Bicycle Friendly Communities

Port Townsend, WA | Bronze Level

Community Highlights: According to the last census Port Townsend has a 5.3 percent bicycle mode share. With over 505 percent of arterial roads having bike lanes or shoulders, 35 miles of paved trails and 18 miles of natural surface trails over 9 square miles of land the community is very conducive to bicycling. Not to stop there, local engineers and planners have attended Road I courses taught by the League of American Bicyclists and 3 out 4 schools offer safety programs, with a local teen coffee house offering bicycle maintenance education. Additionally, city government employees are encouraged to bike commute to work through covered bike parking & showers.

Most significant recent accomplishment: Port Townsend recently formed a bicycle education program targeting middle school students.