Bicycle traffic jam

Posted on May 19, 2009 by .
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There’s traffic congestion on the bike lanes in Portland, Oregon.

There are now so many people riding bicycles in Portland that we have bike traffic jams on the city’s bridges. And statistics suggest that the handlebar-to-handlebar congestion is growing faster than the bumper-to-bumper variety

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See also:

  1. Infographic: Traffic jams
  2. Portland traffic count: 18% of vehicles are bikes
  3. Oregon Handmade Bicycle Show
  4. Fear of traffic?


  • SiouxGeonz

    There was an article in the Washington Post a couple of years ago about traffic issues on their bike paths, tho' it was more about the problems of lots of cyclists at different speeds colliding.

  • SiouxGeonz

    There was an article in the Washington Post a couple of years ago about traffic issues on their bike paths, tho' it was more about the problems of lots of cyclists at different speeds colliding.

  • Yokota Fritz

    In the Denver area, local officials enacted speed limits on the bike paths because of frequent conflicts and a fatality.

  • Yokota Fritz

    In the Denver area, local officials enacted speed limits on the bike paths because of frequent conflicts and a fatality.