[Fwd: Bicycle Boulevards]

[Mark C. Mason]

Peter, you've been a player in Portland's bicycle scene and city policy
for as long as I've known you.  Would you suggest some resources
that Mike could use in this mission?  (see below)

Maybe there are other groups or individuals in Portland
that should be aware of Mike's new group and it's mission,
and vice-versa.

And yes, I did ride my bike to work today.  :-)

Thanks,
Mark

-------- Original Message --------

Subject:	Bicycle Boulevards
Date:	Tue, 25 Sep 2007 14:25:37 -0700
From:	Mike Shaver <msha...@yahoo.com>
To:	Not a Bus Route <notabu...@googlegroups.com>

The neighbors on Lincoln St have been arguing for a while that the bus
is incompatible with the designation of Lincoln St as a Bicycle
Boulevard, where "bicycles are given priority status". I believe that
Taylor is a bicycle route at least, and 52nd is possibly being
considered for a Bicycle Boulevard designation. I see the many
conflicts with buses and  bikes on Lincoln or at least the increased
feeling of pressure from the bus that bicycles get. There should be
strong arguments for both the reroute and permanent route changing to
avoid these bicycle streets.

So we didn't overtake the reroute issue, I set up a separate group
related to the issues on Lincoln and Bicycle Boulevards. We would
welcome all those on 52nd, Taylor, 55th, Madison to join.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lincoln_bicycle_blvd/

Thanks,
Mike

-- 
Mark Mason
Engineering Design Team