Featured Stories  Commute is a walk in the park  MY VIEW
• Pedestrians tread lightly on the environment  My fellow
citizens, what did you do for Earth Day 38? Were you good and
green, too? Me, I minimize carbons (footprints optional) every
day through a personal green program called “life on the
stroll.” Or, as the day demands, I may invoke a favorite
streetside query, “Yo, have you heard that Portland has
pedestrians?” Yes, I’m one, and trust me, it’s a perilous,
pothole-filled path. It’s a role in which, as the late Rodney
Dangerfield lamented, “I don’t get no respect.” At the office,
the suburbanites scoff at the idea that us pavement pounders
ponder a friendlier environmental future. Then there’s the Ralph
Kramden-like character who drives the bus route I use as a
backup on mornings when the thought of another day as a
pedestrian commuter is too much. Last week, as the bus doors
opened, he looked at me and said, “Hey, do you mind walking
today? I need these seats.” I guess the honeymoon is over. Do
other