(Portland, OR) -- The number of people biking to work in Portland remains down significantly, but it is starting to rebound. The 2023 Portland Bicycle Growth Report shows a five percent increase last year compared to 2022. From 2019 through 2022, cycling was down 35 percent. It accounts about five percent of the overall commuters in the city. According to the US Census in 2020, around 11-thousand people biked to work in Portland. For the first time, the report counted e-bikes and found one in six people rode electric bikes. The report says an increasing population and negative safety perceptions are some of the reasons why numbers are down.