Our business is right on the BG trail directly across from Gas Works. The trail has pretty much been going through our parking lot for at least 20 years. In that time our business has more than doubled (we are in the fishing/marine industry) and it has not hampered our ability to get freight in and out. Of course seeing he is part of the oil industry could explain his lame strawman argument about more people on foot or bicycle is going to ruin industry.

What he misses, as do most of his ilk, what has had the biggest impact on industry in this area is probably the terrible traffic we deal with. Being in the transportation end of this company I realized a long time ago the fewer personal vehicles we have out there the better for the transportation industry. That’s why I have been commuting now for 20 years and have been car free for about 5 years.