Bicycling

Streetfilms Portland Week: Older Adults Bicycle Program

By Aaron Naparstek

6:20 PM EST on November 2, 2006

Portland’s Older Adults Bike Program
A Clarence Eckerson Street Film
Running time: 3:37
Download: 17.37 MB

The Portland Office of Transportation recently launched a new program to re-introduce older adults to bicycling. Many of the participants haven’t ridden bikes in over 50 years.

Aaron Naparstek

Aaron Naparstek is the founder and former editor-in-chief of Streetsblog. Based in Brooklyn, New York, Naparstek's journalism, advocacy and community organizing work has been instrumental in growing the bicycle network, removing motor vehicles from parks, and developing new public plazas, car-free streets and life-saving traffic-calming measures across all five boroughs. He was also one of the original cast members of the "War on Cars" podcast. You can find more of his work on his website.

Bicycling | Elderly & Disabled | Out of Town | Portland | Streetfilms

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