Man O War rear hub from recent replacement. Kenda Karumba tires. An after market silver chain ring. 5 balck links on the normally silver chain.
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Month: December 2007
Stolen Trek Unknown
Mountain Bike. Some of the purple paint has faded to white. “Smiths Meat is Murder” sticker on frame.
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Stolen Trek 7300
Silver w/blue Trek 7300 with front basket and Adams trail-a-bike mounting bracket on seatpost. Cable with padlock in basket.
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New bike path from Marine Drive to Airport completed
(Photos courtesy Jason Gately/PDX Int’l Airport)
A new bike and pedestrian path that connects the Portland Airport to Marine Drive opened today.
As promised back in June, the new 12-foot wide, half-mile long asphalt pathway runs between Marine Drive and Northeast Frontage Road and connects with the existing bicycle and pedestrian path that serves PDX.
Bike commuter benefit does not survive Senate vote on Energy Bill
Congressman Earl Blumenauer introducing the
Bike Commuter Act on Capitol Hill last March.
(Photo © Jonathan Maus)
Bike Commuter Act on Capitol Hill last March.
(Photo © Jonathan Maus)
The bike commuter tax benefit — which was introduced to Congress by Earl Blumenauer last March and passed a House vote last week — has been stripped out of the Energy Bill by the Senate.
The U.S. Senate passed the Energy Bill yesterday, but not before removing several “green initiatives” included in the bill by the Blumenauer-led Ways and Means Committee.
Danish cities go high-tech for bike safety
From Cycleliciousness (the “Copenhagen Bicycle Culture Blog”), comes word of two interesting bike safety measures.
Given that we are in the midst of making some major bike safety improvements at dangerous intersections, I thought it might be useful to take a look at new technology being considered by the Danes.
The first is being tested in Copenhagen to reduce the number of right-hook collisions between bikes and trucks. It’s what the blog’s author calls, “a new system of diode lights” (similar the one in their photo at right) that would potentially reduce bike/car conflicts at dangerous intersections. Here’s more:
Artistic duo chosen to create Zoobomb Pyle
Vanessa Renwick
Photo © Montana Maurice
Photo © Montana Maurice
As part of the process to transform their iconic “Pyle” of mini-bikes into official public art, the Zoobombers have chosen two artists to help turn their visions into a reality.
According to regular Zoobomber Carl Larson — who (along with a group of others) is working with the Regional Arts and Culture Council (RACC) on the project — they have chosen the dynamic duo of Brian Borrello and Vanessa Renwick.
Committee also ‘very disappointed’ at lack of bike funding
Now that City of Portland Transportation Commissioner Sam Adams’ has told the Willamette Week about his dissatisfaction with the amount of money PDOT spends on bikes, I thought I would share a bit of background on the issue.
(This is a bit wonky…you’ve been forewarned.)
Back in September of 2006, the City of Portland released their Capital Improvement Project (CIP) budget for 2007-2011. At the request of Sam Adams, for the first time ever, the CIP was broken down into separate project categories for various modes of travel including; bikes, pedestrians, transit, and motor vehicles.
Man in fatal Gresham collision identified
[Updated 12/14, 11:19am]
A ghost bike has gone up near the crash site.
(Photo: Jill N.)
(Photo: Jill N.)
The Gresham Police have identified the man who was killed on Powell Blvd. yesterday.
According to Sgt. Claudio Grandjean of the Gresham Police, the victim was 72 year-old Jan Jansen Hendrik.
Adams tells Willamette Week he wants to triple bike funding
Adams at his mayoral
announcement last October.
(Photo © Jonathan Maus)
announcement last October.
(Photo © Jonathan Maus)
The Willamette Week’s “Wheels of Fortune” story in this week’s paper outlines City Commissioner (and mayoral front-runner) Sam Adams’ intention to significantly increase PDOT’s bike spending in the coming years.
Adams told the paper he thinks 4.5 percent of PDOT’s capital budget should go to bicycle-related infrastructure and programs. That’s nearly three times the current bike spending rate of 1.6 percent; a number that has remained flat in recent years even as the number of bike trips has skyrocketed.
Fatal bike/car collision on Powell Blvd. in Gresham
[Updated: 12/13, 3:05pm, 5:17pm, 10:35pm – see below]
Several readers have emailed me a report on KGW.com about a bicycle-involved fatality in Gresham.
According to KGW it happened late this morning on SE Powell Blvd. at W Powell Loop, east of Powell Butte Nature Park (Google Map link of location).
CCC in need of help after recent collision
The damage
(Photo: CCC)
(Photo: CCC)
Last Saturday, a truck smashed into the wall of the Northeast Portland-based Community Cycling Center (CCC). The impact caused major damage to a mural and to the interior of their office.
Since the collision, that office has been closed and half of the non-profit’s employees are now displaced.
According to the CCC’s Alison Hill Graves, they’re sharing desks and working from the coffee shop next door: