Portland’s Sunday Parkways

What would happen if you chose a six-mile route through a neighborhood and closed those streets to all motorized traffic on a fine Sunday afternoon?

You’d get all manner of people out – riding, walking, skating, who knows what – to mingle and laugh and relax and get some exercise. And that’s what Portland’s Sunday Parkways program is all about.

It started in 2008, and it’s grown every year. For 2011, five different regions of Portland will have their own Sunday Parkways day. Planned to go past parks and down pleasant streets, these routes connect not just neighborhoods but people. It’s a block party that goes for miles.

And it’s another reason Oregon is paradise for pedaling.

http://www.portlandsundayparkways.com/