April 2011 Archives

Jobs of the Week

In case you missed this week’s new job opportunities, here they come. All bundled up in one efficient post. If you secured a job through a BikePortland listing, please let us know…we love positive feedback and maybe we’ll tell your story. Best of luck!

HR & Payroll Administrator — Alta Bicycle Share
Bicycle Mechanic — Abraham Fixes Bikes
Retail Sales — Bike Gallery
Assistant/Associate Planner – Pedestrian & Bicycle Planning — City of Eugene

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light blue Kona Koa 1994

Buffered Bike Lane with a bike symbol and arrow pointing forward

Year: 1994
Brand: Kona
Model: Koa
Color:light blue
Size:19 inch
Stolen in Portland, OR 97232
Stolen:2011-04-4
Stolen From: from covered bike lot
729 NE Oregon Street
Portland, OR

97232
Neighborhood: across from state building. Lloyd district
Owner: Nicole Tursich
OwnerEmail: ntursich@hotmail.com
Reward: $100
Description: Bar hopper drink holder attachment. Huge dent on upper bar of bike frame. The bike had front shocks, but no rear shocks and a water bottle holder wrapped with black electrical tape.
Police record with: Portland pd
Police reference#: 11-151797
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Cycling could be key to preventing soccer stadium traffic snarl

Bike Parking at a Timbers game last year.
(Photo: Jeff Castro/BikeRacker)

Cycling soccer fans could hold the key to whether or not the upcoming Portland Timbers match at Jeld-Wen Field (formerly PGE Park) ends up in a traffic snarl in downtown Portland

On April 14th, the Timbers, hold their first home match as a Major League Soccer franchise. The newly renovated arena has a capacity of 20,000 fans (up from 16,000) and it’s located in a dense part of downtown Portland. With auto parking at a premium, the City of Portland and the Timbers are doing everything they can to encourage folks to get to the stadium without a car.

“It was great for both of us; he’s not in his steel/glass cocoon, I’m not on my bike… looking at this guy, it was therapeutic. You kind of humanize each other. He’s looking at me as the guy he almost ran over and I’m looking at him as just a normal guy. Not a motorist, not a cyclist.”
— Sgt. Joe Santos, PPB

Two weeks ago we reported on a case of alleged road rage involving a man on a bicycle in Northwest Portland. That man was off-duty police officer Sgt. Joe Santos. He was biking into work when he was nearly run over and then allegedly assaulted by Larry Fornshell. The PPB arrested Fornshell shortly thereafter for hit and run and attempted assault.

It seemed like the classic bike vs. car road rage incident; but this one just happened to involve a Portland Police officer on the bike-side of the equation. For that reason alone, the story spurred considerable discussion in the community (233 comments at last count).

Yesterday, Fornshell’s son-in-law Gordon Neitling left a comment about the incident, saying that the two parties had met and that had both admitted some degree of fault. Neitling also referred to Sgt. Santos’ conduct as being much more aggressive than the PPB let on. Here’s a snip from his comment:

Looking west into the gulch. The yellow
lines are proposed trail alignments
from a 2004 study.
(Photo: Portland State University)

Last week I directed your attention to the Sullivan’s Gulch project. I wanted more people to be aware of a meeting held last night by the Portland Parks Board which included the project on its agenda.

The Sullivan’s Gulch project (calling it a “trail” is a misnomer), which would connect East Portland to the Willamette River along I-84, is exactly the kind of investment we need to make if we want to live up to our green transportation rhetoric and meet our lofty carbon emission and bike usage goals.

Reader Carl Alviani went to the meeting last night and I asked him to share what he heard. Read Carl’s report on the meeting below (emphasis mine):

Traffic on Williams.
(Photo © J. Maus)

On Tuesday evening the Bicycle Transportation Alliance set up a “Recharge Station” on the corner of N. Williams Avenue and Tillamook. They offered free bike repair and other goodies while they asked folks to become members and get involved with local bike advocacy. They also took the opportunity to count the number of people that passed by on bicycles.

The result? In just two hours (from 5:00 – 7:00 pm) 627 people rolled by on bikes.

