Monday, August 7, 2023
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Bike to tell PBOT we demand safer streets
Belmont Library to Portland City Hall, SE Taylor and Cesar E Chavez
Please 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.
Lois with the Leopard Cat Ears
Mon, Aug 7, 2023, 10:00 AM
Meet at 10, ride at 10:15 sharp
10:45 AM
End location: Fourth Avenue Plaza, City Hall
Did 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. After 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. I 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. Keep your helmet on during the press conference, so that our elected officials know that bicyclists are demanding safer streets. You 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!) Ride length: 45 minutes to the press conference, and who knows how long until the electeds say/do something useful.
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