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SUMMARY:Idaho Stop Law with Bjorn Warloe and Jason Meggs
CONTACT:Ted Buehler
DESCRIPTION:Oregon passed the "Idaho Stop Law" in 2019\, meaning that 
 people riding bicycles can roll slowly though a stop sign\, or a red 
 light\, if there is no conflicting traffic.  This is a boon to actually 
 getting somewhere on a bike without undo delay.  \n\nMany people helped 
 get this legislation passed\, but instrumental were \n* Jason Meggs\, who 
 advocated and researched it from 1998 to 2015\, and \n* Bjorn Warloe\, of 
 Portland\, who worked hard to get it passed in Oregon.  Ladd Circle police
  stop sign stings were Bjorn's main impetus to get the law passed.  And 
 the police busting of Portland Critical Mass rides around stop sign laws 
 in the late 1990s were Jason's impetus to begin his work.  So both the 
 national and state efforts to pass this legislation have Portland origins.
 \nhttp://www.monkeychicken.com/fwar.htm\nhttp://www.monkeychicken.com/cmh.
 htm\nhttps://bikeportland.org/2019/01/29/ppb-steps-up-patrols-releases-
 video-of-bicycle-riders-failing-to-stop-at-infamous-ladd-circle-stop-sign-
 294743\n\nJason is visiting Portland on this day\, so we will ride with 
 both Bjorn and Jason\, and they can tell us about their long term efforts 
 to get this legislation passed.  \n\nOther ride themes -- \n* Long Haul 
 Advocacy.  What if your advocacy project will take 5\, 10 or 20 years so 
 come to fruition?  How do you stick with it? \n* Alternative gender 
 pronouns.  Jason prefers and proposes a Na/Nom/Ahz set of gender-
 indifferent pronouns 
 \nhttps://meggsreport.wordpress.com/2015/10/15/gender-neutral-pronouns-
 please/\n\nWe'll chat a bit at Ladd Circle\, roll around SE and practice 
 safe\, legal passage of stop signs and traffic signals\, then meet for 
 food and drinks 1:00.  Both Jason and Bjorn will each give a 10 minute 
 summary of their advocacy efforts.  
 \n\nhttps://cal.streetsblog.org/2022/05/06/nhtsa-releases-the-facts-on-
 bicycle-stop-as-yield-laws-they-increase-
 safety\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idaho_stop\nTalk from 11:00 to 
 11:30\, roll at 11:30\nEnds at Meet for food 
 nearby\nhttps://shift2bikes.org/calendar/event-17245
LOCATION:Ladd Circle\n1600 SE Ladd Blvd
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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