Bicyclists travel with traffic down Broadway Street in Portland, Ore., Thursday, July 10, 2008. Portland's reputation as a bike-friendly city had a flat this week when a cyclist and a motorist got into a fight. (AP Photo/Don Ryan)
I am waiting for my husband to ask me quietly whether I might reconsider biking to work, something I have been doing for about three years. After the July 8 death of a 22-year-old cyclist in our Dupont Circle neighborhood, I wonder when his "Be careful getting to work this morning" will turn into...