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• TV commercial uses bikes to promote downtown Portland

  “The whole biking movement is really a part of who we are as a city…it was a no-brainer for us.”– Chris Finks, executive director of the Downtown Marketing Initiative on why they chose to feature bicycles in their TV ad campaign... Posted Dec 02 2008, 04:32 AM by BikePortland.org » Front Page Filed under: Front Page, News, Business, Media, ad watch

• Portland’s transportation planning to be featured on PBS series

  Mayor-elect Sam Adams in a screen grab from an upcoming PBS series. Portland is set to be featured in an episode of a PBS television series about the “economies of being environmentally conscious”. The series, e2 transport, is in its third... Posted Dec 02 2008, 04:01 AM by BikePortland.org » Front Page Filed under: Front Page, News, Media, earl blumenauer, sam adams, transportation

• Oregonian launches new commuting blog, column

  Joseph Rose The Oregonian (and many other newspapers) might be in the midst of major newsroom shrinkage and other changes to its print edition, but that hasn’t stopped them from launching a new column and blog about “the culture of the commute”... Posted Dec 01 2008, 04:50 AM by BikePortland.org » Front Page Filed under: Front Page, News, Media, the oregonian, joseph rose

• Fox TV catches bike thief in the act

  Private investigators give chase to bike thief (screen grab from KPTV video report). KPTV (FOX in Portland) staged a bike theft sting as part of their “Fox 12 Investigators” series. The video report includes footage of a bike thief in action... Posted Dec 01 2008, 04:21 AM by BikePortland.org » Front Page Filed under: Front Page, Media, Bike Theft

• National attention for Blumenauer’s “Greener Commute”

  Blumenauer on his “green commute” down Pennsylvania Ave.(Photo © J. Maus) Portland’s favorite pedaling politico got his views on biking into the hands of 72.6 million Americans on Sunday. Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) was featured in a... Posted Nov 24 2008, 06:56 AM by BikePortland.org » Front Page Filed under: Front Page, News, Media, earl blumenauer, national media

• B-SMaRT close calls/crash reporting tool: One month later

  This map shows were close calls and collisions have been reported with the BikePortland B-SMaRT tool.Click to enlarge(Graphic: Joe Broach). It’s been just about one month since we launched the Bike Safety and Monitoring Reporting Tool, a.k.a. B... Posted Nov 18 2008, 05:44 AM by BikePortland.org » Front Page Filed under: Front Page, News, Media, Advocacy, Infrastructure, Resources, close calls map, b-smart

• Momentum’s new safety vid: “Let’s Get Visible”

  Momentum publisher/editor Amy Walker as Olivia Newton-John in “Let’s Get Visible”.- Watch video below - The folks at Vancouver, BC-based Momentum Magazine have combined their passion for safe biking with their fun and fashionable style... Posted Nov 18 2008, 04:27 AM by BikePortland.org » Front Page Filed under: Front Page, News, Safety, Media, Advocacy, vancouver bc, bike safety, visibility

• Ad Watch: Con-way is “changing gears”

  “There’s a new Con-way fleet on the road.”– copy from a new ad by freight logistics company Con-way Con-way is a $4.7 billion freight transportation and logisitics company based in Northwest Portland. I’ve long admired their... Posted Nov 11 2008, 12:28 PM by BikePortland.org » Front Page Filed under: Front Page, Business, Media, Bike Friendly Businesses, ad watch

• A “National Mobility Project” and infrastructure investment as antidote

  David Brooks Widely-read New York Times op-ed columnist and regular NewsHour pundit David Brooks penned a column today that urged our government and leaders to put infrastructure projects on the fast-track. Calling it a “National Mobility Project”... Posted Oct 31 2008, 04:08 PM by BikePortland.org » Front Page Filed under: Front Page, Media, Infrastructure, Editorial

• Video: Portland’s bike scene on ‘Cultural Odyssey’ around the world

  Suli Yu, with Voice of America, has finished his story on Portland’s bike scene.(Photo © J. Maus) Back in July, I mentioned that Suli Yu, a video journalist from the Chinese branch of the Voice of America was shooting a piece about Portland’s... Posted Oct 27 2008, 04:12 PM by BikePortland.org » Front Page Filed under: Front Page, News, Media

• Portland Monthly goes for a laugh with “Bikers vs. Cars” movie spoof

  The “Laughs Last” section on the back page of Portland Monthly magazine’s October issue features an eye-catching illustration (see it below). It’s a make-believe movie poster for Collision Course, which is “Coming this Halloween... Posted Oct 24 2008, 01:36 PM by BikePortland.org » Front Page Filed under: Front Page, News, Media

• BTA releases results of Bike Commute Challenge

  Tonight in southeast Portland, the Bicycle Transportation Alliance (BTA) will toast another successful Bike Commute Challenge. The event, which has been held every September since 1995, is a friendly competition between workplaces to see who bike to work... Posted Oct 08 2008, 07:23 PM by BikePortland.org » Front Page Filed under: Front Page, Business, Media, Advocacy, Infrastructure, Editorial, Columbia River Crossing, Bike Friendly Businesses, Brett Jarolimek, Mountain Biking, Flanders Street Bridge, Carfree Families Column, Citizen Initiated Citation Process, Cyclocross 2007, Page Two

• Oregonian reporter conquers commuting fears

  “Not knowing what I was in for created a lot of mental room for scenarios of death and disfigurement. So far, the worst thing that’s happened is when my chain popped off on Interstate Avenue.”– Shelby Wood Remember Shelby Wood... Posted Sep 26 2008, 12:26 PM by BikePortland.org » Front Page Filed under: Front Page, News, Media, the oregonian

• The Economist: Bike production outpacing cars

  The Economist published an interesting blurb and graphic on Monday. They took a look at bicycle and car production since 1950 and found that, “…Bicycle and car production grew pretty much in tandem in the two decades beginning in 1950. But... Posted Sep 24 2008, 12:03 AM by BikePortland.org » Front Page Filed under: Front Page, Media

• More on bike parking from the other side of the hill

  (Photo from OregonLive.com) Portland’s new on-street bike parking corrals are the subject of an editorial in the Hillsboro Argus today (Hillsboro is about 17 miles west of Portland). In OK Bike Corral, Argus publisher Clark Gallagher shares concerns... Posted Sep 23 2008, 03:10 PM by BikePortland.org » Front Page Filed under: Front Page, Media, Infrastructure, Bike Parking, bike corrals, hillsboro