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Thursday, February 4, 2010

Bikes Council Delays Vote on Bike Plan. Adams Says, "It'll Pass Folks, Don't Worry."

Posted by Sarah Mirk on Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 5:07 PM

Whew, that was a whirlwind two and a half hours of public testimony on the 2030 Bike Plan.

The whole blow by blow of the hearing is here, but the takeaway message is that City Council is leaning strongly in favor of approving the plan and digging up funding. Well, at least that's exactly what Mayor Sam Adams said as he closed the hearing and delayed the official vote until a later date: "I’ll take money for this plan wherever I can get it... This is gonna pass folks, don't worry."

Other choice quotes from the hours of citizen testimony:

"I haven’t been on a bike in 30 years. It’s going to cost someone a lot of money to put me on a bike again."

“I think of bicycles the same way I think about broccoli. It’s good for some people, but it’s never going to be popular.”

"Don’t listen to people who say this plan is for a special interest. It is no more a special interest than the fire department."

Read all about it here.

UPDATE 2/5: HA! I love this debate going on in the comments thread. You guys are funny.

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To win a election or recall... you need 50% plus 1 vote. Cyclists only make up about 6% of the population. I think that Adams realizes this the most.
Posted by the recall silver bullet on February 4, 2010 at 6:59 PM · Report
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Car culture is dead. Bikes are the future.
Posted by hart ryan noecker on February 4, 2010 at 7:07 PM · Report
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You are living in a dream world, hart.
Posted by ujfoyt on February 4, 2010 at 7:19 PM · Report
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Bike culture is dead. Feet are the future.

Posted by Crowsby on February 4, 2010 at 9:58 PM · Report
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Foot culture is dead. Thanks, tough actin' Tinactin!
Posted by tk. on February 5, 2010 at 8:17 AM · Report
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Foot culture is dead. Log rolling is the future.

And I demand more log rolling lanes damn it. We're 1% of the population and only 0.0004% of the transporation budget is spent on log rolling facilities. God damn gashole Republicans... grumble... grumble....
Posted by Blabby on February 5, 2010 at 9:17 AM · Report
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I'm just glad this blog finally covered some bike news!
Posted by Reymont on February 5, 2010 at 3:03 PM · Report
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I clicked on this just to read Blabby's inevitable grouchy old man comments.
Posted by Andy Mesa on February 5, 2010 at 4:24 PM · Report

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