Year: 2006
Brand: Hard Rock Sport Disc XL
Color:silver
Size:21
Serial: PSHH32629
Stolen in Portland, OR 97210
Stolen:2009-10-20
Stolen From: 3524 NW Thurman St
Portland, OR 97210
Neighborhood: Wilamette Heights
Owner: Paul Barton
OwnerEmail: rockyjstone@yahoo.com
Description: silver with Kryptonite lock attached
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike
Earlier this month, I attended a dinner and panel discussion hosted by a fledgling coalition of bicycle transportation planners, bureaucrats, and bigwigs from across the country. Bike program coordinators from major cities like Boston, San Francisco, Chicago, New York, and Minneapolis were joined by the executive directors of the two largest and most powerful bike advocacy groups in America; the League of American Bicyclists and Bikes Belong.
Why were all these bright biking minds in the same room? Besides their joint (and evolving) effort to promote more bike-centric infrastructure guidelines, they wanted to hear advice from their European counterparts.
Year: 2008
Brand: Scattante
Model: W-560
Color:frost green blue
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Stolen in portland, OR 97215
Stolen:2009-10-19
Stolen From: Se 60th and stark out of the basement of my building.
Neighborhood: mt. tabor
Owner: Cheryl Pierce
OwnerEmail: chris.schmitt@pcc.edu
Reward: $ 200.00
Description: Bike size is a 48 or 50cm. Had a computor, after market black seat, mountain bike pedals, small bag under the seat with a spare tire.
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike
Year: 2997
Brand: Specialized
Model: Crosstrail Expert
Color:Silver
Size:58
Serial: P7JBF0294
Stolen in Portland, OR 97210
Stolen:2009-10-13
Stolen From: Portland State University on the Park Blocks outside Cramer Hall.
Neighborhood: Downtown
Owner: Scott Parker
OwnerEmail: jscottparker@comcast.net
Description: Custom modification of handlebars to hold a customized front pack. Front pannier frame.
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike
Oregon Manifest has an excellent Solutions Workshop planned for this Sunday as part of their Family Transportation Day. If you’re looking for advice or answers to family biking questions, you can participate! But it’s an RSVP only event, so please note the information below:
Attention Parents, Caregivers and anyone who wants to use their bicycle for hauling!
Bicycle industry, advocates and city planners want to hear from you.
Share your feedback, thoughts and ideas on products designed for bicycle riding with small children and hauling cargo. The workshop is a call for solutions to overcoming product, social and community barriers.
The Solutions workshop is a pre-registered, facilitated event. The goal of the workshop is to provide bicycle organizations and industry with a report on the needs of biking families.
To register please send an email to rsvp@oregonmanifest.com
Family Bicycle Transportation Day
Sunday, October 25th, 2009
Oregon Manifest Bike Union
NW Hoyt and 10th Ave
Solutions Workshop: 4:00 – 7:00
“The government is pushing bike days, and rebates for bike use. Communities are putting in bicycle kiosks.” However, there is only limited data to show that “we have bikeways to support this increase in bike use.”
— from a Reuters story about a new study on bicycle-related injuries
A new study from Colorado has found that bicycle-related injuries in the United States are becoming more severe, leading researchers to conclude that bike infrastructure is not keeping up with the increased number of riders.
The findings stem from a study of 329 bicycle injuries treated at the Rocky Mountain Regional Trauma Center at Denver Health Medical Center from 1996 to 2006…
The rise in injury severity likely reflects an increased rate of “motor vehicle associated injuries, which might suggest, along with a trend toward older age, that the injuries occurred in commuters more frequently than the past, as opposed to recreational riders,”…
Although the public is very enthusiastic about bicycle use as a means of transportation, we think that infrastructure has lagged behind in the US,” he [researcher Dr. Jeffry Kashuk] explained. “The government is pushing bike days, and rebates for bike use. Communities are putting in bicycle kiosks.” However, there is only limited data to show that “we have bikeways to support this increase in bike use.”
Year: 2005
Brand: Marin
Model: Kentfield
Color:Dark Blue
Size:?
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Stolen in Portland, OR 97232
Stolen:2009-10-19
Stolen From: Right off my front porch on 4005 NE Laurelhurst Pl. 41st and Laurelhurst Pl
Neighborhood: Laurelhurst
Owner: Tauna Pile
OwnerEmail: tunapile@gmail.com
Description: I had unhooked the front brake because it was too tight. Also, the fenders didn’t really fit the bike, so only 2 of the 4 attachers were hooked on the back fenders. There was a empty front bike light, and bike computer attachment on the handle bars.
Police record with: 0994081
This registrant does not have proof of ownership of this bike
The Cross Crusade stopped in Sherwood (about 22 miles south of Portland) yesterday for the third stop in the eight-race series. The race was held at the Sherwood Forest Equestrian Center, nestled in a valley of horse pastures and wooded areas showing the bursting colors of the season.
However, for the 1,300 participants in yesterday’s race, the only memory will be that climb. As if the incessant pounding over hoof-rutted holes wasn’t enough, race organizers threw in a long, steep, and gravelly climb that sapped the life (and other things I won’t mention) out of many.
Here is the news that caught our eye last week:
– At December’s summit on climate change in Copenhagen, Saudi Arabia is planning to push hard for wealthy countries that successfully reduce oil use to compensate oil producing nations.
– US Rep Earl Blumenauer (representing Portland) has just announced a federal Livable Communities task force. Meanwhile, the NY Times has a big profile Earl Blumenauer, focusing on his fight for a health care bill with a public option.
“Why a Planning Commissioner Blog?… Because public policy can be complicated and three minutes at a hearing is a pretty limited opportunity to engage in a substantive conversation.”
— Chris Smith
If you care about bike policy or planning in Portland, chances are you’ve heard of Chris Smith. Smith is a consummate citizen activist who sits on a number of committees (including the Bike Master Plan Steering Committee), runs the Portland Transport blog, has made a run for City Council, and much more.
Most recently, Smith made news for his appointment to the Portland Planning Commission. Smith’s trademark has always been transparency of bureaucratic processes and encouragement of citizens to learn and get involved in them.
On that note, he’s just launched PDXPlanningCommissioner.com. Here’s a snip from Smith’s introductory post:
