City Tour: Portland, Oregon
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- Опубликовано: 22 фев 2024
- This is a narrated POV biking tour of Portland, Oregon. The city straddles the Willamette River and I crossed back and forth across it a few times to see its unique bridges. The route passes by some notable landmarks, including:
Hawthorne Bridge
Eastbank Promenade
USS Blueback Submarine
OMSI
Tilikum Crossing Bridge of the People
Waterfront Trail
Harbor Way & Better Naito
Burnside Bridge
Kerns neighborhood
Blumenauer Bicycle & Pedestrian Bridge
Oregon Convention Center
Moda Center
Steel bridge
Broadway Bridge
Portland Union Station
Powell’s Books
Ned Flanders Crossing
Providence Park
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Thanks to Taylor Griggs of Bike Portland (now with the Portland Mercury) for taking time to suggest a route and offer feedback on the video. It was super helpful.
LINKS
Neighborhood Greenways
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How Portland won its crown - and how to keep it | PeopleForBikes
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Green Lane Project | PeopleForBikes
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Portland's growing bike network on Vimeo
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Portland Oregon City Rating Page
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Oregon snags second place in 2022 ‘Bicycle Friendly State’ rankings - BikePortland
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Support BikePortland
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The Congressional Bike Caucus | Congressman Earl Blumenauer
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One year in, Blumenauer Bridge is well-loved and well-used - BikePortland
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Neighborinos say ‘hi-diddly-ho’ to new Ned Flanders Crossing in NW Portland - oregonlive.com
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Springwater Corridor | Portland.gov
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A Connected Bike Network Offers More Than the Sum of Its Parts
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Portland Parks will invest $15 million to fully fund the Steel Bridge Skatepark - BikePortland
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'It's a dream': San Francisco's newest park is getting rave reviews
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Thomas William Lawson McCall (1913-1983)
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This is the most informative and visually beautiful city bike video I have ever seen. Thanks!
Wow, thanks for the kind words. This is fuel to sit down and crank out the next video.
What a great video! Thank you so much for putting this together! So informative, and absolutely beautiful footage of the city🙂
I’m so happy that you enjoyed it. Portland is a fantastic city.
Thanks for your comprehensive video. One thing that I find striking is that during your extensive ride, one sees so few actual cyclists using these elaborate paths. This is kind of disappointing considering the effort and expense to install these routes. Thanks again!
Yeah, this was an observation I made specifically in the downtown section. It was a Friday afternoon in the summer with nice weather. It seemed like more people should have been out. I'd be curious to see what it's like during commute hours...I believe Portland has the highest rate of bike commuters for a large city.
@thegreenwaywithmac since the pandemic and protests of 2020, a huge percentage of downtown office buildings are vacant. More people are working from home. This is the case for most downtowns in America and it's predicted to stay this way in the future. Most people don't want to bike to work anyway, because it's strenuous/physically difficult, impractical and takes longer. Perhaps Portland can create more biking events/tours that will better utilize these greenways.
@@LR2894h It makes sense that things have changed. We have observed this in San Francisco as well. I disagree about biking, though. I sold my car 4 years ago (and share one with my wife) and I enjoy my commute now. It’s 18 miles round trip and I don’t sweat since it has the pedal assist. I don’t feel as good if I have to drive.
Portland is one of the few American cities where you can safely go car-free or car-lite. I expect they will have a resurgence in biking. Car culture is expensive.
Yeah totally a waste of money to have bikeways. The homeless often idle in the lanes while high. I love our liberal and utopian paradise!
That’s not what I observed on my ride. Safe bike infrastructure helps people move throughout the city without adding pollution, they reduce the risk of injuring others with 2,000 pound metal boxes, and help people live a healthy lifestyle. Using your logic we shouldn’t spend money on roads and highways because of traffic and people living in their vehicles…something I’m not opposed to if you want to be fair.
Portland is a great city for cycling year round, and even though it rains a lot in the winter, it's usually a light rain, so all you need is a good hoodie. Summers are dry and sunny, without the big afternoon thunderstorms and tornadoes like you see in the midwest. Temperatures usually stay above freezing, so there really aren't that many days you have to leave the bike home like many cities. Even though the west hills are challenging, the Eastside is fairly level and an easy ride. Portland does have its share of crime, drugs, and homelessness, so use common sense when you go for a ride.
This is all very helpful to know. I bike as part of my daily commute and agree that the rain is not a big deal if you’re prepared with appropriate clothing. People on the west side can use an e-bike if the hills are a problem. Portland isn’t perfect, but I think it’s good enough for most people to safely move through the city without a car. Thanks for taking the time to share your perspective!