City Tour: Portland, Oregon

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

How Portland won its crown - and how to keep it | PeopleForBikes

Green Lane Project | PeopleForBikes

Portland's growing bike network on Vimeo

Portland Oregon City Rating Page

Oregon snags second place in 2022 ‘Bicycle Friendly State’ rankings – BikePortland

Support BikePortland

The Congressional Bike Caucus | Congressman Earl Blumenauer

One year in, Blumenauer Bridge is well-loved and well-used – BikePortland

A Connected Bike Network Offers More Than the Sum of Its Parts

TRAFFIC SAFETY – Benchmarking Report By the League of American Bicyclists

Lovejoy Viaduct image

Portland Parks will invest $15 million to fully fund the Steel Bridge Skatepark – BikePortland

'It's a dream': San Francisco's newest park is getting rave reviews

Thomas William Lawson McCall (1913-1983)

FlixBus and Greyhound | The Official Guide to Portland

OpenStreetMap

[db]

Thanks for this, I've lived here a long time but haven't ridden downtown in many years, back when you had to compete with traffic. You've inspired me to go explore all these beautiful new bike routes!

[BubbleGum-sc]

This is the most informative and visually beautiful city bike video I have ever seen. Thanks!

[gilliganmcneuter]

What a great video! Thank you so much for putting this together! So informative, and absolutely beautiful footage of the city🙂

[jamesvlambert]

Thank you for this tour. I live on the coast and want to return to Portland on bicycle next week.

[larryjex]

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.

[john.]

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!