Brave driver confronts Portland’s rabid cyclists

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Brave driver confronts Portland’s rabid cyclists

Brave driver confronts Portland’s rabid cyclists By Jim Meyer Photo by Shutterstock . At last, someone is doing something about the horrifyingly dangerous traffic situation in this country! That’s right, there is finally a movement to make it more difficult to ride your bike on city streets. I know, I know, Grist Reader, you have been clamoring for it for years. Sure, most of the nation’s multi-trillion-dollar freeway system already bans bicycles, and the vast expanse of the American landscape remains pleasantly bike-lane free, but still, U.S. roads are way too bike friendly , and more can be done to keep these pedal-powered menaces off the road. Witness Portland, Ore.: A series of collisions between cyclists and cars has prompted the city to close a turn-lane section of N. Wheeler Ave. The resulting detour is estimated to add between 30 and 45 seconds to commuters’ daily ...

Full article: http://grist.org/cities/the-bicycle-menace-in-portland-on...

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@VexedVeloist » 10 Oct '12, 6am
Portland, USA, cyclists under attack from local politician: [link]
@BestCitiesTowns » 07 Oct '12, 5am
Brave driver confronts Portland’s rabid cyclists: Read about One Angry Man vs the bicycles. [link]
@corbinlambeth » 06 Oct '12, 8pm
I read today that the U.S. is No. 25 in science education, but No. 1 at driving into swimming pools. [link]
@pdxpedpow » 05 Oct '12, 7pm
I would love to hear your comments! via [link] [link]
@aka60643 » 02 Oct '12, 5pm
Wickedly sarcastic take on traffic in Portland. [link]
@lukebrocki » 02 Oct '12, 3am
Finally! "A movement to make it more difficult to ride your #bike on city streets." [link] (via @grist) #sarcasm #licensing
@frankluba » 01 Oct '12, 6pm
Another hilarious chapter in #bikes vs. #cars, this time from #Portland! [link]
@LnBrkMedia » 01 Oct '12, 3pm
Obnoxious attempt to curb 'pedalphiles' in OR garners a teenage-size eyeroll [link]
@adonys_94 » 01 Oct '12, 2pm
RT @cmn: RT @cmn: Take that, cyclists! Is this really the way to fix Portland's crazy driving culture? [link]
@cmn » 01 Oct '12, 1pm
Take that, cyclists! Is this really the way to fix Portland's crazy driving culture? [link]
@softcogs » 27 Sep '12, 8pm
A funny read! Enjoy the friday and long weekend everyone! #citycyclist [link]
@b5w4 » 26 Sep '12, 7pm
We are not the only ones with bike and car issues [link] #bikeTO
@AbbieNehring » 18 Sep '12, 11pm
One driver wants Portland cyclists saying goodbye to their honeymoon. [link]
@onduhray » 18 Sep '12, 9pm
" many cyclists aren’t aware of how traffic laws pertain to them, and many drivers haven’t a clue, either." [link]
@GDC_emilia » 18 Sep '12, 5am
This is amazing: Brave driver confronts Portland’s rabid cyclists from @grist [link]
@AMJColistra » 17 Sep '12, 5pm
Don't Tread On Me....BIKE! [link]
@BenLpdx » 15 Sep '12, 5pm
“@grist …should all bicyclists have a license and register their bikes? [link]” YES, IFF it's free. Favor clean transport
@alexandmarion » 15 Sep '12, 5pm
“@grist: What do you think -- should we require all bicyclists to have a license and register their bikes? [link]” simply No!
@tgreames » 15 Sep '12, 4pm
Hmmm> RT@grist: What do you think -- should we require all bicyclists to have a license and register their bikes? [link]
@grist » 15 Sep '12, 4pm
What do you think -- should we require all bicyclists to have a license and register their bikes? [link]
@newurbanhabitat » 14 Sep '12, 5pm
