Q & A: David Rowe wants you to take the “Ride of Your Life”
The Ride of Your Life author David Rowe riding high above the Columbia River Gorge.
Books and Zines
First look at “Pedaling Revolution”, a new book by Oregonian reporter
The cover This morning I received an advanced copy of a long-awaited new book by Jeff Mapes; Pedaling Revolution: How Cyclists are Changing American Cities. Mapes is the senior political reporter for The Oregonian (he also writes a politics blog) and, while I’ve known about this project for a long time, he’s kept the details … Read more
Shift noted in new book on “The rise of the bicycle in American public life”
Shift gets noticed in new book.Read full excerpt below. In his new book, Pedal Power: The Quiet Rise of the Bicycle in American Public Life, DePaul University political science professor J. Harry Wray devotes three-and-a-half pages to local bike fun activist group, Shift. In a chapter titled, Pushing the Envelope: Populist Politics, Shift is noted … Read more
Comment of the Week: Gratitude for N/NE Broadway project