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Year: 70’s-80’s
Brand: Motobecane
Model: mixte
Color:white
Stolen in Portland, OR 97214
Stolen:2009-08-12
Stolen From: SE 22nd and Division
Neighborhood: SE Portland
Owner: Amanda Bishop
OwnerEmail: amandabis@gmail.com
Description: White mixte frame ten speed, original components. Brand new seat with reflective strip on back. Red grips. Gold Japanese bell. Double wire basket on rear. White fenders.
This registrant does not have proof of ownership of this bike
Year: 2001
Brand: Trek
Model: 4300
Color:Yellow
Stolen in Portland, OR 97232
Stolen:2009-08-11
Stolen From: My house, 22nd and E. Burnside. Bike was attached to a wooden spindle on the front deck. The spindle was kicked out.
Neighborhood: Kerns
Owner: Brian Kramer
OwnerEmail: kramerb1@gmail.com
Description: Had a rear tire splash guard, street tires instead of stock mountain bike tires, 4 digit combination U-lock on top bar.
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: 0971667
This registrant does not have proof of ownership of this bike
City planners are working to determine which projects should be funded with the new, $500,000 “Affordable Transporation Fund” included in Mayor Adam’s budget. The money — which is to be dedicated specifically to bikeway network improvements — became available on July 1st. A draft list of high-priority projects was shared at last night’s City of Portland Bicycle Advisory Committee meeting.
City bike coordinator Roger Geller shared that some of this year’s $500,000 is already spoken for. Half of the money will pay for the upcoming cycle track on SW Broadway (will be completed by end of this month), buffered bike lanes on Stark and Oak and the 15 miles of bike boulevards PBOT is working on.
Over the next few weeks we’ll be bringing you bits and pieces of Portland’s forthcoming Bicycle Master Plan for 2030. The plan is being updated for the first time since 1995 and it will contain many important bicycle policy guidelines (and more) that will eventually be folded into Portland’s Transportation System Plan.
The plan is slated for public comment very soon and it will likely be in front of City Council toward the end of October. I’ve been reading through an internal rough draft and thought I’d share a bit of it with you.
Part One of the plan lays out PBOT’s vision of “A World-Class Bicycling City”. In addition to making the case for why the city should invest in bicycling, it explains the process of updating the plan, describes the latest thinking on “the nature of bicycling” and it explains PBOT’s “framework for bicycling policy”.
The Gateway Green project has taken a major step forward.
Friends of Gateway Green — the non-profit group working to convert an ODOT-owned, 35-acre parcel between I-205 and I-84 into a bicycle recreation area — has announced that Governor Kulongoski has selected the project to be part of the Oregon Solutions program.
Oregon Solutions is a process that grew out of Oregon’s Sustainability Act of 2001. Projects under this umbrella are seen as having a high priority for the state and they are selected because they have a strong sustainability component and bring together a wide range of community stakeholders. Oregon Solutions helps the Gateway Green project in many important ways — from bringing its staff resources (to help find funding, etc…) to being a heavyweight facilitator to help navigate the extremely complicated route from vacant land to public recreation mecca.