Oregon will begin issuing “Share the Road” license plates beginning Jan. 2 for your other set of wheels. They're another reminder for other motorists that bicycles have a right to the road.
Proceeds from the sale of the special plates will be distributed to to cycling-related causes by the Bicycle Transportation Alliance and the Cycle Oregon Fund. They cost an additional $10 at time of issuance and can be ordered through the DMV.
In other Oregon bicycling news, the Wall Street Journal wrote about US Rep. Earl Blumenauer in Saturday's edition. Here in the Northwest, we all know about Blumenauer and his many good efforts on behalf of bicyclists. It's good to see him get wider recognition in a national publication.
The Blumenauer story has the fault of tending to play up the bicycle-to-work congressman aspect of his tenure instead of the uphill ride he faces in getting bicycle legislation passed through Congress and some of the battles he's won.
The bicycle commuter fringe benefit, for instance, got a lot closer to passage than implied in the WSJ story. In fact, it was removed from the 2007 “landmark energy bill” at the last minute.
It was part of an energy tax package that Republicans just couldn't swallow because it reduced tax breaks for major oil companies. More at “bicycle commute benefits axed from landmark energy bill.”
Read more at The Cycling Dude and Cycle-licious.
Share the Road
Not that I'm always a booster for the state of Washington, but I personally think the evergreen state's “Share the Road” license plate looks cooler. According to the Bicycle Alliance of Washington, some 2,450 plates were sold through October 2007.
The special plates have been available in Washington since Jan. 3, 2006. See the BAW website for details about how to get one for your car.
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