Cyclists Ride in Portland's Disaster Relief Trials � OPB Arts & Life

Cyclists Ride in Portland's Disaster Relief Trials � OPB Arts & Life: To test the feasibility of including bicycles as an official component of a large municipal disaster response effort, the Portland Office of Emergency Management sponsored this year's Disaster Relief Trials. Participating riders were tasked with locating and retrieving emergency supplies along a 30-mile route around the city of Portland, and then returning the supplies to the starting location. Along the way, various obstacles were set up to simulate real-world disaster scenarios.