A J Zelada

A J Zelada

BikePortland Articles by A J Zelada

Pedal On, Kittie Knox

Kittie Knox is surfacing again with welcome arms. Knox is a cyclist from Boston who lived in the late 1800s and died early at age 26. There are few facts and one might think she is a token to be bandied about. But this is not true. And thanks to Lorenz Finison who published The … Read more


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I want a new traffic lane

I want a new traffic lane. I want a new traffic lane for my birthday. Well not my birthday, but it would be great to have new lane to celebrate the Oregon Bike Bill. The lanes I want are on the Abernathy Bridge for bicycles, e-bikes, scooters, skateboarders, pedestrians and who are primarily human powered … Read more


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Legislative – ODOT Autonomous Vehicle Task Force

Jul 12, 2018 Dear Governor Kate Brown, RE: Multiple Issues of the Task Force on Autonomous Vehicles (AV) I have concern there is no representation from our Oregon Pedestrian and Bicycle community advocacy groups on the legislatively created Autonomous Vehicle Taskforce. I realize this Task Force Committee was legislatively driven & ODOT appointed, but our … Read more


Death and Congestion

I have been thinking about death lately. First~ there is Vision Zero; there are my patients (I work with the end of life vision care); every month there are friends and acquaintances who face an earlier demise than the rest of us; and then there is Ragnar. Ragnar is in a soap opera that I … Read more