BICAS in the news: our media archive

Organized by date of publication, below is a listing of newspaper articles, TV shows, radio programs, independent films: media by others directly about BICAS, peripherally about BICAS, or in some cases even minor mentions of BICAS (to not see the latter, set Relevance below to “High”).

The purpose of this archive is three-fold: to help us maintain an institutional memory of past projects and activities, to gauge our level of visibility in the community (for more on that, take a look at media statistics), and to help potential donors and grantors understand the relevance of supporting our operation. If you know of media items missing from this archive, please contact us and let us know!

Arizona Daily Star

Arizona Daily Star
Oct 29, 1995

Tucson groups call for transport options

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Summary: Summarizes points from meeting between transportation officials and activists in response to Critical Mass protests. Includes comments by Dwight Metzger representing Critical Mass. Representing Bootstraps to Share (today known as BICAS), Thomas Landry is quoted saying, "The trend should be that non-profits should take the lead role in pushing and helping the city implement transportation alternatives". Mentions Bootstraps's Orange Bike Program, "Bootstraps recently refurbished 48 bicycles, painted them orange and put them out on the city's streets for anyone to use". Thomas Landry said the program is modeled on a similar one in Portland, adding "It has put bicycles into people's minds as a viable form of commuting".

Arizona Daily Star

Arizona Daily Star
Sep 23, 1995

Imagine - free bikes

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Summary: The paper's editorial opinion supporting the orange bike program.

Arizona Daily Star

Arizona Daily Star
Sep 22, 1995

Free public-bicycle plan gets set to roll downtown

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Summary: Describes the BICAS Orange Bike program, which ran 22Sep1995 until 01Mar1996. The program is modeled on Portland's Yellow Bike program. The founder of the Portland program is interviewed in this article. Contributions from the City of Tucson are also described.