1) Legislative support at the state level for more bike-friendly state laws, especially states with no organized statewide advocacy group, i.e. Oklahoma;

2) PAC-style funding for said effort;

3) Stay away from talkin' bike lanes and talk MUTCD standard for NARROW outside lanes that encourage motorists to obey the three-foot passing laws;

4) Lobby for federal funding of encouragement programs, not engineering. The "bike" lanes are already built. We need pork for high-dollar TV and web ads.

I get hit with it all the time. And, if I couldn't take it, I wouldn't dish it.

Tim, schedule a really kewl B-B ride on shift.

I commute by bike just about every day--probably 95 percent of the days I'm in the office.

I don't own an SUV.

I do own an '82 biodiesel Mercedes 240D. Ninety percent of the miles I drive--about 3,000 per year--are to the airport and back. I would like to drive (and fly) less.

I wanted to take the Amtrak from Portland to Salem. My understanding is that the schedule is pretty limited.

Last thing: the Oregon Bike Summit seemed pretty awesome to me--a really well-organized, meaningful event that will provide long-term benefits to bicycling statewide.

What's your deal? If you are trying to fault Tim B. for driving an SUV, tell us where you get that information.

I, for one, agree with you--but these comments come from left field, man. You just gotta contextualize them.

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Thanks.