[OHPV-list] Bike commuting in the news

[Kirke Johnson]

Can suburbs change gears?  *Designed for motorized traffic, cities are
grappling with the needs of cyclists *

  FACTBOX

• Suburban cycling by the numbers
<http://www.oregonlive.com/search/index.ssf?/oregonian/factbox/index.ssf?/base/factboxes/1158364507220860.xml>

• Bike commuting, in their words
<http://www.oregonlive.com/search/index.ssf?/oregonian/factbox/index.ssf?/base/factboxes/115836990326440.xml>
  Thursday, September 21, 2006DANA TIMS and LISA GRACE LEDNICER

The morning commute along Oregon 99W through Tigard is in full swing. Car
after car, truck after truck, upwards of 50,000 a day, roar to destinations
throughout the metro area.

On one side of the highway, a dusty stripe of fading white paint just before
a strip mall entrance reserves 5 feet of the five-lane roadway for
bicyclists. Beyond the driveway, the striping disappears.

The other side of the highway bears no striping at all.

(more at
http://www.oregonlive.com/search/index.ssf?/base/metro_southwest_news/1158364539220370.xml?oregonian?swens&coll=7
)


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Kirke Johnson kirkej at gmail.com
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'06 Prius Super White #7  & '03 Super White
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