That's a Bummer, Man...
· Posted Wednesday May 23, 2007 by jamie
I couldn’t make the City Council meeting last night due to some other commitments, so I didn’t hear until this morning what happened with the St. Helens One-Way hoo-ha. I’m definitely disappointed to hear that (essentially) no concession will be made for the concerns of bicyclists. Granted the “Lonergan Amendment” may add a bike lane on the sidewalk(!?), but this seems ill advised and I imagine the idea will die or be killed before long. Fey’s comment that serious bicyclists use Market or Broadway flies in the face of the reality that numerous bicyclists use St. Helens everyday to ride up the hill. And to my knowledge, no serious consideration was ever given to the common sense idea of switching to parallel parking so that two lanes could be accommodated…I guess we wouldn’t want to piss off the businesses, now would we?
Anyway, I’m sure you’re all ready for me to stop spouting off about biking stuff. It’s good to know that at least a dialog happened about the impact of this change to all sorts of safety concerns, not just those that impact bicyclists, and that it at least the Council’s decision was not unanimous…
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No worries, man. Passion is passion and it’s good to hear. Be sure to keep us up to date if there are any future chances for citizen/voter feedback.
— KevinFreitas May 23, 08:52 AM #