Commuting by bike
Conservative estimates show that bike commuting has tripled in Portland since 1991. Bicycle commuters are saving millions each year.
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Bike There! map on Google Earth
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Fly across the Portland, Oregon metropolitan region as you view the bike map in this 3-D simulation.
How to use the Bike There! map on Google Earth
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Download the free Google Earth beta application and install the application on your PC or Mac.
(http://earth.google.com/downloads.html) - Download Metro's bike routes file "bike_there.kmz" below.
- Open Google Earth on your computer; from within GoogleEarth, go to file > open and open the Metro file.
- Use the dashboard in Google Earth to fly over the region and have a bird's eye view of the bike routes.
Bicycle Trip Planning Tool
The trip planner function in GoogleEarth is not currently designed for bike route selection. If you want to explore specific origin/destinations for selecting a bike route, please visit ByCycle.org. ByCycle's web site includes an online bicycle trip planner for the Portland metropolitan region. It uses Metro's bike map data.
Tell us what you think. Send feedback via e-mail to Mark Bosworth bosworth@metro.dst.or.us, or call 503-797-1583.
Need assistance?
Mark Bosworth
503-797-1583
bosworth@metro.dst.or.us
Files that are downloadable from this page
- BikeThere! in KML format 1.7M KMZ archive | Published July 25, 2007
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