Portland Sunday Parkways

Ever wonder what it would be like to ride on the streets with no cars? Well, here's your chance to get a taste of it:

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Originally Posted by City of Portland Transportation Website

Opening streets to walking, bicycling, rolling, and roller blading - without having to watch out for cars!

Sunday Parkways are 7-8 mile "temporary parks" along city streets connecting neighborhoods and residents in North, Northeast and Southeast Portland.

A relaxed, non-competitive, FREE event featuring a variety of activities in several parks and along the routes.

Intersections are staffed by volunteers allowing residents to get to and from their driveways, with larger streets supervised by Portland Police Bureau staff and certified flaggers.

Sunday Parkways gives Portlanders a chance to get out and be active right in their own neighborhood. Participants walked, biked, rolled, ran, strolled, and roller bladed along the route to activities in the parks as well as to nearby shops and businesses in the vicinity.

Why?

Sunday Parkways highlights Portland as a walkable and bikeable city. Sunday Parkways is ideal for connecting neighborhoods by bringing people together with healthy activities. Health, transportation, recreation, community, environmental, and safety interests all benefit by partnering to implement Sunday Parkways.

*9 am to 4 pm each day*

June 21 North Portland

July 19 Northeast Portland

August 16 Southeast Portland

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More Info:
http://www.portlandonline.com/transp...ex.cfm?c=46103

Video footage from last year:
http://www.streetfilms.org/archives/...nday-parkways/

Sounds great...yes, Portland is a great walking and biking town...hope you have a lot of fun, SGT! Glad to see that you,BiaK and kiddos have all settled in so well there...now with a dog too, right?
Mary

I am going to check into doing this all three days, it looks like a good way to have fun, meet people and see parts of Portland I've never seen.

Anyone else up for some fun? I would love to meet you there.

~Kate