More than half a century ago, a Republican state legislator from Jacksonville, Oregon, named Don Stathos, was run off the road while riding a tandem bicycle to Medford with his daughter. Gravel flew. Cars swept past. He and his kids had to swerve to survive a routine ride. Out of that frustrating, dangerous moment emerged one of the most forward-thinking pieces of transportation legislation in American history. On June 11, 1971, Governor Tom McC…
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