As we mentioned yesterday, Congressman Jim Oberstar (D-MN) is currently on a tour promoting job creation through transportation infrastructure spending. Before coming to Portland, Oberstar stopped in Eugene to take a tour of stimulus funded projects. Joining him on the tour was Eugene Congressman Peter DeFazio. To get around, the two hopped in a pedicab from Emerald City Rickshaws which was pedaled by Portlander Ryan Hashagen (who owns Portland Pedalworks, the two businesses are sister companies).
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Hashagen, a dedicated citizen activist who helped the City craft pedicab regulations and recently delivered free ice cream to bikeway builders, was thrilled at the opportunity. He wrote via Facebook:
“Rep. Oberstar was great. He told us of how he had written the first legislative language to fund bike lanes federally & how that investment is showing results. We asked him to work on building Tricycle Lanes next…”
Nice work Ryan. Way to pedal and advocate for bikes at the same time!