An exciting experiment is planned this Sunday, June 22nd in our neighborhood of North Portland. Sunday Parkways is modeled after the Ciclovias (bike path en español) event in Bogotá, Columbia where every Sunday streets are closed to cars so bikers, skaters, walkers and runners can enjoy the streets without traffic.  The event in Portland this Sunday is from 8am – 2pm and straddles 1-5 to connecting four neighborhoods in North Portland with six miles of streets closed to cars.  There is no start or finish to the event, so people wanting to enjoy the streets can fall in with the parkway at any point.

Portland is the perfect place for an ‘experiment’ such as this, a town where the City Auditor estimates that at least 16% of people already use their bike as primary or secondary form of transportation to work.  We are the first large US city to achieve Platinum Level status of Bicycle Friendly Community from the League of American Bicyclists, and the community is open and excited for new developments made in the world of biking in Portland.

Yay North Portland.