Michael,

I'm sorry, but your posts are very misleading.

You wrote: The vast majority, probably 80%, of Portland (the city, not region)'s residents live on the eastside or in inner Northwest or Southwest

Now you show this by displaying Lonnie Roberts's district?? This is Multnomah County, not the city!

And wait ... you are suggesting that folks living out at 148th and Holgate and working light industrial in Hillsboro ride a bike?

You write: And Sam's trip was paid for by private donors

That matters because ...?

You write: The world. Experience it.

Thanks Mike. I was in Amsterdam last summer. Loved it. I'm sure we can learn some lessons. But I'm not purposely naive to the many ways that we differ from Amsterdam. Sorry that facts keep getting in your way.

Research. Experience it.