Wednesday, April 15, 2009  Vicious Cycle  We've been saying we
want to be respected on the roads and treated as equals, well it
works both ways. You have to give it to get it. I know there are
a lot of sensible and responsible cyclists out there and then
there are also a few that ruin it for the rest ... such as the
guy I saw riding on the parkway, the wrong way, at night, and
with no lights. I think that motorists have a lot further to
come (our errors usually dont kill someone else) but the rest of
us need to start (or continue) leading by example. I myself need
to be better about certain things. Anything that happens in
Portland is always of interest because they are already so far
ahead of the rest of us in terms of bicycle legislation:  Posted
by Jonathan Maus (Editor), April 14th, over at Bike Portland
"The Portland Police Bureau sent three motorcycle cops to SE
Clinton Street this morning to observe and enforce stop sign
compliance at 34th and 21st Avenues.  According to Traffic
Division Lieutenant Br