I thought the bike lanes down Williams and Vancouver were cool, and I used them daily when I lived in St. Johns for about 5 years (once NE got super expensive) but I sure never thought I needed a whole lane.  That is just silly.  

Are the current bike advocates even from here?  They are such entitled whiners, and these days I'm embarrassed to be a cyclist.  I'm stoked about how great bicycling is in Portland, and don't understand why so many bicyclists feel persecuted.

 I have been riding through this town for over 20 years without ever getting hit.  When I bartended, I commuted home at 3-4am year-round for about ten years without incident.  The only commute that scared me, was when I got a professional day job, worked in Tigard, and rode Barbur.  There wasn't a good alternative back into town.  

We should focus our energy on building bike infrastructure to the edges of town where we pushed so many of the long-term residents out to.