Bicycle Sundays Start in May

Portland, Seattle open streets on Sundays

Photo at right: Young cyclists tour Portland’s scenic parkways during a 2013 Sunday Parkways event. Photo courtesy of Portland Sunday Parkways

Portland Sunday Parkways

Portland, Ore.

Get the family together and take to the streets for some healthy fun. Kaiser Permanente Northwest presents Portland Sunday Parkways events for the 7th year in a row. The events will be held in park-lined routes across the city, starting in East Portland on May 11 and concluding in Southwest Portland on Sept. 28.

Sunday Parkways is a series of free community events which opens the city’s largest public space — its streets — to people to walk, bike, roll and discover active transportation. Last year, 85,480 Portland area residents and visitors participated in the event series.

“After I moved here last summer from Chicago, Sunday Parkways quickly became one of my favorite Portland events,” City of Portland transportation director Leah Treat says. “Portlanders understand that the way we travel shapes our cities and ourselves. Every day can be Sunday Parkways for thousands of Portlanders when we provide safe routes for people to bike and walk.”
Sunday Parkways takes place one Sunday each month from May through September in a different area of the city from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Maps and route information can be found at www.portlandsundayparkways.com

2014 Portland Sunday Parkways Dates:

May 11, East Portland
June 22, North Portland
July 27, Northeast Portland
Aug. 24, Southeast Portland
Sept. 28, Southwest Portland

Seattle Bicycle Sunday

Seattle, Wash.

Bicycle or walk along Lake Washington Boulevard south of Mount Baker Beach to Seward Park on select Sundays throughout the summer. Lake Washington Boulevard will be closed to motorized traffic from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. For more information, go to www.seattle.gov/parks/bicyclesunday

2014 Seattle Bicycle Sunday Dates:

May 4, 11 and 18
June 1, 15 and 29
July 6 and 13
Aug. 10 and 24
Sept. 14 and 21

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