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Proximity is key to our future

For a broader perspective on transportation, look closer to home.

Discussions of bicycling and transportation revolve naturally around, well, transportation. But involved citizens might be better advised to focus less on mobility, and more on staying put and focusing on what’s right next door or down the street. Or, more to the point, on what ought to be there, but isn’t.

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Stolen specialized hardrock comp

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Mostly Yellow with disconnected front derailer, and shifter removed. Gold Hell bent handle bars. Seat has minor tears. Aluminum rear rack and A front fear. Deore rear derailer with rapid fire shifter that doesn’t show gears accurately.

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Stolen Giant Comfort

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Blue w/silver; red led flasher mounted to seat post. Bike was in fully fenced side yard and not visible from the street.

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Safe passing law debate begins

Share the Road - North Plains

[A road in North Plains.]

Yesterday, the BTA’s Senate Bill 299 — which includes a provision about requiring a minimum three-foot passing distance — got its first debate on the floor of the Judiciary Committee in Salem.

A reporter from the Associated Press was there and filed a report that was picked up by the Oregonian.

The story includes many sides of the debate, starting off with comments of Jim Bombardier, a 58 year-old who was nailed by an SUV and is still in rehab six months later. He said:

“If it’s enforced and people take it conscientiously, it will save lives.”

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