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Stolen Miyata Unknown

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Sweet commuter stolen from my doorstep. Ugly paint job covered up by electrical tape, sawed off/flipped handlebars with gray tape, Shimano component group, with black grey tires and new wheels.

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Portland’s $125 million dollar wish list

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City of Portland bike coordinator Roger Geller and Alta Planning’s Mia Birk (the dynamic duo working on our city’s Platinum Bicycle Master Plan) recently gave a presentation at a Women’s Transportation Seminar luncheon titled, The Leading Edge of Bicycle Transportation Policy and Practice.

I missed the luncheon, but in perusing the PDF of the presentation (it’s available at the bottom of this page), I found an interesting slide.

It’s a list of what Geller and Birk would do with $125 million…

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DA: No criminal negligence in Jarolimek case

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Deputy DA Chuck Sparks speaking
with a reporter at the
Courthouse this morning.
(Photo © Jonathan Maus)

This morning, Multnomah County Senior Deputy District Attorney Chuck Sparks (in photo) released his report on the case of Brett Jarolimek, who died on October 22 after colliding with a garbage truck on Interstate and Greeley.

After an in-depth investigation that included several trips to the scene, video footage from the top of the hill, and multiple interviews with the truck’s passenger and with witnesses who saw the entire collision take place, Sparks’ has determined that the garbage truck driver, Bryan Lowes, did not, “show conduct rising to the level of criminal negligence”.

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Stolen TREK 830

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Red mountain bike TREK 830 with Planet Bike fenders front and back, tamper proof axle bolt replacements for front and back, tag-a-long hitch mounted on seat post, small black and white “City of Iowa City” bike license on rear fork of frame above the brake mounts

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