Anti-car in Portland, too

From Paul in Portland:

We have the same problem here in Portland, Oregon. The funny thing is, it rains more than half the year and we get 3-5 months of freezing temperatures. Who would want to ride their bike or walk in that? Perfect example, last year on a major road near my house the city spent a whole year (and $15M) on a road contruction project on a 2,000 foot section of a heavily used 1 lane road. More lanes would have been nice, but no, they widened the sidewalk, and added a median and bike lanes to both sides. Nice. (The comment is in response to this post)