Welcome to the Remark of the Week, the place we spotlight good feedback in an effort to encourage extra of them. You’ll be able to assist us select our subsequent one by replying with “remark of the week” to any remark you suppose deserves recognition. Please observe: These alternatives will not be endorsements.
As soon as once more, there have been a number of excellent feedback to select from, and so many nominations, thanks! It took me a very long time to select a remark this week. I spent about 45 minutes going by means of the nominations, and re-reading my favorites. It was time well-spent.
I ended up going with X’s touch upon the new inexperienced bike bins on the intersection the place Sarah Plainer was killed. I appreciated it due to its quiet tone and sluggish construct. Learn it and see in case you agree with me, it sneaks up on you:
Infrastructure shouldn’t be a foul factor nevertheless a lot it hurts to have one other particular person die earlier than one little bit of paint is put down. I didn’t know Sarah Plainer however now I received’t go that spot with out feeling her loss. There are such a lot of locations like that. The sunshine tower at SE thirty seventh and Taylor, the lonely spot on NE 122nd the place my good friend Ted was run over in a motorcycle lane, the overpass on NE Columbia, and on and on.
Infrastructure shouldn’t be the entire thing although. There’s no infrastructure at 18th and E Burnside the place a man on a smoke break, leaning towards the constructing he labored in, was wantonly killed by a driver breaking a number of site visitors legal guidelines as he crossed the intersection. By no means knew him: miss him nonetheless.
Motorized vehicle operation underneath the charade of licensing is damaged. It’s a cultural downside that the bodily surroundings can’t fully repair.
Thanks , X, for the gorgeous remark. Yow will discover X’s remark underneath the unique submit.
Lisa Caballero has lived in SW Portland for over 20 years. She is on the Transportation Committee of her neighborhood affiliation, the Southwest Hills Residential League (SWHRL) and may be reached at lisacaballero853@gmail.com.
