By: Spencer Boomhower
The claim seems to be that the presence of the cycletrack - and NOT the recession - is the cause for the downturn in these businesses. But I don't see how that is supposed to work. How does this...
View ArticleBy: She
How do those businesses feel about being called "nowhere"? That is essentially what this piece did, call the businesses and the neighborhoods there "nowhere". Absolutely absurd "reporting"! Recommended 0
View ArticleBy: Jonathan Maus (Publisher/Editor)
hi again ecohuman. you wrote: You've just made my point, again. It took only a few sentence to get to the part where you dismiss *their* conclusions as "ridiculous and unfounded" actually, this is...
View ArticleBy: ecohuman
Jonathan wrote: actually, this is directed at KATU more than the people. Earlier, Jonathan wrote: Sure I sympathize with small business owners who see a drop-off in business.. But tying that drop-off...
View ArticleBy: Jonathan Maus (Publisher/Editor)
ok ecohuman, i think i've reached the point of diminishing returns on being able to effectively communicate with you via these comments. you can read my words and slice/dice them any way you want. i...
View ArticleBy: joe adamski
One of the biggest challenges to providing safe facilities to the former East County section of Portland is trying to deal with a part of town that was built with the car in mind. Until the 1950s, most...
View ArticleBy: eli bishop
(Stochelo: I would have thought so too until two cars running neck and neck in the car lanes squeezed me against a parked car to my right. very scary. not long after that the bike lane came and I was...
View ArticleBy: 9watts
Thanks Jonathan for calling our attention to this sort of ridiculous 'news' I also appreciate the many thoughtful perspectives that appear in these comments. Lots of new and often funny ways of looking...
View ArticleBy: CommanderZ
Good reporting by Jonathan overall, and an astute and profound note that cycling is both revered and reviled in Portland right now. KATU and the other TV stations are almost always going to take an...
View ArticleBy: david....no! the other one
I originally read about the "new" bike lane in the oregonian. I had to see it for myself. Yes it did take up TWO traffic lanes, with buffers incluced. When I drove a car to travel the bike lane length,...
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