In a
Minnesota 2020 blog post titled “A tale of two bike cities,” guest blogger Amber Collett compares biking in Minneapolis to Portland, Ore., where she recently relocated.
She touches on how both cities have made a name for themselves with more and more bike infrastructure and a growing cycle culture.
Bike boulevards differ from place to place, with Minneapolis having roomier lanes, she says.
Portland has more of them, plus protective boxes at traffic signals that keep bicyclists from breathing in exhaust.
She turns to Steve Clark at
Bike Walk Twin Cities to find out more about how the two cities compare bike-wise. He’s quoted saying, “Minneapolis has been trying to catch up to Portland in terms of on-street facilities where certainly Portland has led the way with some of the nation’s first and finest bike boulevards and miles upon miles of bike lanes.”
That being said, visitors from Portland “quickly become very envious of our off-street trails--particularly the Midtown Greenway which is basically a freeway for bicyclists and provides separate space for walkers and joggers too.”