Representative Earl Blumenauer must have a good agent; just over a year ago he and his bicycle were profiled in the Wall Street Journal.
Today it’s the New York Times‘s turn. The article, by Cornelia Dean, also focuses on his bike advocacy:
Mr. Blumenauer, a passionate advocate of cycling as a remedy for everything from climate change to obesity, represents most of Portland in Congress, where he is the founder and proprietor of the 180 (plus or minus)-member Congressional Bicycle Caucus. Long regarded in some quarters as quixotic, the caucus has come into its own as hard times, climate concerns, gyrating gas prices and worries about fitness turn people away from their cars and toward their bikes.
Read the rest here: A Bicycle Evangelist With the Wind Now at His Back.
I’m with Earl. The more people that see Earl on his bike, the more people might steer clear of me, not wanting to hit what might be…Earl. Hence my new creation, For the Love of Portland | Bike design focused on getting people to see bikes, but with a little Portland Style. Please don’t hit me, I might be Earl!
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