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.
car culture
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.
Local environmental group targets “rolling coal” offenders
It’s a federal offense, but someone must be charged first.
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.
A bike company has finally made an ad that competes with the auto industry
Stromer strikes impressive notes in their latest ad.
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.
‘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.
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.
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.
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