Dear City of Portland

I commend you for having sidewalks upon which I can ride my bicycle, thus avoiding the scarier traffic on the busier thoroughfares, such as the Avenue of Roses. However, I must regretfully also mention that curb cuts are present only inconsistently, and that this, while inconvenient and slightly painful for a timid cyclist, is absolutely unacceptable for any travelers in wheelchairs, who are also not well served by telephone poles that stand in the middle of the sidewalk.

I will concede, however, that it was my own damn fault that, due to being in a reverie, I didn’t notice the protruding power box mounted on a (different) telephone pole until the last possible second, at which point I swerved to avoid running into it with my face, overbalanced, and acquired a fine collection of bruises.