| Subject: | Portland area road conditions: the gravel! |
| Date: | 01/19/2004 03:21 AM |
| From: | Keith A. Prior |
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0022_01C3DE7B.D1C1F980 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Going to open up the discussion here regarding the state of the very roads we commute and train on. I went out in my car this weekend and surveyed my usual training routes and 90% of them have the bike lane or shoulder area where we travel completely covered in that dreaded gravel. I have heard that the city plans to have it all swept up in time but if it does not interfere with motor vehicle traffic and only endangers cyclists in their little bike lanes they might not make it a priority. I wonder...will the 13 or so mile stretch of Marine drive even be considered? Will all of Rt 30 to St Helens get a sweep? I have only been living in Portland since 98 and riding a bike less than that so I don't know what it was like the last time we had the snow and ice and gravel. (Was there a last time) How long did it take them to get it cleaned up or was it just a matter of many trashed tires and rain washing it away. Also...is there a way we could all write letters or make phone calls to the city to get our bike lanes and shoulders cleared up. Of course I could be acting too soon and should just cut our wonderful city some slack and give them at least a few weeks to get organized and get it cleared up. Thanks All, Keith Prior Los Ciclistas ------=_NextPart_000_0022_01C3DE7B.D1C1F980 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE>@page Section1 {size: 8.5in 11.0in; margin: 1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; } P.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman" } LI.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman" } DIV.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman" } A:link { COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline } SPAN.MsoHyperlink { COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline } A:visited { COLOR: purple; TEXT-DECORATION: underline } SPAN.MsoHyperlinkFollowed { COLOR: purple; TEXT-DECORATION: underline } SPAN.EmailStyle17 { COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: Arial } DIV.Section1 { page: Section1 } </STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY lang=EN-US vLink=purple link=blue> <DIV><SPAN class=937075118-19012004><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2>G<SPAN class=937075118-19012004>oing to open up the discussion here regarding the state of the very roads we commute and train on.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=937075118-19012004><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN class=937075118-19012004>I went out in my car this weekend and surveyed my usual training routes and 90% of them have the bike</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=937075118-19012004><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN class=937075118-19012004>lane or shoulder area where we travel completely covered in that dreaded gravel. I have heard that the city plans to </SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=937075118-19012004><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN class=937075118-19012004>have it all swept up <EM>in time</EM> but if it does not interfere with motor vehicle traffic and only endangers cyclists in </SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=937075118-19012004><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN class=937075118-19012004>their little bike lanes they might not make it a priority. I wonder...will the 13 or so mile stretch of Marine drive even be considered?</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=937075118-19012004><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN class=937075118-19012004>Will all of Rt 30 to St Helens get a sweep? </SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=937075118-19012004><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN class=937075118-19012004></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=937075118-19012004><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN class=937075118-19012004>I have only been living in Portland since 98 and riding a bike less than that so I don't know what it was like the </SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=937075118-19012004><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN class=937075118-19012004>last time we had the snow and ice and gravel. (Was there a last time) How long did it take them to get it cleaned up or</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=937075118-19012004><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN class=937075118-19012004>was it just a matter of many trashed tires and rain washing it away. Also...is there a way we could </SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=937075118-19012004><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN class=937075118-19012004>all write letters or make</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=937075118-19012004><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN class=937075118-19012004>phone calls to the city to get our bike lanes and shoulders cleared up. Of course I could be acting too soon and should just cut our wonderful</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=937075118-19012004><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN class=937075118-19012004>city some slack and give them at least a few weeks to get organized and get it cleared up.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=937075118-19012004><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN class=937075118-19012004></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=937075118-19012004><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN class=937075118-19012004>Thanks All,</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=937075118-19012004><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN class=937075118-19012004></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=937075118-19012004><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN class=937075118-19012004>Keith Prior</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=937075118-19012004><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN class=937075118-19012004>Los Ciclistas</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0022_01C3DE7B.D1C1F980-- |
