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The City of Portland has just released the results from their 15th annual “Citizen Survey”. This survey was sent to residents in all 95 neighborhoods with over 22,000 responses being tallied. The goal of the survey was to find out what residents think of a variety of city services; from trash collection to water quality.
There was only one bike-related question:
In general, how do you rate streets in your neighborhood on safety of bicyclists?
Here’s a quick look at the results:
Last week I posted about bike lawyer Ray Thomas’ new campaign to take the law into our own hands when in a serious injury crash with a motorist. The advice was great, but it wasn’t very clear to non-lawyers.
What follows below is a more straightforward checklist of what do to after you’ve been hit. It was submitted to me by local cyclist Austin Ramsland.