Year: 2010
Brand: specialized
Model: hard rock
Color:metalic black
Size:19″
Serial: wud092070
Stolen in Portland, OR 97210
Stolen:2011-04-6
Stolen From: Right outside la fitness on northrup and 14th in nw portland
Neighborhood: pearl district
Owner: greg schasse
OwnerEmail: schassegproductions@yahoo.com
Reward: yes
Description: Its a black mountain bike with gold lettering, 26″ wheels, sram components and an adjustable suspension front fork.
Police record with: portland
Police reference#: 1127354
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Event: Watch the 2011 Paris-Roubaix (4/10/11)

Event Name: Watch the 2011 Paris-Roubaix
Event Start Date: 10 April 2011
Start Time: 4:00:00 PM
Web Site: http://apexbar.com/
Event Description: Join us at APEX to watch the 2011 edition of the race they call “The Hell Of The North”, the legendary Paris-Roubaix. Coverage will last three and a half exciting hours as Fabian Cancellara defends his title and the cobbles decide the next champion.

You can bring in food from wherever you like and we’ll have plenty of Belgian beer to slake your thirst. If you arrive from a ride, we have loaner u-locks and tons of bike parking.

21+ only, coverage starts Sunday, April 10th at 4PM.

APEX 1216 SE Division St.

Contact Email: info(at)apexbar(dot)com

Bike commuters stranded when I-5 bridge gates malfunction

[NOTE: Please see this major update to this story.]

Gates closed for over 30 minutes
yesterday evening.
(Photo: Todd Boulanger)

Last night, the gates on the sidewalk of the Interstate Bridge over the Columbia River between Portland and Vancouver malfunctioned, staying closed for over 30 minutes. People on bicycles trying to commute across the river were forced to either turn back or, in some cases, they rode onto I-5 to get around the gates.

According to Todd Boulanger, a former City of Vancouver Transportation Planner, the malfunction occurred at around 6:00 pm. He contacted us last night to share the news and an email he wrote to ODOT and transportation staff from the cities of Portland and Vancouver.

Here’s the email:

Don’t miss BikeHugger’s “Built” presentation
at the PDX Bicycle Show on Saturday.

Sun, rain, snow…who cares. Lots to do this weekend including a couple races and one big tradeshow. Check out the events below and use the comments to share anything we left out. Good luck dressing appropriately.

Friday, April 8th

3:00-4:00 pm: Capital Bike Share – Lessons Learned
Start your weekend early at PSU for a discussion on bike sharing.

Saturday, April 9th

9:00 am: Coolest Trees in SE Portland Ride
Ride your bike with an urban forester to find the most notable trees in Sellwood, Reed, and Eastmoreland neighborhoods. Leaves from Sellwood Park (7701 SE 7th)

It’s got to be pretty disappointing to transportation advocates that after years and years of beating the drum about the truth behind infrastructure spending and extolling the virtues of bicycling, the Republican party is still proposing the same old, cars-only approach.

The GOP’s budget (released yesterday) is titled the “Path to Prosperity,” but strangely it proposes taking the same path that has led to nothing but financial ruin when it comes to transportation spending.

Year: 2010
Brand: Bontrager
Model: Race Lite
Color:Black
Size:700c
Stolen in Portland, OR 97209
Stolen:2011-04-4
Stolen From: Stolen from my ulocked bike, just outside of Powell’s on 11th between Burnside and Couch, on a very busy sidewalk.
Neighborhood: Pearl District
Owner: Ron Forrester
OwnerEmail: online@theforrest.org
Reward: $100
Description: Black Bontrager Race Lite wheel set, front and back.
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Jobs of the Week

light blue Kona Koa 1994

Cycling could be key to preventing soccer stadium traffic snarl

Bicycling cop, assault suspect sit down, agree to drop charges – UPDATED

A “long, slow slog”: A citizen’s view of the Sullivan’s Gulch project

627 people on bikes in just 2 hours on N. Williams Ave

metalic black specialized hard rock 2010

Event: Watch the 2011 Paris-Roubaix (4/10/11)

Bike commuters stranded when I-5 bridge gates malfunction

Weekend Event Guide

Friday, April 8th

Saturday, April 9th

Editorial: GOP budget goes down same old road on transportation spending

Black Bontrager Race Lite 2010

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From the Archives

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