[Screenshot from Streetsblog.] I keep tabs on many blogs, but there are just a couple that I truly respect and admire. Right now, the one I’m most impressed with is Streetsblog. It is one of, if not the best activism-oriented blog on the Web. The blog is an initiative of the New York Streets Renaissance … Read more
Happy Halloween! Dan Kaufman of CrankMyChain TV has just uploaded this great, 2.5 minute clip from Sunday’s Cross Crusade race out in Yamhill. Check it out…if you dare…
[Angela Valdez,post crash]Photo: Nathan Lenz Angela Valdez, the well-known staff writer at the Willamette Week has left the local independent weekly and will now ply her trade at The Stranger up in Seattle. Angela is probably best known for a defining moment that will forever connect her to bikes and Portland. On July 27th, 2005 … Read more
[Cover of PDX Mag.] OK, so maybe it doesn’t say BikePortland.org…but the cover of the October issue of PDX Magazine (“Portland’s where to go and what to do magazine”) does say “Bike Portland.” Not sure if the writers had my site in mind, but hey, I’ll take whatever I can get ;-). Seriously though, check … Read more
The Willamette Week reports that Southeast Portland resident Jake Gill was verbally accosted and then rammed with the front of a TriMet bus back on September 6th. Here’s how it played out, according to the story in the Willy Week: Gill’s problems began in downtown Portland a little before 8:45 am on Wednesday, Sept. 6. … Read more
[The Eastbank Esplanade] KGW reports that Sunset Magazine, which bills itself as “The Magazine of Western Living,” has ranked the “Willamette River Loop” the fifth best bike ride in the (western) U.S. Fifth place wouldn’t be so bad, but we’re behind a trail in Los Angeles, California…ouch! (I can make fun of L.A. because I’m … Read more
BTA director Evan Manvel has had enough with the way some journalists report on traffic crashes involving bicycles. He has just published the “Top Ten Things the News Gets Wrong About Crash Reports.” Here’s his list.
[Via the Shift email list] This just in from Ayleen Crotty, host of the KBOO Bike Show.
[Still from Willamette Week videoshows intern using bolt cutters whilepeople ignore him completely.] Just noticed the Willamette Week has devoted a cover story to bike theft. They sent out intern Josh Silverman to steal his own bike in broad daylight to see if anyone would stop him (no one did). They also made a video … Read more
It’s been almost a month since I last wrote about the Jammin’ 95.5 radio show story, but I haven’t forgotten about it. Even though many people have thanked me for a job well-done and congratulated me on a “victory”, for some reason I still don’t feel like celebrating. I have also heard from several of … Read more
[Another day, another load for Robert.] It’s been way too long since I joined my cargo-loving compatriots on a bike move but I’m,happy to report that the bike move(ment) is as strong as ever! *Local and international media are taking notice. Dan Kaufmann of CrankMyChain! caught a recent one on video. You can watch it … Read more
[Photo from Flickr: bublynski] There was interesting story in Sunday’s Oregonian about a rise in motorcycle fatalities in Oregon. The headline read, “Beware the thrill of the open road” and as I read it I couldn’t help but think how motorcyclists and bicyclists share common concerns and experiences.