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Family Biking: What is car culture and how does it affect us?

Even today, I am struggling to root out some of these deeply entrenched car-biased behaviors and ways of thinking, even where I can see their dangers and negative consequences.

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January 6, 2023

Shannon Johnson (Family Biking Columnist)

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Opinion: Who cares if cars are killing coho in Cascadia?

The fact that there isn’t more urgency around the issue is not surprising, since people have accepted every single other negative trade-off that comes with our car-centric system.

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November 30, 2022

Jonathan Maus (Publisher/Editor)

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Riders in a bike path separated from other traffic lanes full of cars by a guardrail.

How can we bring ‘zero auto ownership’ out of the shadows?

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April 28, 2022

Taylor Griggs (Staff Writer)

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State of Oregon considers driving ban on some beaches to improve safety

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November 30, 2020

Jonathan Maus (Publisher/Editor)

29 Comments


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Local environmental group targets “rolling coal” offenders

It’s a federal offense, but someone must be charged first.

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August 30, 2016

Jonathan Maus (Publisher/Editor)

149 Comments


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Multnomah County’s drop in auto ownership since 2007 would fill 287 acres of parking

That’s almost exactly the size of the entire central business district.

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June 22, 2016

Michael Andersen (Contributor)

115 Comments


A bike company has finally made an ad that competes with the auto industry

Stromer strikes impressive notes in their latest ad.

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May 2, 2016

Jonathan Maus (Publisher/Editor)

50 Comments


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Multnomah County car registration is down 8% since 2007, and isn’t rebounding

The Great Recession has left plenty of marks on the Portland area. Here’s one of the happier ones.

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March 3, 2015

Michael Andersen (Contributor)

52 Comments


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‘Rolling coal’, deemed illegal by the EPA, enjoys 15 minutes of fame

Ugh. It appears that the “rolling coal” phenomenon is real and is being done to annoy “environmentalists” and Prius drivers. It’s also a violation of the Clean Air Act.

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July 8, 2014

Jonathan Maus (Publisher/Editor)

63 Comments


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Truck driver does ‘rolling coal’ on riders, and one of them is a bike cop

Purposely spewing diesel exhaust fumes from your truck onto bike riders is all fun and games, until you unknowingly do it to an off-duty cop.

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June 20, 2014

Jonathan Maus (Publisher/Editor)

139 Comments


Man claims he was victim of intentional smoke screen from passing truck

Breathing exhaust is bad enough. One reader says he was the victim of a smoke screen attack.

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February 13, 2014

Jonathan Maus (Publisher/Editor)

97 Comments


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Scion apologizes, pulls insensitive ad

Scion has apologized. Scion has pulled an ad that referred to people riding bicycles as “obstacles.” The ad, which we highlighted on July 11th, had a fighting theme and the “King of the road” was its tC model sportscar. Over the weekend, a reader pointed us to a blog post on Scion.com (which seems to … Read more

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July 23, 2013

Jonathan Maus (Publisher/Editor)

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