The Friday Profile: Jackie Dingfelder, the lawmaker who biked away
One of the best friends bicycling has ever had in Salem, Jackie Dingfelder, is now a voice for biking in Portland City Hall.
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The Friday Profile: Jim Chasse, East Portland’s quiet, conquering bike warrior
“It just makes too much sense,” Chasse, 58, said in an interview at McMenamins Mall 205. “I mean, Yeah, light rail is great. And bus service is absolutely critical. But I mean, I quit driving.”
The lost interview: Peñalosa on parking, density, and the suburbs
Given this week’s stories about land-use and parking, I figured it was a good time to dust off an interview I did with Enrique Penalosa, a noted livable streets advocate who’s now running for president of Colombia.
PBOT Director Leah Treat on pricing auto use, bike-only streets, and more
PBOT Director Leah Treat last summer.(Photo J. Maus/BikePortland) Nine months into her position as the Director of the Portland Bureau of Transportation, Leah Treat appears to be finally ready to spread her wings. We’ve noted here at BikePortland that for someone in charge of one of America’s marquee transportation systems, and someone who came to … Read more
The Friday Profile: Rachael Pecore-Valdez, mountain-bike rookie on a wolf’s tail
For someone whose longest bike trip ever is 40 miles to Sauvie Island and back, a 1,200-mile, five-week mountain bike trek through Eastern Oregon will be, well, a leap.
The Friday Profile: Andrew Reed, River City’s ad man on a deadline
But about 20 times each year for the last decade, Andrew Reed has sat down with Adobe Illustrator to put together River City Bicycles’ black and white quarter-page ad for page 3 of Willamette Week.
The Friday Profile: Jeffrey Cramer, Portland’s stolen-bike good Samaritan
When Jeffrey Cramer bought the bike for $10 last Friday night, he wasn’t planning to return it to anyone. He just needed a way to get home, because someone had stolen his own bike a week before.
The Friday Profile: Brandon Rhodes, Lents’ new bike-powered grocer
By 2020, Brandon Rhodes predicts and hopes, Lents will finally have a grocery store. For now, it’s got him and his bike trailer.
The Friday Profile: Shelley Oylear, Washington County’s eye on biking
Shelley Oylear, the only public employee in Washington County with the word bicycle in her job title, is the 36-year-old queen of having feet in two worlds.
The Friday Profile: Craftsman Jeff Lauten, maker of unicycles and cargo bike boxes
You wouldn’t think anybody would spend $750 on a hand-built box, he said. But people like what they like.
The Friday Profile: Portland’s idea man has a big plan for eastside biking
Two months before his 80th birthday, volunteer architect Jim Howell has designed his first transportation concept that features bikes.
Cyclocross interview series: OBRA Executive Director Kenji Sugahara
OBRA Executive Director Kenji Sugahara in the office of U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley in March 2012.(Photo by J. Maus/BikePortland) Welcome to the fourth installment in our series audio interviews with local cyclocross personalities. We’ve partnered with the Oregon Bicycle Racing Association (OBRA) to broadcast these interviews in advance of their 2013 Cyclocross Championship event coming … Read more