Community Cycling Center

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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]

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History and activities

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]

Reception

CCC won in the Best Bike Shop category of Willamette Week 's annual 'Best of Portland' readers' poll in 2025. [10]

References

  1. ↑ "Community Cycling Center Aims to Reduce Barriers to Biking". Willamette Week. 2024-07-24. Retrieved 2025-05-20.
  2. ↑ Agyeman, Julian (2013-05-09). Introducing Just Sustainabilities: Policy, Planning, and Practice. Zed Books Ltd. ISBN   978-1-78032-410-4.
  3. ↑ Blue, Elly (2014-11-29). Bikenomics: How Bicycling Can Save The Economy. Microcosm Publishing. ISBN   978-1-62106-943-0.
  4. ↑ Smart Cycling: Promoting Safety, Fun, Fitness, and the Environment. Human Kinetics. 2011. ISBN   978-0-7360-8717-9.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ Pucher, John; Buehler, Ralph (2012-10-19). City Cycling. MIT Press. ISBN   978-0-262-30499-3.
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. ↑ Sparling, Zane (2024-12-18). "Longtime Portland biking nonprofit raises $389K to keep wheels spinning". The Oregonian. Retrieved 2025-05-20.
  9. ↑ "Community Cycling Center lives! Org hits key fundraising goal". BikePortland. 2024-09-25. Retrieved 2025-05-20.
  10. ↑ "2025 Best of Portland Readers' Poll: Goods and Services". Willamette Week. 2025-07-23. Retrieved 2025-07-24.

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