License to ride? A businessman proposes a ballot measure to require Oregon #bicyclists to license their #bikes. [link]
@gitagovinda » 14 Sep '12, 4pm
Oh for fuck sake. This is stupid. RT @UtneReader: Bike licenses and registration in Oregon? [link] via @grist
@UtneReader » 14 Sep '12, 4pm
Bike licenses and registration in Oregon? [link] via @grist
@muddybike » 13 Sep '12, 10pm
Bike licencing debate is in full force [link] MT: @kriswestwood lucid contribution to bike-licence debate [link]
@kriswestwood » 13 Sep '12, 9pm
Here's the most lucid contribution to the bike-licence debate so far: Brave driver confronts Portland’s rabid cyclists [link]
@Johanna_Lynne » 13 Sep '12, 2pm
RT @northernspyfood: You sir, wear an ass for a hat. / Brave driver confronts Portland’s rabid cyclists | Grist [link]
@northernspyfood » 13 Sep '12, 2pm
You sir, wear an ass for a hat. / Brave driver confronts Portland’s rabid cyclists | Grist [link]
@BMC_CapeTown » 13 Sep '12, 9am
"...automated broomstick launchers that fire wooden dowells into your spokes... and pit traps buried in bike lanes" [link]
@stevevance » 13 Sep '12, 12am
Payton Chung is one of the best bicycling commenters online: Brave driver confronts Portland’s rabid cyclists [link]
@GuidoS » 12 Sep '12, 7pm
#awesome Brave driver confronts Portland’s rabid cyclists [link]
@Ang3lFir3 » 12 Sep '12, 4pm
I lol'd... then I LOL'd some more .... [link]
@JacobWakeUp » 12 Sep '12, 2pm
"What about [zee] Germans?" #lolz [link] via @grist
@lifeasinzy » 12 Sep '12, 3am
@dexradio Don't ride to Oregon on that bike of yours!! [link]
@masofialopez » 12 Sep '12, 2am
Aunque en USA es sarcasmo, en Chile parece el verdadero discurso, completamente anti-ciclista [link]
@Boenau » 12 Sep '12, 2am
Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor or rode bikes in Portland? No! @grist [link] #cities
@grist » 12 Sep '12, 2am
Most popular post today - Brave driver confronts Portland’s rabid cyclists: [link]
@pdxcommute » 11 Sep '12, 9pm
Looks like @Grist is taking on this whole #pdx Wheeler/bike license sillymajig, making it even more silly: [link]
@nickfornow » 11 Sep '12, 8pm
[link] PDX lawmaker (Or.?) gets a bunch of bicyclists' shorts in a bunch.
@bakerkz » 11 Sep '12, 7pm
This is hilarious [link]
@steadystater » 11 Sep '12, 7pm
Brave driver confronts Portland’s rabid cyclists [link] #portland #cycling #neweconomy
@venturousbiker » 11 Sep '12, 6pm
WTF!!! [link]
@grist » 11 Sep '12, 6pm
RT @ghanscom: Comedian Jim Meyer's story about Portland's "pedalphiles" is killing it right now. Join in! [link] #bikes
@Burghpunk » 11 Sep '12, 6pm
Lots of people head to Oregon on vacation (mostly Germans) to bicycle (because Germans don’t know what fun is). [link]
@jrauzon » 11 Sep '12, 6pm
"Conflicts b/w motorists and pedalfiles (a new term I’m kicking around-please let me know if you see any problems)." [link]
@ghanscom » 11 Sep '12, 5pm
Comedian Jim Meyer's story about Portland's "pedalphiles" is killing it right now. Join in! #bikes [link]
@ghanscom » 11 Sep '12, 4pm
Bike licenses -- the solution to all our traffic woes. (Um, wha?) Jim Meyer provides a little equal opportunity buuuurn [link]
@newsvandal » 11 Sep '12, 3pm
The Rosa Parks of #Portland? -> Brave driver confronts Portland’s rabid cyclists [link] #Portlandia #bicyclists #etiquitte
@robinoula » 11 Sep '12, 3pm
Sigh... RT @AngryAfrican: Brave driver confronts Portland’s rabid cyclists [link] #sustainability
@BicycleCentres » 11 Sep '12, 6pm
RT @grist: Brave driver confronts Portland’s rabid cyclists [link]
@drgrist » 11 Sep '12, 5pm
Brave driver confronts Portland’s rabid cyclists [link]