law enforcement? The Portland Police Bureau has repeatedly demonstrated they are not capable of enforcing simple traffic laws which involve cyclists (unless the cyclist is at fault). Of course, we are not unique in this respect, as this lack of law 'enforcement' is prevalent across the country:

http://www.velonews.com/news/fea/13569.0.html

However, as a city synonomous with cycling, portland should use these recent tragedies to change this obviously skewed mindset. Until then, we can continue to wax poetic about a 'cycling mecca', while others use our great city as a prime example of what is really wrong:

http://www.velonews.com/news/fea/13637.0.html

-matt