You're the best!
You're the best!
Thank You!
Hello Bike Count Volunteers!
We wanted to take one last opportunity to thank you all for your tremendous dedication to Portland's 2017 Bike Count this summer. You are truly amazing!
This year we collectively counted bikes at 272 intersections - blasting last year's record 257 sites. This includes 15 brand new sites that had never been counted. Wow!!
In total, we tallied 48,580 people on bikes - that's more than the population of Caribbean island nation Sint Maarten, a constituent country of the Netherlands! (And we are so close to catching up to the Faroe Islands.)
This year 40 sites saw their highest count since the dawn of bike counts (er, around the year 2000). That's more than 14% of all count sites!
Please pat yourself on the back and know that each of those 544 count hours is very much appreciated. Click here to find count totals for all your favorite sites!
And now what you've all been waiting for, a few special recognitions for some very special volunteers... 
Yellow Jersey Volunteer of the Year
(most sites counted)
Dennis Delore (2nd year in a row)
15 completed counts!
And also a special thank you to runners-up Carla Ralston, Edmundo Rea, & Tina Skiles (8 counts each) and Amy Rosenthal, David Weymann, & Scott Jaqua (7 counts each)!
This elite group not only raised the bar for next year, but also conducted an amazing 20% of all counts, tallying 16% of all bikes counted!
Count Bike-ulas (most bikes tallied in a single count)
Jeff Owen, Lance Poehler, & Heather McCarey 
1,124 bikes counted at NE Lloyd & Oregon/Eastbank Esplanade!
And thanks to runners-up Lori Haslacher with 1,108 bikes at SE Caruthers & Water; and Lis Cooper, Doug Couch, & Gabrielle Foulkes with 1,050 bikes at N Russell & Vancouver.. 
That's a lot of bikes - nearly 7% of all bikes tallied!
In It to Win It (fewest bikes tallied in a single count)
Edmundo Rea
2 bikes counted at NE Holladay & 114th!
And thanks to all the runners-up who counted just 5 or fewer bikes:
Robert Williams (4 bikes at SE Bush & 102nd); Tina Skiles (5 bikes at SW Arnold & 35th); Vickie Clay (5 bikes at SW Hamilton & 45th)
Such patience - every bike counts!
Where did that come from? (biggest change from last year)
Amy Rosenthal & David Weymann
SW Naito & Ankeny up 43% from 447 bikes in 2016 to 639 bikes in 2017!
And thank you to runners-up Jeff Lang (NE Multnomah & 11th up 56% from 163 to 254 bikes), and Ann DeNies (SE Clinton & 34th up 16% from 524 to 610 bikes)
Thanks, Better Naito!
Board Certified (most skateboarders at a single site)
Amy Rosenthal & David Weymann
13 skateboarders counted at SW Naito & Ankeny!
These two also counted 10 skateboards on the Burnside Bridge!
Way to go brahs-that is so sick!
Spotted on the Springwater (best extra)
Marj Winzenried & Rick Maquoid
Who saw a Townsend Mole at Springwater Trail & Oaks Bottom
They also counted 577 people on bikes!
Overtime Over-achievers
A huge pat on the back for those volunteers who stepped up in the last few weeks of the season to complete extra counts:
Abra McNair~Amy Rosenthal~Ann DeNies~Bill Harris~Bonnie Wilson~Carrie Leonard~Connie Crenshaw-Moore~David Weymann~Dennis Delore~Edmundo Rea~Kurt Lachcik~Lori Haslacher~Susan Dean~Tina Skiles~Tom Gihring
Long-time Volunteer, First-time Award
Some well-deserved recognition for those of you who keep coming back year after year...for the past five years!
Abra McNair~Albyn Jones~Amy Alice Hammond~Ben Weber~Bob Eckland~Bunny Marechal~Dennis Delore~Ed Kushner~Flauren Ricketts~Gayle Marechal~Gretchin Lair~John Beaston~Joshua Cohen~Keith Liden~Kirk Paulsen~Marsha Hanchrow~Sarah Rosenberg~Stephanie Gaidosh~Tim Baker~Tom Gihring~Veronica Vadakan~Vickie Clay
High Score Heroes
Everyone (because we all win when more people bike!)
Through wild fires, an eclipse, rain, and hectic schedules, you persisted. A heartfelt thank you from PBOT to all of you for completing a bike count or two (or 15) and contributing toward a better, bikier Portland.
To all 118 of you with busy, crowded, noisy, smelly, unruly, uneventful counts that nevertheless stuck it out to the finish!
Aaron Brown~Abby Hazlett~Abra McNair~Alan Soles~Albyn Jones~Alison Demperio~Amy Alice Hammond~Amy Rosenthal~Amy Schuff~Angel York~Ann DeNies~Ann McLauglin~Anna Kirgiorgis~Becca Lee~Ben Brady~Ben Foote~Ben Weber~Bill Gallagher~Bill Harris~Bill Hendricks~Bob Eckland~Bonnie Wilson~Bunny Marechal~Calvin White~Carla Ralston~Carrie Leonard~Catherine Meyers~Cathy Turner~Chris McCraw~Connie Crenshaw-Moore~David Blanchard~David Moore~David Raphael~David Weymann~Dawnella Higgins~Dennis Delore~Doug Couch~Ed Kushner~Edmundo Rea~Emily Roth~Emily Wilson~Erin Stack~Erinne Goodell~Flauren Ricketts~Francesca Patricolo~Gabrielle Foulkes~Gayle Marechal~Gretchin Lair~Heather McCarey~Jacob Vanderlinde~Jane Brown~Jeff Lang~Jeff Melnick~Jeff Owen~Jim Archuleta~Jim Gambrell~John Beaston~Joshua Allman~Joshua Cohen~Joy Jaquillard~Justin Monahan~Karly Ritter~Kat Moore~Keith Liden~Ken Kane~Kirk Paulsen~Kristin Sweeney~Kurt Lachcik~Lana Younglove~Lance Poehler~Laura DeSimone~Laura Heit~Leeor Schweitzer~Leon Skiles~Lindsay Pantano Knapp~Lis Cooper~Liz Hormann~Lori Haslacher~Mandy Kenny~Marj Winzenried~Mark Turner~Marsha Hanchrow~Matthew Cramer~Maura Pisciotta~Megan Horst~Meghan Mack~Molly Hiro~Nancy Tanner~Pam Fairchild~Preston Smith~Ray Tanner~Reza Farhoodi~Richard Kappler~Rick Maquoid~Robert Williams~Sam Fader~Samuel Taylor~Sandip Vayas~Sarah Goforth~Sarah Johnston~Sarah Rosenberg~Scott Jaqua~Stacy Flaherty~Stephanie Gaidosh~Susan Cole~Susan Dean~Susan Milholland~Taffy Everts~Tasha Byrd~Taylor Phillips~Tim Baker~Tim Mulligan~Tina Skiles~Tom Gihring~Veronica Vadakan~Vickie Clay~Zach Hendrickson
THANK YOU
We hope you enjoyed the bike count this summer and would love to see you all again next year. In the meantime, you can find past year's Bike Count Reports and other bike count information from PBOT at portlandoregon.gov/TRANSPORTATION/44671.
If you have any comments or questions about the bike count contact Taylor Sutton, taylor.sutton@portlandoregon.gov, 503-823-4533. See you next year! 
To help ensure equal access to City programs, services and activities, the City of Portland will reasonably modify policies/procedures and provide auxiliary aids/services to persons with disabilities. Call 503-823-5831, TDD 503-823-6868 with such requests or visit http://www.portlandonline.com/index.cfm?c=43193.
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