Dear Portland,
This is how it’s done.
Your friend,
Vancouver, BC
Yesterday morning I went for a long walk from where I’m staying, through downtown and back.
If you’re interested, you can click this link and you will see a map of the walk. Wondered why I was so wiped out come the end of the day. Well, because it was a long freakin’ way, that’s why!
On my way, I noticed something amazing. If you look at this photo, you will see a tiny red dot in the middle of your screen, in that middle lane, all alone. It’s a cyclist. In a dedicated, protected-by-a-concrete-median bike lane across one of the major water crossings to get to and from downtown Vancouver. Mayor Sam, I think we have some things we could learn about bike-friendly from Vancouver.
PS if you click the image above, you will get to my photostream on Flickr, where there are a bunch more photos from my trip.