Russell
05-01-2008, 09:35 AM
[Congressional Record: April 30, 2008 (House)]
[Page H2866]
From the Congressional Record Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:cr30ap08-99]
PORTLAND, OREGON PROMOTES CYCLING
(Mr. BLUMENAUER asked and was given permission to address the House
for 1 minute.)
Mr. BLUMENAUER. Following up on my good friend, I'm glad he mentioned
bicycles, because there are some people in America that are doing
something to provide more choices to Americans, to burn calories
instead of fossil fuels. I am pleased that my community, Portland,
Oregon, was just designated a ``platinum level bicycle-friendly city,''
the highest rating granted by the League of American Bicyclists.
Portland celebrates three decades of consistently applying policies
that promote cycling, and the third consecutive year of double digit
growth in bicycle ridership. This makes a big difference for real life
people. It's why Portlanders are nine times more likely to ride a
bicycle that the average American, and part of the rich choice menu for
Portlanders with cars and transit and bicycles that ends up having them
drive 20 percent less than the average American family. That translates
into a savings of $2,500 a year per family that they can spend on
education, on housing, on entertainment, on investing back into the
community.
I would suggest that it's time to celebrate choices, and I'm proud
that Portland, Oregon, has decided to give cyclists the choices they
deserve and is being honored for that effort.
[Page H2866]
From the Congressional Record Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:cr30ap08-99]
PORTLAND, OREGON PROMOTES CYCLING
(Mr. BLUMENAUER asked and was given permission to address the House
for 1 minute.)
Mr. BLUMENAUER. Following up on my good friend, I'm glad he mentioned
bicycles, because there are some people in America that are doing
something to provide more choices to Americans, to burn calories
instead of fossil fuels. I am pleased that my community, Portland,
Oregon, was just designated a ``platinum level bicycle-friendly city,''
the highest rating granted by the League of American Bicyclists.
Portland celebrates three decades of consistently applying policies
that promote cycling, and the third consecutive year of double digit
growth in bicycle ridership. This makes a big difference for real life
people. It's why Portlanders are nine times more likely to ride a
bicycle that the average American, and part of the rich choice menu for
Portlanders with cars and transit and bicycles that ends up having them
drive 20 percent less than the average American family. That translates
into a savings of $2,500 a year per family that they can spend on
education, on housing, on entertainment, on investing back into the
community.
I would suggest that it's time to celebrate choices, and I'm proud
that Portland, Oregon, has decided to give cyclists the choices they
deserve and is being honored for that effort.