{"id":77923007,"date":"2007-06-21T21:16:47","date_gmt":"2007-06-21T21:16:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=77923007"},"modified":"2007-06-21T21:16:47","modified_gmt":"2007-06-21T21:16:47","slug":"as-portland-aims-for-platinum-status-as-a-cycling-city-it-can-use-the-gender-gap-to-make-rides-safer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=77923007","title":{"rendered":"As Portland aims for platinum status as a cycling city, it can use the gender gap to make rides safer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Oregonian<br \/>\nYou don&#8217;t have to be a cyclist to guess the scariest places to ride a bike in Portland. Danger zones include the controlled chaos of downtown, the high speeds of the outer Eastside and the winding uncertainty of the West Hills &#8212; all places where drivers and cyclists mix with unease.<br \/>\nThere&#8217;s a way to measure bike safety beyond guessing, however. Watch for women. As the city&#8217;s bike planners have found, there&#8217;s a direct correlation between the safety of a particular area and the number of women cyclists. The city can use this information as it maps out a new master plan for biking, reduces the danger spots and strives to spin its &quot;gold&quot; rating from the League of American Bicyclists into platinum.<br \/>\n&quot;Women cyclists,&quot; the city&#8217;s transportation office asserts, &quot;are the indicators of a healthy bikeway network.&quot;<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/editorials\/oregonian\/index.ssf?\/base\/editorial\/1182207324154190.xml&amp;coll=7\">https:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/editorials\/oregonian\/index.ssf?\/base\/editorial\/1182207324154190.xml&amp;coll=7<\/a>oldId.20070621211647298<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Oregonian You don&#8217;t have to be a cyclist to guess the scariest places to ride a bike in Portland. Danger zones include the controlled chaos of downtown, the high speeds of the outer Eastside and the winding uncertainty of the West Hills &#8212; all places where drivers and cyclists mix with unease. There&#8217;s a &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=77923007\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;As Portland aims for platinum status as a cycling city, it can use the gender gap to make rides safer&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77923007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biking-elsewhere"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77923007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=77923007"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77923007\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=77923007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=77923007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=77923007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}