Each year the Pittsburgh Business Times chooses a hardworking group of “Fast Trackers” – executives under the age of 40. We’re proud to announce BikePGH Executive Director Scott Bricker has been selected by the Pittsburgh Business Times Fast Tracker class of 2015.
You don’t want to miss his profile in the Pittsburgh Business Times. It chronicles some the less pleasant experiences Scott had while riding around the Pittsburgh in the 90s and early 00s that lead him to become an advocate for safer streets – and there’s even a fight scene.
Scott Bricker
Executive director, Bike Pittsburgh
Back when he was a carpenter’s assistant, Scott Bricker was bicycling through Squirrel Hill, navigating a row of impatient drivers as he did every day, when one stopped on the side of the road and demanded, “pull over, so I can beat you up.” Those were the bad old days of the early ’00s, Bricker recalled, when Pittsburgh had “no network of bike lanes, and hostility (toward cyclists) was high.”
Pumped up on testosterone and youth, Bricker prepared to duke it out…
Find out what happened by reading the full article on the Pittsburgh Business Times website.
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