Summer Bicycle Counts

Portland is counting people bicycling this summer!

Looking for an opportunity to do get out in the nice weather?

Want to get some granular knowledge of who is biking in Portland?

Want to contribute to the city’s efforts to advance bicycle transportation?

Volunteer for a bike count!

Look at the linked map and linked site list and email Roger Geller with the site number and location you'd like to count. 

Email Roger Geller at Roger.Geller@portlandoregon.gov

After a two-year pandemic-induced hiatus from our summer bike counts, we are reviving them this year.

Has the pandemic changed biking in Portland? Are people riding less or more? Are people still biking to work? What's going on with biking in different parts of the city? This summer's counts will be one way to assess.

Since we last counted in 2019, the city has added approximately 48 miles of new bikeways, most of which have been either protected or buffered bike lanes or neighborhood greenways. So, time to go out and see how Portlanders have responded.

We’ll be counting more than 300 locations this summer. Of those about 180 are already spoken for. But there are still almost 150 to go!

That’s where you come in! Please let me know:

1. if you're willing to volunteer to count and
2. if there's a specific location(s) you'd like to count  (see attached map and list of count sites)

Those sites circled in white on this linked map (and greyed out on this linked list) have been claimed. The red circled sites are still available. The ones with yellow circles are high priority sites that we’d love to have counted this summer.

If you give me a location I'll sign you up for it. First come, first served!

Look at the linked map and linked site list and email Roger Geller with the site number and location you'd like to count. 

We’ll be sending out more information in the coming weeks, including scheduling an on-line count training.

Counting is easy. Each site requires a 2-hr commitment, typically on a week night between 4-6pm. These counts provide us much useful information about the state of cycling in the city.

Much thanks for your consideration and please share with other who you think may be interested.

It is the policy of the City of Portland that no person shall be excluded from participation in, denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination in any city program, service, or activity on the grounds of race, color, national origin, disability, or other protected class status. Adhering to Civil Rights Title VI and ADA Title II civil rights laws, the City of Portland ensures meaningful access to City programs, services, and activities by reasonably providing: translation and interpretation, modifications, accommodations, alternative formats, and auxiliary aids and services. To request these services, contact the Portland Bureau of Transportation at 503-823-5185 or 311 (503-823-4000), for Relay Service & TTY: 711.