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Brand: GT
Model: Aggressor
Color:Red
Size:24
Stolen in Portland, OR 97213
Stolen:2010-03-21
Stolen From: My house on NE 79th & Everett
Neighborhood: Montavilla
Owner: James Dineen
OwnerEmail: james_dineen@yahoo.com
Description: Red Mountain bike with climbing handles
Police record with: Potland Police
Police reference#: 10-22514
This registrant does not have proof of ownership of this bike
Here’s the news that caught our eye this week:
– Yes, the newly minted health bill has a transportation angle.
– Think bike parking corrals are cool? The ribbon was just cut on San Francisco’s first public “parklet” in a former street parking spot.
– An Oregon farmer is arguing that it would be better to mix farms in with the city rather than maintain strict boundaries between urban and rural land use designations.
Congress passed an historic piece of health care legislation last night. Will the vote lead to a strengthened Obama Administration that’s able to take on other big issues? Will the passage of health care melt some of the glacial gridlock in Washington?
Having just been in the capitol a few weeks ago, I couldn’t help but wonder how this political milestone might impact another important issue — the overhaul of our nation’s transportation system. Like our health care system, our current transportation infrastructure leaves millions without coverage and many Americans are denied access to safe mobility options because of existing conditions.
Year: 2008
Brand: Dahon
Model: Fly By REI folding
Color:blue
Size:20″ wheels
Serial: TBD
Stolen in Portland, OR 97213
Stolen:2010-03-20
Stolen From: 58th and Halsey near Normandale Park
Neighborhood: Hollywood
Owner: Erik Mitchell
OwnerEmail: erik_mitchell@hotmail.com
Reward: $50
Description: 2008 Blue Dahon Fly By, REI Folding bike the recalled one, 8 speed contained, black fenders, broken bell, black seat post and handle bar and post
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike
Brand: Huffy
Model: Mountain
Color:green
Size:26″ ish
Photo: http://www.sweatershoppe.com/bicycles/244-4473-8×6.jpg
Stolen in Portland, OR 97211
Stolen:2010-03-18
Stolen From: NW 22nd and NW Irving basement of Amber ct. apartments
Neighborhood: NW
Owner: Jonathan Olson
OwnerEmail: endogenix@yahoo.com
Description: This is a very basic green Huffy Mt. bike, at the time of theft the left hand shifter cable was disconnected and the chain was broken.
This registrant does not have proof of ownership of this bike
Year: 80s
Brand: Puegeot
Model: mixte it says carbolite but its a steel frame
Color:baby blue
Size:5’6”
Serial: …i squirreled this away will find it….
Stolen in Portland, OR 97227
Stolen:2010-03-20
Stolen From: Behind my friends house in North Portland at Concord and Killingsworth
Neighborhood: Interstate?
Owner: Jenny McGibbon
OwnerEmail: jennymcgibbon@gmail.com
Reward: moneys
Description: It’s a cute little baby blue mixte peugeot with baby blue bar tape and black fenders. Has a back rack and special black brakes for my small lady hands.
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike
Year: 2008
Brand: Torker
Model: Unicycle – Unistar CX
Color:Orange
Size:16
Serial: A7J05638
Stolen in Portland, OR 97211
Stolen:2010-03-17
Stolen From: Corner of N. Concord and N. Webster
Neighborhood: Overlook
Owner: Laurie Paulsen
OwnerEmail: lrpmca@hotmail.com
Description: Child-size orange unicycle
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike
Year: 2007
Brand: GT
Model: Lotto
Color:Neon Yellow
Size:Men’s
Photo: http://velospace.org/files/IMG01588.jpg
Stolen in Portland, OR 97202
Stolen:2010-03-20
Stolen From: Near 23rd and Powell, SE
Neighborhood: 23rd and Powell
Owner: Dave Hubbard
OwnerEmail: dave.r.hubbard@gmail.com
Reward: $100
Description: Not the bike pictured here, but very similar to the bike pictured here: http://velospace.org/files/IMG01588.jpg
This registrant does not have proof of ownership of this bike
Year: 2008
Brand: Trek
Model: Soho 3.0
Color:Light Bronze
Size:22.5
Serial: WTU020C1358C
Photo: http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/9540/treksoho302008.jpg
Stolen in Portland, OR 97206
Stolen:2010-03-9
Stolen From: 62nd & Boise St.
Neighborhood: Foster-Powell
Owner: Gray Ayer
OwnerEmail: gray@studiok40
Reward: $100
Description: The bike is light bronze in color with black rubber bumpers on both sides of the top tube. The handlebars are also unique with a double tube design. The bike had Bontrager fenders and a rear rack attached when it was stolen.
Police record with: Portland Police
Police reference#: Case# 10019763
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike
Given our experience with a shock jock condoning violence against people on bikes, I (like everyone else) have been following with interest the Lance Armstrong/Tony Kornheiser flap.
I might chime in with more thoughts about that next week, but for now, I thought I’d share what’s happening on the radio here in Portland.
Women are widely regarded in bike wonk circles as an indicator species of a city’s level of bike-friendliness. If women are riding, the thinking goes, then biking conditions must be good.
But why is this? What specific factors motivate women to ride? The Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals has launched an online survey to find out.
The APBP says it help them in “figuring out what factors need to be addressed to encourage women to cycle more places more often.” The survey takes about 15 minutes to complete and it’ll be open until May 15, 2010.
Take the Women’s Transportation Cycling Survey.
The $1.8 million, federal stimulus-funded repaving of the Springwater Corridor Trail is set to begin next month. Portland Parks & Recreation, who manages the trail, issued a statement about the project yesterday and shared details of the imminent closures and detours that will come with it.
The project will lay a 2-inch overlay of porous asphalt over eight miles of the existing trail and it will include new pavement markings, bollards, and signage.
According to Parks, the work will require periodic closures of the trail between SE 28th Avenue, just east of the Three Bridges section, to SE 174th and Jenn e Road near the border with the City of Gresham. In their statement, Parks says, “No continuous segment of the trail longer than two miles will be closed at any time, but several small segments could be closed simultaneously” and, “… the locations of closings may change from week to week during the project.”