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"85 percent of local cyclists also own cars.

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Thirteen percent of Portlanders surveyed did not own a car."

Must be the New Math.
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GLV, must be the New Logic. Portlanders and local cyclists are not identical sets. Duh.
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GLV - I think that discrepancy comes from the 4 percent of survey respondents who identified as "non-cyclists." There's people out there who don't bike but also don't drive. That's what they make buses and rollerblades for.
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Eugene is a tiny town. It has no freeways running through it, you can toss a stone across the river. It's more of a big park than a city, so don't sweat it Portlanders, it's only statistics.
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As someone who lived in Eugene for 9 years and has now lived in Portland longer there should be no competition between the who is most bike friendly. Eugene is much smaller, and the central city is mostly flat. Those two reasons alone will make it more bike friendly than Portland. People jump on these statistics and then promote their own agenda when no matter how you look at it. 2000 people is a very small (and not very representative as you mentioned above) sample of the riders contained in both cities. And $90k doesn't make you rich, even if you think so.
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Perhaps I missed it, but could you please post the response rate to the survey? You know, to ascertain the statistical viablity and all that...
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It's true that it's apples and oranges, but I'll be damned if Eugene isn't one of my favorite places to ride a bike.
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Wow D, you truly are a moron. Ever heard of I-5?
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And don't start that crap about I-5 being in Springfield - they're contiguous.
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Actually, I-5 runs between Eugene and Springfield.
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Eugene also has I-105
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I moved from PDX to Eugene in June to go to school. I really prefer biking in Portland. Sure Portland is a bigger city and has more hills, but I don't feel like the cars in Eugene are very considerate of cyclists / bike lanes. Also, there's lots more people riding the wrong way in the bike lanes, on the sidewalks, and less helmet wearing / lights at night.

An interesting thing about Eugene is that it is rarely faster to get around town by car.

Of course, both cities are awesome for biking by national standards.
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At least up here in PDX, there's less stinkin' hippies I have to dodge on my bike. Sounds more bike friendly to me.

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