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Year: ?Brand: World Class Japanese Racing BikeModel: World Class Japanese Racing BikeColor:BlackSize:56-58 cmSerial: ?Stolen in Portland, OR 97214Stolen:2010-03-16Stolen From: SE 17th and Burnside
Fire on the Mountain RestaurantNeighborhood: Kerns or BelmontOwner: John LamarOwnerEmail: newmanation@hotmail.comDescription: Black "Japanese World Class Racing" bike. The only label is located on front of frame.
Forest green handle bar tape grip. [...]

Brand: GiantModel: FCR2Color:GreySerial: GV611153Stolen in Portland, OR Stolen:2010-03-7Stolen From: In front of New Seasons supermarket on North Interstate AveNeighborhood: North Interstate AveOwner: Jesse HarringtonOwnerEmail: harrington.jesse@gmail.comDescription: Grey with yellow, aluminum frame, flat handlebars, front and back rim do not matchPolice record with: 10-151059This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Did this lock belong to Tyler Brady?(Photos by Dan Schafer)

Several local media outlets are reporting that the autopsy results of 22-year old Tyler Brady showed that he died of an accidental drowning. Brady was reported missing on February 27th, was last seen riding his bicycle in Southeast Portland, and his body was found in [...]

Pedalivery's flatbed trailer delivery bike.(Photo: Evan Ross)

Evan Ross, owner of Portland Bicycle Tours, has added yet another bike-based business to his repertoire -- Pedalivery.
Ross already offers bike tours, rentals, bike-share, service and repair from a shop space in Old Town (that he shares with Portland Pedicabs and Icicle Tricycles). Now he's got a delivery [...]

Brand: CannondaleColor:SilverStolen in Portland, OR 97211Stolen:2010-03-18Stolen From: 28th/Alberta, stolen from back yard in the a.m. Thief is medium build black male wearing white sweatshirt. He was at Community Cycling at 9:00 trying to sell the bike.Neighborhood: AlbertaOwner: Theresa TranOwnerEmail: theresaqtran@yahoo.comReward: 100Description: Roommate's silver Cannondale mtn bike; hard tail, shock fork, disc brakes, huge [...]

Newly installed bike shelter at Boise-Eliot.(Photo © J. Maus)

The City of Portland Bureau of Transportation is putting a roof over the bike parking at four local schools. The work is being done through PBOT's Safe Routes to Schools program and construction is set to be completed by the end of April.
One of the new [...]

Year: 1990Brand: MiyataModel: 610Color:RedSize:50cmPhoto: http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/3889/artbike1.jpgStolen in Portland, OR 97214Stolen:2010-03-18Stolen From: Se 11th and Alder st. Locked up to a drainpipe at the apartment building on the southwest corner of the intersection. My Kryptonite lock was demolished.Neighborhood: Near Holocene and the Rimsky Korsacoffee HouseOwner: Arthur SanchezOwnerEmail: ArtSanchez101@gmail.comReward: $50 and cookiesDescription: This is my bike: Miyata 610 [...]

(Photos © J. Maus)

Portland's bike-friendly vibe continues to wear off on Keen Footwear. When they moved their corporate headquarters here in 2006, they wasted no time in putting bikes in their product catalog. Two years later, they promised to expand their cycling-oriented product line.
They've kept their promise.
They started by [...]

Job Title
Bike Safety Education Instructor
This position has been filled.

Company/Organization
Bicycle Transportation Alliance
Job Description
Reporting To: Programs Manager
Status: Non-exempt, temporary, part-time (20-30 hours per week)
Location: Portland, OR
Start Date: April 19th, 2010
End Date: June 11th, 2010
Posting Expiration: April 2nd, 2010
Vision Statement:
Bicycling transforms communities by reinventing transportation and offering solutions that help solve the universal challenges to health, livability and [...]

Fred Hansen.(Photos © J. Maus)

The Oregonian reported last night that TriMet General Manager Fred Hansen has decided to resign from the agency. Hansen has been TriMet's GM since 1998.
In light of Hansen riding the MAX into the sunset, I checked the BikePortland archives and found that his name popped up several times.
The [...]

The City of Portland's new CivicApps program is looking for software developers to take city data and turn it into applications "that address civic issues and benefit the greater Portland community."
The contest comes with the release of more than 100 open source datasets from jurisdictions around the region, like Metro, City of Portland, [...]

Tyler Brady

A body pulled from the Willamette River near the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry today has been identified as 22-year old Tyler Brady. Brady, who was last seen riding his bicycle in Southeast Portland, was reported missing on February 27th.
On Monday, the Police released the last known images of Brady and he [...]

Year: 1960-70sBrand: Chas HillModel: British ten speedColor:silverSize:24"?Stolen in Portland, OR 97202Stolen:2010-03-14Stolen From: 33rd and SE Brooklyn Portland OR
Backyard Bike RackNeighborhood: RichmondOwner: Randall ClarkeOwnerEmail: rclarke@reatlytrust.comReward: $50.00Description: Classic British ten speed with new tires and wore Brooks leather seat.This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Rob Sadowsky, photographed in Washington D.C. last week.(Photo © J Maus)

It's been a big day for bikes in Portland. This morning City Council unanimously passed a funding plan that will give a $20 million "kickstart" to building bike boulevards identified in the 2030 Bike Plan. A few hours later, the Bicycle Transportation Alliance (BTA) named [...]

Rob Sadowsky, the new leader of Oregon's largest bike advocacy organization.(Photo © J. Maus)

The Bicycle Transportation Alliance has announced that Rob Sadowsky will be their new executive director. Sadowsky comes to the BTA from Chicago, where he is currently the executive director of the Active Transportation Alliance (formerly known as the Chicagoland Bicycle Federation).

You'll be seeing a lot more of these soon.(Photo: PBOT)

Portland City Council has voted in unanimous support of Mayor Sam Adams' proposal to use $20 million from the Bureau of Environmental Services budget for construction of bike boulevard features that are consistent with the City's Green Streets program.

Year: 2009Brand: NovaraModel: MiaColor:Light BlueSize:Sm 14"Serial: U91Y15189Photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/po1yester/4440693859/Stolen in Portland, OR 97218Stolen:2010-03-17Stolen From: Stolen from our garage on NE Killingsworth St near Cully Blvd. The thief left a duffel bag containing drug paraphernalia, just so you know who you're dealing with.Neighborhood: NE PortlandOwner: Holly WebsterOwnerEmail: webster.holly@gmail.comReward: 200Description: 2009 Novara Mia, Light blue, upright commuter bike. [...]

PBOT might have to look elsewhere to pay for five Sunday Parkways this year.(Photo © J. Maus)

[Hat tip to the Willamette Week]
The City's Financial Planning Division is recommending that the Bureau of Transportation scale back their planned five Sunday Parkways to just three, the same number held last year.
According to the City's budget [...]

Commissioner Fritz(Photo © J. Maus)

Commissioner Amanda Fritz, known as a watchdog of the City's coffers, especially when proposals have potential to impact citizen's pocketbooks, has published a blog post stating her support for Mayor Adams' $20 million plan to fund bike-boulevard specific components of green streets.
Fritz points out that the average residential sewer ratepayer in [...]