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March 16 2021
Local readers sound off on issues like bicycle safety, saving Oregon s dairy farms and preventing youth suicide through gun safety.
On March 4, the Oregon Legislature Joint Transportation Committee received 93 Oregonians testimony about the Bike Bill 2021 bill, Senate Bill 395. Only three were adversarial against its passage and one was semi-adversarial. The remaining 30 plus were positive.
We still have a crisis on the streets. Pedestrian deaths have increased. As a reminder, Portland, 2020 had its deadliest year since 1996 with a total of 54 traffic deaths. This city s fatalities included five cyclists & 18 pedestrians. Oregon had a total of 67 fatalities in 2020 which was up by 6% from 2019. ....

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