http://blogtown.portlandmercury.com/BlogtownPDX/archives/2011/05/17/heres-the-story-of-portlands-budget-bike-projects-arent-stealing-money-from-cars Comments On: Here's the Story of Portland's Budget: Bike Projects Aren't Stealing Money from Cars by Sarah Mirk en-us Copyright 2013 Portland Mercury. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, Portland Mercury readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact Portland Mercury. webmaster@portlandmercury.com (Portland Mercury Webmaster) Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:00:01 -0700 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:45:00 -0700 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Posted by not us v. them]]> Wed, 18 May 2011 12:55:44 -0700 Portland Mercury
BTW, I always stop at a red light and stop sign, even when there is no traffic. I don't trust any steel tank machine that goes over 15mph.

With more funding in bicycle projects, it will definitely convince those skeptics about bicycle safety and accessibility on the road. ahem ahem, my coworkers.
Posted by canadia]]> Wed, 18 May 2011 12:21:02 -0700 Portland Mercury Posted by k.]]> Wed, 18 May 2011 08:55:23 -0700 Portland Mercury http://bayimg.com/EaifAAADC

Feel free to repost that image.
Posted by econoline]]> Wed, 18 May 2011 01:04:33 -0700 Portland Mercury Posted by adlangx]]> Tue, 17 May 2011 20:58:55 -0700 Portland Mercury Posted by Night Moves]]> Tue, 17 May 2011 16:48:36 -0700 Portland Mercury Posted by Leaky 2.0 oz]]> Tue, 17 May 2011 15:53:20 -0700 Portland Mercury
That´s if I understood you well. If your a hot chick and want to give me Rides, that´s fine with me. On a Prius or on a Trans-Am.
Posted by Leaky 2.0 oz]]> Tue, 17 May 2011 15:52:10 -0700 Portland Mercury Posted by Graham]]> Tue, 17 May 2011 15:42:54 -0700 Portland Mercury Posted by Blabby]]> Tue, 17 May 2011 15:35:57 -0700 Portland Mercury
The majority of people who are enraged by this are most likely the ones who already disliked Adams for one reason or another.
Posted by smirk knows bikes]]> Tue, 17 May 2011 15:24:38 -0700 Portland Mercury Posted by frankieb]]> Tue, 17 May 2011 15:22:19 -0700 Portland Mercury
He just doubled down on that via twitter (https://twitter.com/#!/pdxcommute/status/7…) calling the difference between amount and percentage "spin."
Posted by luckymike]]> Tue, 17 May 2011 15:11:47 -0700 Portland Mercury The question still stands.
Posted by frankieb]]> Tue, 17 May 2011 14:56:08 -0700 Portland Mercury
You mean something like, lets say, a 20 million dollar windfall of sewage cash? That kind of uptick?

Seriously though. The article said that 20% less of each transportation dollar will go to roads and ~14% more will go to bikes. That is true. N matter what Amy Ruiz's good friend at the Mercury tells ya. :).

In addition this is another political fumble for Adams when it comes to the biking community. Sure he has raised funding but he has also enraged taxpayers towards biking improvements(which I didn't even think was possible). The next mayoral candidate might well run on a campaign of cutting bike funding drastically and actually win. Long term Adams has hurt the cause of the biking community with his gaffes.
Posted by adlangx]]> Tue, 17 May 2011 14:50:07 -0700 Portland Mercury
To be clear, I will lay it out for you with a couple definitions:
*dem·o·graph·ic
Noun: A particular sector of a population: e.g. misfits, drunks, geeks, porn enthusiasts and TV fanatics

*spe·cial in·ter·est
Noun: A group of people or an organization seeking or receiving special advantages, typically through political lobbying and media through control of advertising revenue

@Graham: The headline is designed to grab your attention which is typically followed by something called and "article" in which the facts are laid out and reported on.

Going bike vs cars detracts from the basic thrust of the article and comes off as a reason for you to complain about something else.

Posted by MKUltraPDX]]> Tue, 17 May 2011 14:47:12 -0700 Portland Mercury Posted by frankieb]]> Tue, 17 May 2011 14:28:59 -0700 Portland Mercury Posted by frankieb]]> Tue, 17 May 2011 14:25:04 -0700 Portland Mercury
Though, the City's labeling of the Ped Bridge as bike funding was probably just a way to make it look like they're doing more for bikes than they are. Really, it's a motor vehicle project. Without a network of highways slicing up Southwest Portland, nobody would need it.
Posted by Night Moves]]> Tue, 17 May 2011 14:18:19 -0700 Portland Mercury Posted by Leaky 2.0 oz]]> Tue, 17 May 2011 14:18:06 -0700 Portland Mercury
@Blabby: I'm sure there's some way you can blame the urban planning community this. You just need to try harder.

@Leaky: My car isn't shitty. It's made of baby pandas, unicorn tears and logcabin republicans.

@Paul Cone: Show me the numbers. I backed my claims up with proof, I can only expect the same of you.
Posted by Graham]]> Tue, 17 May 2011 14:15:56 -0700 Portland Mercury Posted by frankieb]]> Tue, 17 May 2011 14:06:02 -0700 Portland Mercury
What is that second number, fourfteen zillion dollars?
Posted by GLV]]> Tue, 17 May 2011 14:03:48 -0700 Portland Mercury
Shouldn`t I be saying: Stupid Car drivers, don´t fire up your engines?

Your roads are belong to me. I repeat. Your roads are belong to me.
Posted by Leaky 2.0 oz]]> Tue, 17 May 2011 14:00:55 -0700 Portland Mercury Posted by Blabby]]> Tue, 17 May 2011 13:58:09 -0700 Portland Mercury