If you yell long and loud enough, eventually people will have to take notice.
(from Boston.com)
Fast-food chain opens drive-through to bicyclists
PORTLAND, Ore. - A few weeks ago, Sarah Gilbert, a Portland native who is proudly “car-free,’’ pedaled her bicycle to the drive-through at Burgerville, a local fast-food chain. She ordered four cheeseburgers, one each for her husband and three young sons, who were waiting hungrily at home. But when Gilbert tried to pay for the food, she was denied. This Burgerville drive-through, an employee told her, did not serve bicyclists. Gilbert was stunned. How could that happen in Portland, the self-proclaimed bike capital of America, where nearly 8 percent of people pedal to work? Gilbert, a blogger with thousands of online followers, went home and Twittered huffily about the experience (“burgerville on 26th/powell turned me on my bike away from drivethrough. and not nicely at all’’). She also penned an open letter to Burgerville calling for more bike-friendly policies. READ MORE
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Fast-food chain opens drive-through to bicyclists
PORTLAND, Ore. - A few weeks ago, Sarah Gilbert, a Portland native who is proudly “car-free,’’ pedaled her bicycle to the drive-through at Burgerville, a local fast-food chain. She ordered four cheeseburgers, one each for her husband and three young sons, who were waiting hungrily at home. But when Gilbert tried to pay for the food, she was denied. This Burgerville drive-through, an employee told her, did not serve bicyclists. Gilbert was stunned. How could that happen in Portland, the self-proclaimed bike capital of America, where nearly 8 percent of people pedal to work? Gilbert, a blogger with thousands of online followers, went home and Twittered huffily about the experience (“burgerville on 26th/powell turned me on my bike away from drivethrough. and not nicely at all’’). She also penned an open letter to Burgerville calling for more bike-friendly policies. READ MORE
Random Blogger Win!
