Year: 2001Brand: YetiModel: as-rColor:tealSize:largeSerial: 1Z 0201 LPhoto: http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/9074/yetiasrsl2005.jpgStolen in Portland, OR 97211Stolen:2010-01-14Stolen From: Our locked garage (through window) at NE 15th and Killingsworth.Neighborhood: Alberta/VernonOwner: Jeff WhitakerOwnerEmail: jeff@jeffmade.comReward: 100Description: Fork is Black Brand, not stock in photo; has Nokian studded tires on it.Police record with: pending (waiting for call back)This registrant has documented proof of ownership [...]

Brand: SpecializedModel: HardrockColor:19 to 20 inchesSize:tanish goldSerial: unknowStolen in portland, OR Stolen:2010-01-13Stolen From: my bike was stolen on se 170 th ave and divisionNeighborhood: it was stolen on 170th aveOwner: Patrick CarpenterOwnerEmail: Patrick_Carpenter16@hotmail.comDescription: the bike was a gift from my parents for my birthday and spent a lot of money on it it has a [...]

Tell City leaders your top safety concerns at upcoming summit.(Photo © J. Maus)

2010 is shaping up to be the Year of Transportation in Portland (and beyond).
In December, we shared news that ODOT's top guy in our region, Jason Tell, was pushing to make safety a higher priority. ODOT is also on a statewide tour [...]

Rain and bike fun go together just fine. (Photo © J. Maus)

A solid lineup of weekend events should ensure bike fun for all. Don't mind the rain. And let us know what you're up to by bike in the comments.

The future of bicycle racing in Oregon.From L to R: Liz Cartwright, Brian Fawcett, Fiona Graham, Keith Fawcett, Hannah McDade, Grant McElroy, Naiqwan Pelman.(Photos © J. Maus)

Here are BikePortland's traffic stats from the month of December, 2009.
The most popular posts of the month included the report of a traffic court judge's controversial and existential ruling about bike lanes which stirred up over 200 reader comments. Also popular was the report confirming the first decrease in city bike traffic counts in [...]

Not quite done.(Photo: Adams Carroll)

It was supposed to already be open, but Multnomah County spokesperson Mike Pullen tells us that the long-awaited bikeway improvements on the Morrison Bridge won't be ready until late February.
The project was originally slated for completion in mid-December of last year, but Pullen says the County's contractor has submitted a revised [...]

A project to install more sharrows in downtown Portland could benefit from potential stimulus funds.(Photo © J. Maus)

As lawmakers in Washington D.C. contemplate a second major federal stimulus bill, the Portland Bureau of Transportation is working on a list of projects that would be ready to go if and when funding becomes available.
PBOT staffer Kathryn [...]

Portland's Mounted Patrol Unit.(Photo: Police Bureau)

The Portland Police Police Bureau, like all City bureaus, is facing another year of budget cuts. The PPB must reduce their budget for the coming year by 2% (other, non public safety bureaus have to cut 4%). One idea that has been proposed is to dissolve their Mounted [...]

(Photo © Elly Blue)

Walking past the Concordia University campus in Northeast Portland recently, I spotted this cargo trike converted to a landscaping truck.

Year: 2003Brand: LeMondModel: WayzataColor:GreySize:55Serial: WW 0694643Photo: http://www.bikepedia.com/Images/image.aspx?filename=2003-Lemond-Wayzata.jpgStolen in Portland, OR 97210Stolen:2010-01-11Stolen From: From my effing house! NE 19th & Weidler. Some crackhead smashed at the wooden railing out front with a huge board until it splintered enough to slip my Kryptonite lock off the railing and take the bike with it.Neighborhood: Inner NE/Sullivan's GulchOwner: Devon [...]

Centennial Mills as it sits today on the west bank of Willamette.(Photo: PDC)

Next Tuesday (1/19), the Portland Development Commission will hold a public open house for their Centennial Mills redevelopment project. This project is important to anyone who cares about Portland's bike network because running smack dab through the parcel to be redeveloped is [...]

Year: 2009Brand: CANNONDALEModel: BIKE,10, F9 FEMININE, MEDIUM WHITEColor:LIGHT BLUE/WHITESize:MEDIUMSerial: UM82163Photo: http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/402/project1087.pngStolen in PORTLAND, OR 97203Stolen:2010-01-12Stolen From: THE UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND CAMPUS. IN FRONT OF SHIPSTAD HALL ON 1/11-12/2010Neighborhood: UNIV. OF PORTLANDOwner: CAITLIN STEINBERGOwnerEmail: STNBD@AOL.COMDescription: IT IS A CANNONDALE WOMENS BIKE NORTH CAROLINA COLORS, LIGHT BLUE AND WHITE WITH WIDE KNOB TIRESPolice record with: STILL WAITINGPolice [...]

"To insure that the City of Damascus is open as much as possible to the free flow of vehicular traffic and citizen travel within the city..." -- Text from a ballot measure that would prohibit public mass transit in Damascus

A ballot measure to be voted on in March in the city of Damascus, Oregon -- [...]

But even here in Portland, particularly in parts of the bike scene with a strong connection with sports and business, assumptions about gender often remain unquestioned.

February: I am asked to volunteer on a committee for a bicycle organization "because we need more women." The person who invites me says that he had been frantically calling [...]

Cross section of the MARC (there's a velodrome in there somewhere.

The City of Portland recently ended its call for concepts to redevelop the Memorial Coliseum. There were 80 different concepts received -- ranging from a world class bowling arena to "a museum that celebrates the bygone era of the automobile."
Among the concepts, there are [...]

Who knew the Charter of Brussels would figure so prominently in Portland's Bicycle Plan?(Photo: Greg Raisman)

Benchmarks are important in order to know whether or not a plan is successful, especially when a plan -- like the Portland Bicycle Plan for 2030 -- has a 20-year horizon. That plan has a highly-publicized goal of 25% [...]

Public comments sought on transportation capital plan
Multnomah County welcomes comments on its public review draft of the Transportation Capital Improvement Plan and Program (CIPP) for Fiscal Years 2010-2014. The purpose of the CIPP is to ensure limited public funds are invested in transportation projects providing the greatest public benefit. The CIPP is updated every five [...]

Here's the news that caught our eye this week:

China, car capital of the world; Tweeting and driving; immobilizing the poor; Potestio speaks; Jacquie Phelan speaks; garbage bikes; burning cars; motorized wheelchairs on the loose.

- The high-profile "road rage doctor" case has concluded; ER doctor Christopher Thompson, who was found guilty of intentionally slamming on his [...]

If Phil Goff had his way, his "Greenway Esplanade" concept would have transformed the Morrison Bridge into a biking and walking oasis. It didn't quite turn out that way.(Concept drawing by Phil Goff)