A look inside one newspaper’s thinking on crashes, accidents and collisions
One newsroom, various opinions.
the oregonian
Oregonian video offers closer look at bike share hardware
Though like other bike share bikes they’re heavy at 45 pounds, Njus says they shine on “ease of use.”
Bikes, a perfectly normal part of growth in Portland’s Central Eastside
A moment of bike-friendly perceptiveness in The Oregonian’s coverage.
Bill in legislature would legalize safe crossings against unresponsive red lights
Here’s how Oregonian reporter and columnist Joe Rose and his editors chose to explain this bill:
Oregonian story makes light of running over bicycle riders – UPDATED
A story posted on The Oregonian’s website earlier today seems to make a joke about very serious and potentially dangerous driving behavior.
Opinion: The PBA and The Oregonian are wrong about street tax impetus
Sorry PBA and The Oregonian, the push for new transportation revenue was never just about paving and maintenance.
The Oregonian Editorial Board on Portland’s “risky bike share venture”
Surprise, surprise; The Oregonian Editorial Board is already against Portland Bike Share.
From The Oregonian, Jan. 1, 1895: ‘Reign of the wheel’
119 years later, this short case for the merits of biking still feels like the perfect way to kick off a year of progress.
The Oregonian’s unfortunate letters about Hawthorne bike counter – UPDATED
Public opinion not based on facts. The Oregonian published two letters in today’s paper that allow a falsehood to go unchecked and that further perpetuate the incorrect notion harbored by many readers of that publication that bike-related spending by the City of Portland is both bad policy and out of control (neither of which are … Read more
The Oregonian exposes ‘culture of exhaustion’ among TriMet operators
Sunday’s front page. On Sunday, The Oregonian published a major front page story on the issue of driver fatigue at TriMet. The report was the result of an eight month investigation into driving records and the findings are quite disconcerting to say the least. As someone who regularly shares the road just inches from buses … Read more
A response to the pro-car perspective
“Cars — in whatever their future form may be — are here to stay. But so are bikes, transit and walking.”— Op-ed in The Oregonian A strange thing happened after Metro released a major new household travel survey last month. Despite the survey showing big increases in the rate of bicycle and transit use for … Read more
On paving vs “bike routes”, The Oregonian got it wrong
On Monday, I tried to share the truth behind The Oregonian’s extremely misleading “Portland’s Road to Ruin” article. That story, written by Beth Slovic and edited by Michelle Brence, has led many of its readers to believe that the Portland Bureau of Transportation was so focused on building “bike routes” they wouldn’t do any street … Read more