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e e e Mr. Nicholson said market research would not help. He said the City should start experimentally with some ideas for increasing bike ridership. Mr. Gleason suggested work be started on those items of the Bicycle Marketing Plan which were recommended by Mr. Boles earlier in this meeting. He further suggested that staff return with a marketing research plan for larger capital investments after these initial projects are under way. Ms. Bascom suggested that market research collected over the past 15 years on bicycle use be reviewed. Referring back to a comment by Mr. Green on en- forcement of traffic violations by bicycle riders, Ms. Bascom said she had received several calls from college students who had received $70 citations. She said that if cyclists disobeyed red lights, they should pay their fines. However, she said stop signs should be treated as yield signs for bicyclists. Mr. Boles pointed out that many other communities give pedestrians the right-of-way, followed by bicyclists and automobile drivers. Mayor Miller said this was a State issue which could be pursued by the Legislative Commit- tee. Mr. Nicholson said that while more enforcement of traffic violations by bicy- cle riders was needed, the nature of their offenses were different than those of automobile drivers because bikes are not as harmful to others as cars. Mr. Gleason said staff would write a memo to the council on the direction it had received from the council at this meeting. The meeting adjourned at 7:25 p.m. Respectfully submitted, ~,fI~.rl Micheal Gleason, City Manager (Recorded by Kris Bloch) mncc 012891-530 MINUTES--Eugene City Council January 28, 1991 Page 8