Sullivan Gulch Bikepath

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"Tom \"Johnny Sunset\" Sherman" wrote:

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Paul Johnson wrote:

On Aug 2, 9:51 am, Ockham's Razor wrote:
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Don Homuth dhomuthoneatcomcast.net wrote:



On Thu, 2 Aug 2007 07:43:53 -0700, (~ Paul Berg ~)
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News Article from The (Portland) Oregonian - August 2, 2007
Brad Perkins has long envisioned a bike path stretching 4.3 miles from
Portland Peace Memorial Park beside the Steel Bridge to Northeast 122nd
Avenue along Sullivan's Gulch, giving eastside bicycle commuters a
direct -- and safe -- route downtown. ...
Sounds like a Fine Idea! A bike path that is something more than just
lines painted on a city street.
Drivers and cyclists ought to be pleased with such an outcome.
This should be a bike/pedestrian path otherwise it wont fly.
Frankly, this city needs some pedestrian-free bicycle corridors. For
that matter, Springwater Corridor needs some sidewalks. There's too
much bicycle traffic for that to be safe for bicycles or pedestrians
much longer without them.

True, it would be wonderful if there were both car and truck corridors
also. But that is not to be. Cars and trucks will be mixed and bikes
and peds also. Unless the bikers want to fund some of their own paths.

I have lost every vestige of understanding for bike people and their
tribulations as I have been accosted many times while trying to walk on
a bike/ped path. Two days ago walking with a 5 year old grand child, a
biker came up behind us and when about five feet away (unseen or warned)
he screamed "watch out" as he sped by at about 25 mph. I have been
forced into the bushes several times by bikers riding side by side and
simply bearing down on me with apparently every intention of hitting me
if I did not yield to them.

I have now taken to walking with a 5 foot heavy pole (from a closet)
which I carry side ways. that way they can tangle with it or give me
some room.

Real cyclists ride on the roads when they want to get somewhere, not on
the linear parks.

You might consider that this thread concerns a bike corridor along a
free way. Not a way thru a park.

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