News coverage of the BTA's work

November 2006

11/23/2006 Portland Mercury BTA's Evan Manvel and the legislative wish list

11/15/2006 Willamette Week BTA's Evan Manvel looks forward to Rep. Jim Oberstar (D-Minn) chairing House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee

11/9/2006 Portland Tribune BTA's Michelle Poyourow shares Bike Commute Challenge results

September 2006

9/20/2006 Willamette Week BTA's Evan Manvel comments on problematic bus drivers

9/15/2006 Newport News Times BTA partners with WPC to fund Pedestrian Safety Enforcement Operation at coast

August 2006

8/31/2006 The Oregonian BTA's Jessica Roberts urges Trimet to continue to improve services for cyclists

8/14/2006 The Oregonian Providence Bridge Pedal benefits BTA

8/10/2006 The Oregonian  BTA releases five-part safety plan in response to summer fatalities - page 1, page 2

8/2/2006 Willamette Week Portlanders need 100 Additional Miles of Bike Boulevards

July 2006

7/21/06 Daily Journal of Commerce Cars, obesity, low-density development and increased mortality rates

7/20/06 Daily Journal of Commerce Bicycle and Pedestrian Institute proposed at PSU

7/12/06 CBN News Portland enjoys a bike commuting rate 600% over national average

7/11/06 Mail Tribune Medford makes progress on bike transportation

7/10/06 BikePortland.org Fire, donuts, & dancing on Night Ride to benefit BTA

7/5/06 KGW.com BTA endorses increase in parking ticket fines

June 2006

6/30/2006 Oregonian BTA provides parking for Portland Waterfront Blues Festival

6/20/06 Portland Daily Journal of Commerce Proposed Bicycle and Pedestrian Institute at PSU to educate next generation of planners

6/18/06 Oregonian BTA's Evan Manvel addresses Portland Bike Summit & 400 attend

May 2006

5/2006 Bicycle Paper BTA's Scott Bricker celebrates new Oregon laws (p.2 of 16, 2MB)

5/31/06 Oregonian BTA's Jessica Roberts comments on Highway 43 and danger for bikes

5/18/06 Willamette Week BTA's Jessica Roberts comments on a recent police sting on cyclists

5/12/06 Oregonian BTA's Evan Manvel comments on proposed bike hub in a downtown Portland office building

5/9/06 Bicycle Retailer Bikes Belong awards grant to BTA for Bike Boulevards

April 2006

4/2006 Bicycle Paper BTA's Evan Manvel attends National Bike Summit (p.4 of 16, 2MB)

4/27/2006 Dirt Rag:  The Mountain Bike Forum BTA lobbies Congress

4/27/2006 Oregonian  BTA's Scott Bricker comments on Cost of Congestion Study

4/15/2006 The Economist BTA's Evan Manvel defends bicycle postal delivery (9th letter)

4/14/2006 Josephine County News BTA and Willamette Pedestrian Coalition award pedestrian safety grants

4/12/2006 Portland State University Vanguard BTA partners with PSU, City of Portland, and local firms to propose Bicycle and Pedestrian Institute

4/3/2006 Oregon Public Broadcasting BTA's Evan Manvel supports new Portland lobbying disclosure rules

March 2006

3/19/2006 Corvallis Gazette-Times Jim Lawrence receives BTA award at Alice B. Toeclips dinner

3/13/2006 News 4 Neighbors Alice B. Toeclips award winners announced

3/2006 Bicycle Paper BTA's Evan Manvel and Portland City Commissioner Sam Adams launch Ride Portland (p.2)

February 2006

2/13/2006 Mail Tribune In response to BTA, City of Medford proposes new bike lanes

2005

7/18/2005 Originally published in The Oregonian BTA's Evan Manvel discusses missed opportunity with St. Johns Bridge

Winter 2005 The Commuter Reporter BTA's Robert Ping writes on Safe Routes to Schools (p.3)

 

If you are a reporter with a question, please contact Karl Rohde, Government Relations and Public Affairs Diretcor (503) 266-0676 x12 or Scott Bricker, Executive Director (503) 226-0676 x14.