I live, work and go to school in the PSU area, so for the past year + I've been relying on my legs to get me around.

This weekend I'm moving to SE Division and 72nd, so I'll be taking the bus. I don't have a bike and I'm kind of lazy, or I might be more interested. Maybe when I'm older and stuff, trying to be healthy. I will say though that my job is manual labor so uhh that shit is tiring as it is.

Having the MAX run all night would be nice, considering most of the time the 5-10 mile bike ride home is not fun if I'm tired (like any time past 12:30pm for North). I ride a lot, but for the long distance rides I trimet unless the weather is nice and I'm not in a rush.

I take the MAX work and walk anywhere in our neighborhood I need to go (NW) and use the buses for longer trips to other parts of town.

As for why I don't ride my bike very much: I need a helmet (working on that one) and....hmmmm. Well, I plan on riding it more this summer. I used to ride it a ton when I lived in Missoula.

take the MAX to work

I started bike commuting 1.5 years ago, Before that I used trimet to get to work and the grocery store. Looking back, my biggest hurdle was just getting the extra gear: rain pants, jacket, lights, good lock. I also didn't really think it was feasible to use a bike to go to cross town destinations.

Well it's not hard to get all the gear you need and I soon found that I can get to work (alberta>powell) almost twice as fast on a bike as it would take by bus.
That and the obvious health/enviro issues make me feel like I am a better person than everyone.
And I don't have to obey traffic laws.
And bikers get all the hipster babes.

I had a nasty bike v. car incident. I am now a car/bus person, but plan on biking again in the future.

i walk almost everywhere, drive and bus when i have to, max/streetcar/train when convenient. i would stop driving and ride a bike if i could figure out how to mend my injured iliotibial band, i don't think any government policy (other than, say, universal health care) can do anything about that, though. i might buy a moped if i could ride it (slowly) in the bike lane.

10+ miles one way from the floor of the Tualatin Valley and then back up over the hills and down into Portland? Who am I, Greg LeMond?

(I take the bus or my nifty Yamaha Vino 125 scooter).

i bike it to work, but i know some of my coworkers worry about safety. one guy i work with is a long time cyclist and former racer and was hit about a month ago downtown. he hasn't touched a bike since and doesn't plan on riding to work any more.

after he got hit a lot of people brought up how scary the thought of riding downtown is to them, and now they have a valid reason to be scared!

#1 - Shitty job = tiredness after 8+ hours. Last thing I wanna do is hop on my bike and have to worry for my life.
#2 - Safety. Cars are very aggressive. Not to mention about 1880 lbs bigger than I.
#3 - Gear. I cannot commit to spending a bunch of dough on rain gear, lights..etc And I refuse to ride to work if it looks like it might/is pouring.

Walk: 65%
Bus/Max: 15%
Car: 19%
Bike: 1%

I'd probably bike more if they got rid of that stupid four-way stop on se 23rd and salmon. And made crossing 30th on se salmont a lot safer. Oh, and if potter had stolen some of busse's "100 things for portland" or whatever that was. You know what i'm talking about?