[Current issue of Wend magazine with local bike builders Ira Ryan (L) and Tony Pereira (R).]Graphic: Wend The current issue of Wend, a Portland-based adventure magazine, includes a photo spread on wool bike clothing modeled by several local bike builders. The photos were shot at Kruger’s Farm on Sauvie Island and include Ira Ryan of … Read more
[via Amanda Fritz’s Blog] The Oregonian penned an editorial yesterday that says currently proposed cell phone bans are nothing but “trendy” and “frivolous” pieces of legislation.
The Portland Tribune — just named the nation’s best non-daily newspaper — has a familiar face on its front cover currently in newsstands across Portland. Michelle Poyourow, the BTA’s events and outreach director is featured in an article about Portland’s young movers and shakers. Here’s an excerpt:
[Screenshot from KOIN story.Go here to find video.] BTA Director Evan Manvel reports that their Senate Bill 299 (PDF here) got some airtime on Portland’s CBS affiliate KOIN-TV yesterday. I watched the video clip and they do a solid job covering the issue. I’d recommend watching it. They have some interesting on-the-street interviews, some words … Read more
Chris Smith mentioned this yesterday, but I just noticed an interesting story buried in the Metro Section of today’s Oregonian. Here’s the gist. Metro is in the midst of their Regional Transportation Plan update. According to Metro, this plan is,
Dan Kaufman of CrankMyChain Cycle TV has put together this fun Mini Bike Winter promotional video. It includes footage from last night’s Zoobomb (can you say cold and gravelly?), deep thoughts from Zoobombers, and narration from a strange-sounding Reverend Phil.
[From today’s Oregonian. Read the article.] For the second time in a row, Oregonian columnist Renee Mitchell has devoted her column (which appears on the front page of the Metro section) to the power of the pedal. Last Wednesday she wrote about how the community came together to recover Erin Greeson’s $2,000 stolen bike. Now, … Read more
It’s been forever since I last posted a stolen bike recovery story. This time, the story comes from S. Renee Mitchell’s column in the Oregonian last week. She has the story of Erin Greeson’s high-end carbon-fiber racing bike getting nabbed from New Seasons in Sellwood:
[Berkeley’s Bike Boulevards, by Clarence Eckerson (for StreetsBlog)]Length: 8 min. 12 sec. Clarence Eckerson’s latest StreetFilms piece focuses on Berkeley California’s bicycle boulevard network. It’s a great film and it shows that Berkeley is way ahead of Portland in creating slow, traffic-calmed streets that are safe and appealing for people (not just cars).
[Click here for full story.Click here for the director’s cut interview.] Last night on the 11 o’clock news, KATU-TV (Portland’s ABC affiliate) ran a story titled, “Have cyclists become a target?” The KATU story aired as a direct result of the many comments received in response to the post about a pair of cyclists who … Read more
Via the BTA Blog and an ad on Jack Bog’s blog comes news that BTA Executive Director Evan Manvel will the guest on Outlook Portland this Sunday morning (1/21) at 6:30AM. Show host Nick Fish will talk with Evan about the BTA’s legislative work and cycling in Oregon. The show is on Broadcast Channel 32, … Read more
The Willamette Week has the scoop on a full-length documentary in the works about Portland’s bike scene. The film’s creators — Greg Fredette, Jason Turner and Aaron Douglas — added more information in an email to the Shift list yesterday: