Portland Bicyclists Should be Taken Off The Roads
Well not exactly. Portland, Or, the home of Nemo and thousands of cyclists has a problem it seems. The price of gas, the economic slump and the fact that Portland is a cyclists dream city has led to an uptick in the amount of folks biking everywhere. Inevitably they run into vehicles, and I’m speaking both literally and figuratively.
It’s causing a lot of friction. Case in point being this video of a fracas, that took place outside our offices here at Nemo, between a motorist and a cyclist caused, according to the driver, by the cyclist not obeying traffic lights. The biker literally attacks the guys car with his bike.
On the local blogs both sides have weighed in about who’s right and who’s wrong but there is only one solution - car-free streets for cyclists and pedestrians [who are treated worse than cyclists by drivers if you ask me.]
Tags: BikePortland, Cars, Cyclists, KGW Video, Pedestrians, Portland
