PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) -- Although Downtown Portland has been struggling for years since the pandemic to get people to dine and shop, on Sunday, tens of thousands of people spent the day riding and strolling through the area during the return of the Portland Sunday Parkways event.

Marking its 18th year in 2025, Portland Sunday Parkways allows people to get to know different parts of city with bikeable routes. Portland Bureau of Transportation estimates around 20,000 came out on Sunday.

Sunday also marks the first Kaiser Permanente Portland Sunday Parkways event in downtown since 2019.

People at the event told KOIN 6 News they had been avoiding the area for a few years after the pandemic, but are starting to see changes. Furthermore, events like these help them explore the area beyond the

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