Bike Activists Launching Anti-Columbia River Crossing Phone Tree

By ANDREA DAMEWOOD

A special session on PERS begins Sept. 30 and, as WW has reported, Gov. John Kitzhaber is pretty likely to try and get a deal on the Columbia River Crossing in as well.

Now activists from political action committee Bike Walk Vote are organizing a phone tree to try and stop it.

As first pointed out by BikePortland, the political group has launched "Operation CRC: Commotion & Ruckus Campaign."

They're turning their opposition into a game, promising "prizes" for those who do the most try and stop the $2.8 billion Oregon-backed project. The prizes, as listed on a Facebook event page, include keeping Oregon's AAA bond rating and more than $68 million in pre-allocated funds that could go elsewhere.

Here's the plan, according to the event information:

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