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“We don’t think it’s legal,” said Michael Schneider, who heads Streets for All, the advocacy group behind the ballot measure.

In a letter to Metro Chief Executive Stephanie Wiggins last month, Schneider disputed Metro’s assertions and said the addition of bike lanes would not cause delays or affect properties if parking was not prioritized over the upgrades.

Schneider and others have said that the agency’s plan dismisses residents’ needs.

What went cruelly overlooked was the larger effect of such coercion: lasting trauma for Schneider, whose outspokenness over the years about her experience typically went unnoticed.

Foregrounding that viewpoint is the French film “Being Maria” from director-co-writer Jessica Palud, in which a memorable Anamaria Vartolomei plays Schneider from age 15 to 30-something, and from untested hopeful to jaded survivor.