Seattle, Portland bike lanes make top 10 national list

By Kris Parfitt

Photo at right: A cyclist rides along the winning bike lane on Broadway Avenue E., Capitol Hill, Seattle

 

In an unprecedented acknowledgement, Seattle made the top 10—twice—in a list of America’s Best New Bike Lanes. Portland also made the list. The list was released by People for Bikes last December.

Seattle’s Second Avenue bike lane was listed as second best, and Capitol Hill’s Broadway Boulevard bike lane landed in the sixth spot. Portland’s SW Multnomah Boulevard was the third jewel in the PNW’s crown of award-winning bike infrastructure, taking seventh place on the nation-wide list.

The non-profit, Peopleforbikes.org, counts 184 protected bike lanes in the United States ranging from those separated from vehicular traffic by planters and curbs to those separated by parked cars, flexible plastic posts known as bollards, or simply delineated by painted lines or lanes.

Way to go Seattle and Portland, let’s make this an annual trend!

Additional details about the list can be found here: www.peopleforbikes.org/blog/entry/americas-10-best-new-bike-lanes-of-2014

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