Portland goes Platinum -- bicycle friendly-wise

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Portland goes Platinum -- bicycle friendly-wise

par Oyez Oyez » Mer Avr 30, 2008 8:30 am

[img:160:160]http://www.bikingbis.com/_photos/portland_seal_platinum.sized.jpg[/img]Portland has become the first large US city to achieve the Platinum-level as a Bicycle Friendly Community, following only Davis, California, with the designation. The announcement was made Tuesday by the League of American Bicyclists.

Congratulations go to a wide group of activists, politicians, bureaucrats and even the local bike blogger who kept their eyes on the prize in recent years and helped push bicycling into the mainstream of the city's transportation and culture.

Let's hope it gives bicycling enthusiasts elsewhere the incentive to do the work to get their cities added to the list of Bicycle Friendly Cities that currently stands at 72 ...

Author: Gene Bisbee
Category: Main Page Bicycle Advocacy
Publish Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 05:00:00 -0700



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