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SUMMARY:Ride for Safer Streets -- Let PBOT and Other Electeds Know They 
 Must Act
CONTACT:Lois with the Leopard Cat Ears
DESCRIPTION:Bike to tell PBOT we demand safer streets\nDid you know that 
 killers are loose on our streets?  Thirteen lives were lost to motor 
 vehicles in Portland in July 2023\, the deadliest month on record. 
 Although none of those killed in July were bicycling\, the rise of 
 reckless/distracted/aggressive driving threatens all of us.\n\nAfter 
 pressure from the community\, PBOT announced it will host a press 
 conference on Monday\, August 7\, at 11 am at Fourth Avenue Plaza\, 
 Portland City Hall.  PLEASE ATTEND IF YOU CAN.  We need to turn out so 
 they see the public very much cares about curbing killer driving.\n\nI 
 will be leading a ride from the Belmont Library on southeast Cesar E. 
 Chavez to the press conference.  Please meet on the sidewalk on SE Taylor 
 at 10 am.  We will ride at 10:15 sharp\, so that we can move at a 
 comfortable pace to get to the press conference.  If you cannot make the 
 ride but can show up at Fourth Avenue Plaza by 11\, we will see you there.
  \n\nKeep your helmet on during the press conference\, so that our elected
  officials know that bicyclists are demanding safer streets.\n\nYou can 
 read more about the press conference on BikePortland 
 https://bikeportland.org/2023/08/04/pbot-announces-multi-agency-press-
 conference-to-address-rise-in-traffic-deaths-377792 and also see a map of 
 all the locations in which motor vehicles have killed people in Portland 
 this year: https://bikeportland.org/2023/08/04/opinion-portland-must-take-
 actions-to-stop-grim-traffic-toll-377768  (Thanks to Jonathan Maus for 
 ever vigilant reporting on this!)\n\nRide length:  45 minutes to the press
  conference\, and who knows how long until the electeds say/do something 
 useful.\nMeet at 10\, ride at 10:15 sharp\nEnds at Fourth Avenue Plaza\, 
 City Hall\nhttps://shift2bikes.org/calendar/event-17655
LOCATION:Belmont Library to Portland City Hall\nSE Taylor and Cesar E 
 Chavez\nPlease meet on the sidewalk south of the Library on SE Taylor 
 Street.  We will meet at 10 and leave at 10:15.  I'll be on my leopard 
 bicycle with cat ears on my helmet so you know not that hard to pick out 
 of the crowd.
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