Community Cycling Center
The Community Cycling Center is a non-profit community bicycle repair shop and education center in the Alberta Arts District of Northeast Portland, Oregon.[1][2][3] It has a Create a Commuter program[4] and refurbishes bicycles for disadvantaged children.[5]
History and activities
[edit]Community Cycling Center (CCC) was started by a Brian Lacy, who had previously worked at Citybikes Workers Cooperative, in 1994. The CCC gained national recognition in the 1990s for its Yellow Bikes program,[6] which dispersed refurbished bikes, which had been painted yellow to help distinguish them from privately owned bicycle, throughout the city so that anybody who found one could use it for a time, leave it wherever they wanted, and then it would be used by another rider who would do the same. This program is a precursor to modern app-based bikeshare programs found in many cities throughout the United States
In 2002, the CCC recycled over 30,000 pounds of material and re-used an additional 70,000 pounds.[7]
In 2024, the CCC celebrated its 30 anniversary. Shortly afterwards, it announced it was at risk of closure and launched a major fundraising campaign, which successfully raised $450,000 in 4 months, securing funding for the organization through 2025,[8] as reported by BikePortland.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Community Cycling Center Aims to Reduce Barriers to Biking". Willamette Week. 2024-07-24. Retrieved 2025-05-20.
- ^ Agyeman, Julian (2013-05-09). Introducing Just Sustainabilities: Policy, Planning, and Practice. Zed Books Ltd. ISBN 978-1-78032-410-4.
- ^ Blue, Elly (2014-11-29). Bikenomics: How Bicycling Can Save The Economy. Microcosm Publishing. ISBN 978-1-62106-943-0.
- ^ Smart Cycling: Promoting Safety, Fun, Fitness, and the Environment. Human Kinetics. 2011. ISBN 978-0-7360-8717-9.
- ^ Brawn, Jeff (2022-10-01). Secret Portland, OR: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure. Reedy Press LLC. ISBN 978-1-68106-405-5.
- ^ Pucher, John; Buehler, Ralph (2012-10-19). City Cycling. MIT Press. ISBN 978-0-262-30499-3.
- ^ Furness, Zachary Mooradian; Furness, Zack (2010-03-12). One Less Car: Bicycling and the Politics of Automobility. Temple University Press. ISBN 978-1-59213-614-8.
- ^ Sparling, Zane (2024-12-18). "Longtime Portland biking nonprofit raises $389K to keep wheels spinning". The Oregonian. Retrieved 2025-05-20.
- ^ "Community Cycling Center lives! Org hits key fundraising goal". BikePortland. 2024-09-25. Retrieved 2025-05-20.
External links
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Media related to Community Cycling Center at Wikimedia Commons- Official website
