What the heck ?   Why bring in a guy from Portland to tell us how cool bike trails are ?  We are generally a winter city . Some guy from Portland doesn't have a clue about winter cities. When cars and trucks are sliding around on our roads during the winter , the last thing we need close to them are people on bikes who with one slip on polished ice or rut can fall under the tires and get killed.  In the old days people used common sense--they stored their bikes for the winter . Years ago Anchorage got suckered by bikers--we were told that if we build bike trails it would get bikes off the road.  We were told that by building a huge bus system those without cars would have all the transportation they need. We invested hundreds of millions and now bikers want the roads too.  On the down low they got the law taken off the books saying where a bike trail is close--they must use that and not the road. They got bike racks installed on the front of buses.  Bikes need to be banned from roads.