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bikepdx
PROJECT STATEMENT
The problem is the future strain on Portland’s transportation infrastructure, due to the expected population growth of 1 million people by the year 2040.
Portland is expecting to become denser, and though Portland’s population has increased, the congestion of traffic has not. This is due to Portland’s predominant bike culture. Portland is America’s biking capital, with a bicycle commuter rate of 6.3% vs. the national average of 0.61%. There is already an existing system of bicycle pathways through the city of Portland, so building new infrastructure is not the way to generate more cyclists.
Our intent is to help Portland reach the modal split goal of 25% bicycle trips taken by the population inside the metro area. (more…)
We have created page accounts to go along with our app. This allows for deeper connection and to get the ball rolling on creating this app as a marketable item. Also along with the use of Facebook and Twitter as base pages, we have created a hashtag that goes along with our app and pages to further group conversations and connections.
https://www.facebook.com/bikingportland
https://twitter.com/BikingPDX
#bportland
Here is a mapped out version of the development of the Bike PDX app so far…