A month ago I shared details of the big project TriMet planned to apply for (in close collaboration with Metro and other partners) in hopes of garnering a piece of the $600 million available from the Obama Administration’s TIGER II grant program.
Year: 2010
Brand: trek
Model: 7.3
Color:black
Size:22.5
Serial: wtuo22o1621e
Stolen in Portland, OR 97214
Stolen:2010-08-31
Stolen From: garage in back of house.
Neighborhood: ladds addition
OwnerEmail: g47q@aol.com
Reward: $ 500.00
Description: brand new bike. black. black bag in back. $
Police record with: portland
Police reference#: temporary
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike
Here’s a interesting new campaign that would feel right at home in Portland. This Saturday, the City of Boulder Colorado will launch Driven to Drive Less, a new program to get people to go one day a week without their car. What’s refreshing is that they’re going about it in a creative way, by asking people to consider going carfree on a certain day of the week depending on the color of their vehicle. Here’s a snip from the campaign website:
Brand: Strawberry
Model: custom 650C
Color:Blue/White
Size:52cm
Serial: SRG7009
Stolen in Portland, OR 97201
Stolen:2010-08-31
Stolen From: garage in Goose Hollow
Neighborhood: Goose Hollow
Owner: Andy Newlands
OwnerEmail: andy@strawberrybicycle.com
Description: Custom handmade Strawberry Bicycle. 650C road bike. Campy Super Record. Reynolds Ouzo Pro carbon fork. Signature Strawberry wishbone rear stay.
Photo: http://www.strawberrybicycle.com/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=Vintage&id=2007_Cycle_Oregon_014
Police record with: Portland Police
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike
I noticed a flyer on NE 37th yesterday advertising yet another bike-related business that has cropped up in Portland recently…
Brand: Cannondale
Model: CAAD3
Color:Yellow
Size:154
Photo: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=49712369&id=10716994&ref=fbx_album
Stolen in Portland, OR 97209
Stolen:2010-08-30
Stolen From: My bike was stolen from outside of the Belvedere apartments. It was locked to a street sign on the corner of 20th and Northrup.
Neighborhood: NW
Owner: Betsy Mas
OwnerEmail: masmar@aquinas.edu
Reward: I’ll trade you my Trek mountain bike that I have if I can have my bike back ): Also good karma and cookies.
Description: My bike is very distinct. It has a Swell sticker on the top cross bar, a cheetah seat and bright yellow grip tape on the drop-bars, I have a small black bag attached to the back of the seat as well.
This registrant does not have proof of ownership of this bike
Event Name: Echelon Gran Fondo
Event Start Date: September 26, 2010
Start Time: 8:30:00 AM
Web Site: http://www.echelongranfondo.org/portland/index.html
Event Description: Echelon Gran Fondo in the Columbia River Gorge is a festive and scenic road ride event with distance options of 30, 60 and 100 miles. Team Radio Shack’s Chris Horner rides along as ambassador of this exciting benefit for OHSU Knight Cancer Institute and the Livestrong Foundation. Enjoy the party atmosphere, race if you’d like during the 40k timed section or just enjoy the views of Mt. Hood as you pedal past entertainers and cheering spectators toward the finish line feast in Hood River.
Register yourself, a team or sponsor other riders today.
TriMet has released an update on the investigation of a collision involving a bus and a bike in downtown Portland on August 12th.
TriMet Communications Director Mary Fetsch says that following a review by the Portland Police Bureau Traffic Division, the man operating the bicycle, Richard Krebs, was given a citation for “failure to obey a traffic control device” (ORS 811.265). The bus operator was not cited, but was “provided retraining” according to Fetsch.
“If we could have put a solid felony case together against Mr. Hanna, and we tried, we would have gone forward with much stiffer charges… I would have liked to seen felony charges, but at the end of the day, this was the best we could do.”
— Sgt. Todd Davis, Portland Police Bureau
Many people in the community are outraged at the light sentence given to prominent local business man and owner of Mt. Hood Ski Bowl Kirk Hanna for the drunken, 80 mph, hit-and-run he pleaded guilty to last week.
Like any high-profile case like this, there are a lot of moving parts at work; the District Attorney’s office, the judge, the defense attorneys, the victim, the police, the defendant, and so on. I’ll be looking into the story a bit more in the coming days, but one thing I wanted to share now is the role that the Portland Police Bureau Traffic Division played (the Traffic Division handles all our city’s hit-and-run cases).
