Just so you know how I feel: Portland is the Best! The city of Portland has a website and on it you can make requests for low-cost bike lane repairs. I have done this three times with great success. The first time I was totally surprised that they seemed to listen. I asked that some weeds that were overtaking the bike lane be chopped back so that the bicyclist didn't have to choose between getting ripped to shreds by blackberry vines and getting smashed by a bus. Within a week or so, the weeds were chopped back. I thought that perhaps it was a coincidence, and that the bike lane was due for maintenance anyway. The next time I wrote in, there were some crews doing work on the side of the road and they kept leaving big rocks and sticks and mud in the bike lane, which happens to be heavily used by bike commuters. I incidentally got a flat tire because I hit one of the rocks. I asked if the crews could please clean up. I got a response from that request pretty quickly and the mess was cleaned up. Just a few days ago, I asked if the weeds could be chopped back again, and yesterday on my ride home, I noticed that it was done.
Yay for Portland!
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