Portland Bicyclists

From yesterday's Oregonian, some statistics about bicycling in Portland:

• 1992: 83 miles of bikeways in Portland
• 2005: 259 miles

• 1992: 2,850 daily bike trips across Portland bridges
• 2005: 10,192 daily trips

By some estimates, 3% of all commuter trips are now by bicycle.

City Commissioner Sam Adams says he wants to continue to build the biking infrastructure:

"I'm talking about (competing with) world-class biking communities," Adams says. "My goal is to exceed their ridership."