STREET VIEW: Let Portland’s E-Bike Revolution Begin

Over the last few years, I’ve had the distinct pleasure of witnessing dozens of people having their first experience on an electric bike. Even though the e-bike has become a standard in my personal transportation repertoire, I always get a rush of excitement when I watch someone else experience the electric pedal boost for the first time, their eyes lighting up as they realize how transformational these bikes are. For a long time, bike advocates...

Portland Mercury
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"Jaywalkers" all over again... In the '20s, carmakers campaigned to demonize and criminalize pedestrians by rebranding them as jaywalkers. #EbikesAreTheFuture
https://www.vox.com/2015/1/15/7551873/jaywalking-history
The forgotten history of how automakers invented the crime of “jaywalking”

Vox