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Watch this video (below) of Siobhan Doyle from her hospital bed. Siobhan is the woman who was hit while riding her bike on Interstate a few days ago.
At about the 2:00 minute mark, Siobhan starts to tear up and shares some poignant, a bit unexpected, yet very important thoughts about sharing the road.
This video was shot by Michael Rollins of the Oregonian (it might take a few seconds to appear and load):
[Updated: 11/9, 8:32am, 2:38pm – See update below about date/time change.]
[This article is by BikePortland.org columnist Elly Blue]
“The event will be a peaceful, legal, and highly visible statement that we all belong equally in our roads and public spaces and that we are all committed to working together…”
–Elly Blue
In response to last month’s tragedies, we’ve seen a lot of amazing work done by Sam Adam’s office, bicycling leaders, and the community.
We’ve also discovered the inability of our police to appropriately respond to situations involving bicyclists. But this is not just about the police — this is a political problem, and a cultural problem, and its roots go deep. And it’s not just about bicyclists — we are *all* vulnerable road users every time we leave our homes.
Commissioner Adams has announced a public forum on bike safety to take place Wednesday (11/14).
From the introduction to a post on CommissionerSam.com:
“..we want to the public to know about what we’ve been doing in our office both in response to these specific tragedies, and to ensure that similar tragedies are prevented at all problem intersections in the future…”
And here are some of the “immediate steps” they are taking:
Portland-based lawyer Bob Mionske, a former Olympian who writes a monthly legal column for VeloNews Magazine, has added yet another voice of concern over what he sees as a bias against bicyclists at the Portland Police Bureau.
In his most recent VeloNews column, A fatal bias?, Mionske goes in-depth on four cases that he says are “textbook incidents of anti-cyclist bias.”
Three of the four cases are from Portland collisions that happened in the past month.
The other day while riding down on the Esplanade near the Salmon Street parking lot, I noticed a man walking a peculiar bicycle and trailer set-up.
For the past two years, the Sprockettes calendar has been a hot holiday item, and now they’ve done it again.
This year’s calendar will be bigger, glossier, and full of more awesome photos, graphics and pure Sprockette dancing goodness than ever before.
From the looks of these images, and from what I’ve heard from the ladies, I’m sure these calendars are going to sell out quick.
Red road bike with some black lettering, wired for computer, quick release wheels, 2005 model, looks just like picture.
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[Updated: 11:28am]
“The driver said the civilian investigation seems like a ‘vigilante’ move that won’t fix anything.”
–From a story on KGW
The Oregonian and KGW have picked up the story about an effort by a local lawyer to work toward a citation against the driver in Tuesday’s collision.
Today’s Oregonian also features a forceful opinion piece from local lawyer Robert Reid.
Gary Fisher kids bike with 20″ wheels, front shock, V brakes, 5/6 speed grip shift. Had Portland Short Track Number plate when stolen
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