Year: 2005Brand: FujiModel: NewestColor:Blue/whiteSize:44Serial:IF4B13425Photo: http://img222.imageshack.us/i/fuji.png/Stolen in Portland, OR 97214Stolen:2010-10-21Stolen From: BackyardNeighborhood: BuckmanOwner: Caroline SmithOwnerEmail: smithcarolinem@gmail.comReward: negotiableDescription: It has blue bar tape, pedals with toe-clips, one water bottle holder, a mount for a bike computer, a mount for a front light, a mount for a handlebar bag, 650c x 23 wheels, and Terry liberator race saddle.Police [...]

Year: 2008Brand: JamisModel: AuroraColor:copper/tanSize:47Serial: U81U13053Photo: http://img243.imageshack.us/i/jamis.jpg/Stolen in Portland, OR 97214Stolen:2010-10-21Stolen From: backyardNeighborhood: buckmanOwner: Caroline SmithOwnerEmail: smithcarolinem@gmail.comReward: negotiableDescription: It is built for touring with a front and rear rack. The rear rack has two stickers on it and a mount for a rear light on the back. It has tan handlebar tape and a brown Brooks [...]

HUD Deputy Secretary Ron Sims at the Portland Hilton this morning.(Photo © J. Maus)

An unprecedented partnership between federal agencies was on full display at a press conference this morning on the 23rd floor of the Portland Hilton. The occasion was the announcement of a $2 million federal grant for Washington County through the Obama [...]

Gorgeous fall riding (get it while you can).(Photo © J. Maus)

After a several weeks of what seemed like non-stop bike events, this weekend's guide is comparatively light, accompanied by a damp forecast.  Is it the calm before the storm?  Probably yes, in more ways than one.
Friday, October 22nd
10:00am-4:00pm: Walls of Pride
Join the Dill Pickle Club, [...]

Year: 2010Brand: TrekModel: 7100Color:Brn/whtSize:20Serial: WTU127C0368DPhoto: http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/8937/img0490s.jpgStolen in Portland, OR 97213Stolen:2010-10-17Stolen From: From my garage on NE 65th between Sandy & FremontNeighborhood: Rose CityOwner: Diane IrvineOwnerEmail: deirvine@inav.netReward: Yes $50Description: Unusual color of brown & off-white; had a removal rear flasher when stolenPolice record with: PortlandPolice reference#: 10-86687This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

The folks from Rejuiced Bikes rolled through the crowd in one of their bike cars.-Slideshow below-(Pho

I spent a few minutes checking out the scene outside the Oregon Convention Center this afternoon in advance of the arrival of President Obama. Obama is in town to pump up Democrats in a get out the vote effort [...]

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Winner of the Bend Film Festival 2009 Katie Merrit Audience Choice Award, Brian, is coming to the Hollywood Theatre on October 24th, 2010 at 4:00 pm. Honoring the memory of Oregon native, Portlander and avid cyclist Brian Reynolds, this film documents his journey to Crater Lake with his completion of Cycle Oregon [...]

Reader Reuben Deumling made this wooden beauty for his little beauty.(Photos: R. Deumling)

Reader and Portland resident Reuben Deumling recently shared a project with me that I wanted to pass along.
For the growing number of you who find yourselves needing/wanting to carry a little passenger along, he's come up with a very nice wooden [...]

Detail from map showing bike parking locations around Convention Center.

As we mentioned yesterday, the Oregon Convention Center is not likely to be able to provide enough bike parking for the Barack Obama visit today (latest news is that he'll speak at 6:45).
That being said, we forgot to mention an awesome resource for finding [...]

Citizen uber-activist and professional animator Spencer Boomhower has released a thoughtful new video on the Columbia River Crossing Project. You might remember Boomhower as the guy who created the Idaho Stop Law animation that spread nationwide and has since been viewed over 44,000 times.
Boomhower says he put out his latest video on the CRC [...]

This morning the U.S. Department of Transportation released a full list of award announcements for their TIGER II grants. More than 70 projects — split between 42 capital construction projects and 33 planning projects — worth $600 million were funded.
Oregon received three grant awards, two for construction projects and one for planning.
Washington County nabbed [...]

Metro has unveiled the list of "regional experts" that will sit on a task force to make recommendations on how the agency should dole out about $24 million in federal transportation dollars.
Back in July, there was a heated debate at Metro's Joint Policy Advisory Committee on Transportation over how best to divide up [...]

Concept drawing of a proposed two-cycletrack on Valencia Street in San Francisco.(Image: RG Architecture)

"We wish this were not the case, however, it will give the City an additional year to hopefully implement bike detour safety treatments in anticipation of the Springwater Corridor trail closure."— Anne Nelson, Bureau of Environmental Services

A project by the City of Portland Bureau of Environmental Services on the 170-acre Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge that [...]

A bike fit for a 7-ft NBA center.-Slideshow below-(Photos © J. Maus)

7-foot 1-inch backup center Joel Przybilla of the NBA's Portland Trail Blazers is the proud new owner of a fully-custom, 29-inch wheeled steel mountain bike made by Signal Cycles (a small, two-man shop based in a residential neighborhood in North Portland). I got [...]

Temporary bike parking like this will be used at the Convention Center tomorrow.(Photos © J. Maus)

President Obama arrives in Portland tomorrow to stump for gubernatorial candidate John Kitzhaber at the Oregon Convention Center. The event starts at 5:00 p.m., at the peak of evening rush hour and in a part of town that is [...]

Year: 2008Brand: TrekModel: 7000Color:Silver & BlackSize:15Serial:WTU 2950 01480Stolen in Portland, OR 97212Stolen:2010-10-15Stolen From: Grant High SchoolNeighborhood: GrantOwner: Chase MattssonOwnerEmail: stmattsson@aol.comReward: $50.00Description: Rack, Fenders, Broken Kick-StandPolice record with: PortlandPolice reference#: 10-154927This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Year: 2011Brand: MBCModel: EssexColor:WhiteSize:BlueSerial: wtu171po177fStolen in Fairview, OR 97024Stolen:2010-10-18Stolen From: It was stolen from Reynolds high school in front of the art building in troutdale OregonNeighborhood: Cherry park road at reynolds high's art buliding.Owner: Ryan RedFordOwnerEmail: ryan1hos91@yahoo.comDescription: It's a white frame, white seat, white chain, and white hand grips. The rims are a outer blue [...]

Lots of development has followed a boring, cheap and narrow bike lane on Williams Ave in North Portland.(Photo © J. Maus)

The Railvolution conference kicked off this morning in Portland. About 1,000 transportation professionals, politicians, and other bigwigs are expected to take part in a dizzying array of workshops, networking sessions, and panel discussions. [...]

MEDIA ADVISORY:
Film festival is Tues. night at Bagdad, part of Rail~Volution conference
WHAT
REEL.LIVE.CITIES. is an evening of films, entertainment, food and drink that is open to the public and organized by the New Rail~Volutionaries, a group of new Rail~Volution conference attendees from the Portland area. More than 300 tickets have already been purchased and organizers are [...]