Day: August 19, 2010

Black/Charcoal Specialized Sirrus Comp 2011

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Year: 2011
Brand: Specialized
Model: Sirrus Comp
Color:Black/Charcoal
Size:Large
Serial: WSBC602036099F
Stolen in Portland, OR 97209
Stolen:2010-08-18
Stolen From: 11th and Davis NW Portland
Neighborhood: Pearl District
Owner: Evan McGowan
OwnerEmail: emcgowan1234@gmail.com
Description: 27 speed, carbon fiber forks, internal wiring
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: 10-153877
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Checking in on five languishing bike projects

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N. Rosa Parks Way at I-5-1

A plan to make N. Rosa Parks Way
safer for bicycling has been
in the works since
April 2008.
(Photos © J. Maus)

As part of my daily work here at BikePortland, I track a lot of projects. The other day, prompted by a question from reader Jessica Roberts, I began to think about all the bike projects that are currently delayed and languishing for one reason or another.

Below are updates on five such projects. Each of them has been planned, discussed, and promised, but none of them have broken ground.

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yellow Lamborghini Tonino Leggenda 90820 2010

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Year: 2010
Brand: Lamborghini
Model: Tonino Leggenda 90820
Color:yellow
Size:28″
Serial: L090600368
Stolen in Portland, OR 97214
Stolen:2010-08-14
Stolen From: Stolen from Garage while I was mowing lawn right in front of House not 50 feet away. I don’t know how I missed the theft!
Neighborhood: Laurelhurst
Owner: Art Akins
OwnerEmail: trees@treeinabox.com
Reward: $50
Description: Canary Yellow bike
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: 10-67167
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Event: 2010 Build It Green! Home Tour and Info Fair (9/25/10)

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Event Name: 2010 Build It Green! Home Tour and Info Fair
Event Start Date: 25 September 2010
Start Time: 11:00:00 AM
Web Site: http://www.portlandonline.com/bps/builditgreen
Event Description: Ninth Annual BIG! Home Tour: 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Go By Bike and receive $5 off the price of admission!!!

Self-guided route – twenty-one green remodeled and new homes around the Portland metropolitan area.

2010 theme: Passive House Standard, small footprints and affordable housing. Homes include solar panels, ecoroofs, rainwater harvesting, natural landscaping, water and energy conservation, reused building materials, alternative construction techniques and more. Bike rack parking will be at the houses.

Homeowners and contractors will be available to share their personal experiences and answer questions.

A FREE information fair will follow with green vendors, demonstrations, food, drink and music. 3 p.m. – 7 p.m. at Ecohaus, 819 SE Taylor St, Portland, OR 97214.

Tickets: $15 adults; $10 car-free/students/honored citizens, FREE for children 14 and under.

Tickets available now! www.portlandonline.com/bps/builditgreen or in person at Ecohaus 503-222-3881 (cash/check).

Got questions? 503-823-5431

greenhotline@portlandoregon.gov

Presented by the City of Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability

Sponsored by Metro, Energy Trust of Oregon, Oregon Home magazine, Solar Oregon, City of Portland Bureaus of Environmental Services, Development Services and Water.

Forrest Green Terry

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Brand: Terry
Color:Forrest Green
Size:54cm
Stolen in Portland, OR 97217
Stolen:2010-08-16
Stolen From: On Monday night, someone came into our home off Lombard and Albina and took the bike from the mud room. I fell asleep before bringing it into the house and the door was unlocked. 🙁
Neighborhood: North Portland
Owner: Stephanie Neil
OwnerEmail: stephaniemneil@gmail.com
Reward: $100
Description: It’s a 54cm forest green Terry road bike. It has white decals with Terry on the main frame. It is a 21-speed and has Campy shifters. The bike has noticeable scrapes in the metal on the right brake handle and the right pedal from sliding on the pavement in an accident last summer. The seat also has torn leather on the right front and back of the seat from sliding on the ground. The paint is scratched, but the tape on the handle bars is new. It has a rear rain guard from Planet Bikes, as well as attachments for a rear and front light. This bike and I survived a near fatal crash, and it has a lot of sentimental value in addition to monetary value. I’m not sure of the model or year, and sadly I do not have the serial number or any photos of the bike. I can be reached at 503-705-0054.
Police record with: Portland PD
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Bikes bad for business? Not in Portland

Front page of today’s Portland Tribune.

Few anti-bike ideas are as stubborn as the age-old cries of “Bikes are bad for business!” In Portland, when our bikeway network was gaining steam in the 1990s, PBOT faced battle after battle when they tried to stripe bike lanes on streets adjacent to businesses. As recently as this past May, KATU-TV (our local ABC affiliate) promoted the fallacy with their infamous “Bike path to nowhere” story which was a fitting follow-up to their “Businesses fear city bike plan might drive people away” piece which aired after the 2030 Bike Plan passed last October.

But times are changing, at least in Portland.

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