Why do people rightfully fear that their bikes will be stolen in Eugene? It is because of the behavior of many of our imported homeless people.  Adding more amenities (there are already numerous free meals daily, free laundry service, free clothes and privatization of our prime parkland) will just bring us more imported homeless people to be trapped here. While I agree that Eugene is not ripe for a bike share, and that Reed Dunbar couldn't manage an escape from a paper bag with an instruction manual, we certainly don't need to attract an even larger homeless problem here.

Now, if you want to talk about drug treatment, job training, entry level jobs and enhanced jail facilities for those who just want to get drunk and drugged in our parks and on our bike paths, I'm all for it. Unfortunately, our friends of homelessness all seem to want to just add more shanties to the Whiteaker area, an area where 20% of the people are homeless because of the already insane level of amenities.