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from:
http://www.nsc.org/lrs/statinfo/odds.htm
odds of dying in a car = 1:17,625
odds of dying on a bike = 1:375,412
odds look better on a bike. regardless of bike lanes or not.
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From: obra-bounces@list.obra.org [mailto:obra-bounces@list.obra.org] On
Behalf Of Edward Kendrick Sr
Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 9:06 AM
To: obra@list.obra.org
Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] Bicycling in Hillsboro
We need bike lanes on every kind of road in the US, no exceptions.
I was almost killed by a car last year. That changed my perspective on
life.
We are facing an obesity crisis and global warming. Our infrastructure,
nationwide, is crumbling. Our economy is very unkind to middle America.
Given these problems, bike lanes are among the solutions that our
elected people need to deliver. That's what they get paid to do.
(Last month, I was in a benefit race for a Junior rider, who was killed,
while training in a group of ~8 riders. It could have been any one of
us.)
Evan MacKenzie wrote:
It has come to my attention that a number of Hillsboro City
Councilors are not in favor of bicycle lanes.
My first question then is:
What is the ORS that refers to bicycles having the right to use
the full lane when no bicycle lane is present?
My second question:
In lieu of a bicycle lane, should I start riding my bike down
the middle of the right lane on Cornell Road at 8 mph? Should I ask the
Street Committee and the City Council why a street designated as a
collector, without any traffic calming devices (NE Grant Street) is
designated a part of the City's Bicycle Way Network? This is not the
only example of such a conflict, by the way.
My third question:
Are there any people out there who would like to express their
views to our Mayor, the City Council, and/or the Hillsboro Street
Committee?
Hillsboro Street Committee
Meeting Dates
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4th Tuesdays of the month at 6PM in rooms 105/115.
Civic Center, Conference Room C113C
150 E. Main St.
Hillsboro City Council
First and third Tuesdays at 7:00 pm
Hillsboro Civic Center Auditorium
150 E Main St.
Work Session follows regular meeting in Room 113B
(Third Tuesday only)
As some of you who may have read any of my previous posts may
know, I am a public employee for a certain municipality in the Portland
metro area. Given my status, I have to be very careful when I pursue
what might be construed as "political activities" while on the job (it's
7:55 am right now). So please consider this a heads-up. Those of you out
there in the cycling community, if you feel the need to offer some
constructive criticism of this viewpoint, it's up to you.
Please feel free to forward this message to people in the
cycling community, but PLEASE DO NOT forward this email directly to
anyone at the City of Hillsboro.
Keep the rubber side down,
Evan
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