Ahh, Portland. The city government there co-ordinated a bunch of "Share the Path" events to educate cyclists, rollerbladers and pedestrians about sharing pathways with other road users:

Near the intersection with SE Grand Ave., Janis McDonald, Margaret Weddell, Stephanie Routh and Thomas Rousculp held up signs with messages like, “Don’t be a silent passer,” and “Bell free? Free bells ahead.”

On the west end of the bridge, employees of the Bike Gallery gave cyclists free tune-ups, installed “I love my bike” bike bells, and offered hot Peets coffee and muffins.

The Bike Gallery crew worked with the precision of a NASCAR pit crew; pumping up tires, adjusting brakes, and screwing on new bike bells.

What a great idea. Multi-use paths in Toronto can be disasters (try the Beaches on a holiday weekend!), between spandex cyclists doing time trails (which is totally inappropriate on park paths) and adults, kids and dogs all over the place (especially when there are sometimes seperate pedestrian-only paths).

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