Not feeling groovy: TriMet puls plug on 'sonic bile path' idea

The Oregonian ^ | 10/6/11 | Joseph Rose

[Wicket]

For Portland bicycle commuters hoping that TriMet would build a “sonic bike path” connecting to the nation’s largest car-free bridge, Thursday was the day the music died.

The idea was for an intricate sequence of concrete grooves on the path that would play Simon and Garfunkel's "59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)” when bicycle tires rolled over them.

. . .

Citing concerns about cost, safety and design, the Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail project’s art advisory committee told TriMet and Portland’s Bicycle Advisory Committee today that it has voted to ditch the proposal.

[Wicket]

Dang, I was looking forward to this - not.

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

I hate “Sonic bile paths!”

[the invisib1e hand]

“Sonic Bile.” Has a ring to it.

[Salamander]

You were looking forward to a “sonic bile path”?

Eeeeyew!

/jk

;]

[Salamander]

You ~would~.

/runs away screaming

;D

[KarlInOhio]

Sonic Bile Path? I don't know what they play, but they probably smash their guitars at the end of a set.

[Jack of all Trades]

Does the Sonic Bile Path intersect Technicolor Yawn Way?

Thanks for the fat fingered typo. Too funny to pass up.

[OldMissileer]

Is “sonic bile” anything like projectile vomiting?

[Constitution Day]

A “Sonic Bile Path” sounds like something the late G.G. Allin might have been interested in unleashing on his audience.

[SuzyQue]

I thought this was a medical device story.

[Tijeras_Slim]

LOL!

[fishtank]

Simon and Garfunkel === BILE

[Da Bilge Troll]

What a great idea! Bile paths could tell us who to vote for and who to hate! That would make it much easier to figure out!

[Moose4]

Sounds like Portland all right.

}:-)4

[Lx]

I can see the bicyclists on the Simon and Garfunkle paths cruising slowly while the Metallica bike path riders ride like they’re all on meth.

This is a slippery slope, you just know there will be a Muskrat Love path as well.

[saint]

Portlanders will be happy if they just put a bird on it.

[LRoggy]

Simon and Garfunkel === BILE

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Are you kidding? They created some of the best music of all time!

I hate it when leftist causes drag their music down!

[fishtank]

I guess I’m too young to have gotten into S&G.....

I turn 50 next year....

: - )

[Slings and Arrows]

A “sonic bile path” is any road that leads to Dear Reader.

[JimRed]

I can’t hear that song without smiling...