Year: 2011

24 hours, two people hit (one killed) walking across Division Street

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It has been a horrible start to a new year for the safety of people walking on the streets of Portland. In the past 24 hours, two people have been hit (one of them killed by a hit-and-run driver) while attempting to cross SE Division Street.

SE Division street as it appears on PBOT’s High Crash Corridors map. The dots represent crashes recorded between 1999 and 2008. Larger dots represent multiple crashes.

At the end of last year, Mayor Sam Adams and the City of Portland designated SE Division Street and 122nd (just four blocks from where a man was killed last night) as the second most dangerous intersection in the city and made it part of their High Crash Corridor program which was launched in November.

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A central city Costco: Perspectives and photos from Vancouver BC

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Costco in Vancouver, BC.

With the news yesterday that Mayor Adams is in talks with a developer to bring a Costco store to the central city, it’s become clearer than ever that a big box store could very likely be in Portland’s future. Let’s remember that back in September, Adams was actively courting Target to locate in the Galleria mall downtown.

Judging from your comments yesterday, most of you think an inner-city Costco isn’t such a bad idea. With a Mayor who is pro urban big box (as long as it’s done thoughtfully of course), and a public seemingly intrigued and mostly supportive of the idea, I think it’s safe to say this is something that could sooner than we might think.

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Two reasons to shop at Whole Foods in Laurelhurst Thursday

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You might have swung by the Whole Foods booth at our last BikeCraft event where they were kind enough to show up with some free snacks. Looking to further their involvement with the community, the Laurelhurst Whole Foods (2825 East Burnside St.) is hosting a BTA fundraising day and a bike artisan fair this Thursday.

When you shop at the Laurelhurst Whole Foods this Thursday January 6th, they’ll give 5 percent of the net sales from the entire day to the BTA. In addition, they’ll also hold a bike artisan fair (from 3-6pm) which will feature some of your favorite BikeCraft vendors.

Support local bike artisans and local bike advocates in one stop!

Riders head indoors to get their winter training fix

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A class gets down to work at Upper
Echelon Fitness in Northwest.
(Photo: Russell Cree)

Bike racing is a big deal in Portland. This time of year, many of the folks you see biking around town aren’t headed to the store or to work, they’re putting in base miles and doing intervals — all with an eye toward being faster and more fit for the coming race season.

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A trip to the library and into Portland’s bike history

“Public streets are for the movement of people, not long-term storage of vehicles.”
— from Bicycle Facilities for Portland: A Comprehensive Plan, 1974

A two-way cycle track at NE Glisan and 39th, a physically separated bikeway on SE 52nd, on-street parking removal to make room for bike traffic, painted crosswalks specifically for bikes (crossbikes?), a multi-use path along the Willamette River from Kelley Point Park south through the city and beyond — sounds like a wish list in the 2030 Bike Plan right? Actually, all of these things were dreamed up and suggested as priorities and policies in plans published nearly 40 years ago.

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West End Bikes to open doors for First Thursday

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A shot of West End Bikes last night.
(Photo © J. Maus)

Portlanders will get a sneak peek at a major new bike shop in downtown Portland this Thursday. West End Bikes (which we reported on in more detail back in October) at the corner of 11th and Stark will host a party in their shop as part of First Thursday.

According to shop co-owner Mark Ontiveros, they’ll host the unveiling of the 2010 Bike Photo Contest winners. The photo contest is sponsored by Pro Photo Supply and Canon and is managed by Bicycling Northwest. The event will feature a slideshow of the photos submitted to the contest and an award presentation for the lucky winners. There will also be drinks and snacks.

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Silver Scott Sub 20 2008

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Year: 2008
Brand: Scott
Model: Sub 20
Color:Silver
Size:Small
Stolen in Corvallis, OR 97333
Stolen:2011-01-4
Stolen From: Mountainview apartments
Owner: Charles Van Acker
OwnerEmail: cevanacker@gmail.com
Reward: Hefty
Description: Black saddle bag rack on back. Cat eye sensor attached to handle bars. Black gel seat cover
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Save the date: PBOT announces date for 2011 Transpo Safety Summit

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PBOT has announced the date of their 2011 Transportation Safety Summit. The event will be held on February 8th at Marshall High School on 3905 SE 91st Ave.

The Safety Summit is a worthwhile event where PBOT brings much of their staff — as well as members of the Police Bureau Traffic Division and bigwigs from ODOT — out to the community to go over what they’ve done and what they plan to do to make our roads safer.

I’ll post more details on this year’s event as they become available. For now, check out our recap from the 2009 Summit.

ODOT’s ‘Sunrise JTA Project’ and what it has in store for bicycling

ODOT’s Sunrise Project comes with
some big-ticket bikeway infrastructure,
but it would also remove 23 acres of
wetlands, among other impacts.
(Photo: ODOT)

The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) has completed the environmental impact statement (EIS) and opened up the comment period on their Sunrise Project, which is one of two phases of their Sunrise Corridor project.

The full build-out of the Sunrise Project will be a six-eight lane highway from I-205 stretching east over five miles along the Highway 212/224 corridor to the Rock Creek Junction. ODOT needs about $1.5 billion for the full build-out, but they don’t have nearly enough funding at this time. They do however, have $130 million, which allows them to get started on a package of “improvements” right away.

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White/black/blue Trek/ Gary Fisher X-Caliber 2011

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Year: 2011
Brand: Trek/ Gary Fisher
Model: X-Caliber
Color:White/black/blue
Size:19″
Serial: WTU235C0618F
Photo: http://www.trekbikes.com/images/bikes/2011/xl/xcaliber_whiteblack.jpg
Stolen in Portland, OR 97218
Stolen:2010-12-26
Stolen From: McMenamins Kennedy School, rear parking lot, on the sidewalk, where the bike rack used to be
Owner: Jim Skaar
OwnerEmail: orijimi@gmail.com
Reward: $200
Description: I had allowed for it to receive many paint scratches for the short time that I had it. There were no fenders, and it had custom non-clip pedals too. That’s pretty much it.
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: T11000080
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

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