are colored lime green to help cyclist avoid right hook collisions. So while in Portland for the World Car-free Conference, we decided to have a little fun and publish a sequel to our very popular "How to Use a Bike Box".

Intersection Repair

by on May 31, 2007 | 18,325 Plays

In Portland, Oregon, City Repair promotes intersection interventions where hundreds of people take back their streets by painting street murals and creating community-friendly commons to gather and socialize.

Depaving Day!

by on June 19, 2008 | 16,480 Plays

Portland, Oregon's Depave.org leads an asphalt removing project to kick off the World Carfree Conference. Depave.org will continue to work with Goldsmith Properties to transform this now asphalt-free site into a community greenspace. Once completed, the site will be used to educate the public about pavement removal and storm water drainage management.

Bike Move!

by on April 4, 2007 | 12,488 Plays

Meet members of Portland's warm and innovative bike community where dozens of folks regularly help others move their belongings to a new abode using nothing but bike power.

Portland, Ore. – Bicycle Boulevards

by on January 29, 2007 | 11,790 Plays

Who needs bike lanes on wonderful streets like these when you keep traffic to a minimum?

Clarence: The Traffic Calming Sasquatch

by on May 23, 2007 | 10,545 Plays

Thanks to the great traffic calming and livability a city like Portland, Oregon has to offer, even a bigfoot has felt safe enough around cars to come out of his decades of hiding and ride his bike.

The Defeat of the Mt. Hood Freeway (Portland, Ore.)

by on December 17, 2006 | 10,158 Plays

Portland, Oregon communities fight to successfully defeat construction the Mt. Hood Freeway.

Portland, Ore. – Innovative Bicycle Signal

by on January 28, 2007 | 6,003 Plays

This unique bike signal gives Portland cyclists the right of way!

Portland Adds Nation’s First Bike Counter to Hawthorne Bridge

by on August 9, 2012 | 5,310 Plays

Good news for mathematicians who love watching throngs of cyclists stream by: Portland, Oregon just became the first U.S. city to install a bicycle counter! You'll find the digital "bicycling barometer" on the AM inbound side of the Hawthorne Bridge. It was made possible by the non-profit group Cycle Oregon which purchased the machine with […]