Year: 2011

PCC Cascade’s parking garage plans go underground

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Architect’s rendering of underground parking
lot. The street on the lower right is
N. Killingsworth.

Back in October we shared the news that Portland Community College’s Cascade campus was planning to build a $9 million, four-story parking garage at the corner of N. Michigan and Killingsworth. Now there’s a new option on the table: an underground lot that would be built below existing campus buildings on N Jessup between Mississippi and Albina.

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First Look: ODOT’s new I-5/Delta Park bikeway signage

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ODOT has installed 36 new signs to help make it easier for bike traffic to navigate the shared-use path between Delta Park, the Marine Drive interchange, and the I-5 Bridge.

As promised, the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) has installed 36 new signs on the bike path between Delta Park and the I-5 bridge. I rode out there yesterday to take a closer look.

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Black Kona Dew Plus 2009

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Year: 2009
Brand: Kona
Model: Dew Plus
Color:Black
Size:52
Serial: I0608001771
Stolen in Portland, OR 97210
Stolen:2011-12-20
Stolen From: 24th and NW Overton St.
Neighborhood: Alphabet District
Owner: Christine Lindberg
OwnerEmail: christine.lindberg@gmail.com
Reward: 300
Description: Extra accessories: paniere bag, Giro helmet
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: 11110299
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Study: Health benefits outweigh costs of ciclovia events

Worth every penny.
(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland.org)

Ciclovias, the global term for what we call Sunday Parkways here in Portland, are nothing short of a revolution. Started in Latin America in the 1960s and made widely known by Bogota, Colombia, the events have spread like wildfire across North America in the last decade.

But with city budgets being very tight these days, programs like Sunday Parkways aren’t likely to survive the axe. Now, a new study, Do Health Benefits Outweigh the Costs of Mass Recreational Programs? An Economic Analysis of Four Ciclovía Programs, published in the Journal of Urban Health will help make the case that they’re worth the investment.

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silver gary fisher monona 2008

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Year: 2008
Brand: gary fisher
Model: monona
Color:silver
Size:21
Serial: WTU021C0818C
Stolen in Portland, OR 97232
Stolen:2011-12-20
Stolen From: 41st and hoyt
Neighborhood: laurelhurst
Owner: brian starns
OwnerEmail: brianstarns@hotmail.com
Description: mounts front and rear for lights, pedal straps and front/rear black metal fenders
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Metro’s latest ‘Opt In’ transportation survey draws ire

Jobs and the economy need to be our focus, even if the environment suffers.
— Choice on a Metro Opt In survey

A Metro survey aimed at the 8,000 members of their Opt In Panel drew swift and critical reaction from active transportation advocates yesterday.

The survey was introduced as “some questions about infrastructure projects and economic growth in the Portland-metropolitan area.” Despite its intentions, the questions and phrasing rubbed some Opt In members the wrong way and they went to Twitter to share their reactions.

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Q & A with Polly Trottenberg, Asst Sec of Transportation Policy at the USDOT

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Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy at the U.S. Department of Transportation Polly Trottenberg speaking at the Sellwood Bridge Project groundbreaking last week.
(Photo: Jonathan Maus/BikePortland)

Last week I sat down with Polly Trottenberg, the Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy at the U.S. Department of Transportation. Asst. Sec. Trottenberg was in town to deliver a $17.7 million check for the Sellwood Bridge Project. I caught up with her at Clever Cycles on SE Hawthorne Blvd. We talked about the role of activists, the new era of highway funding, the CRC project, and more.

Below is the transcript of our conversation.

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Dark Green Specialized Hard Rock Unk

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Year: Unk
Brand: Specialized
Model: Hard Rock
Color:Dark Green
Size:Unk
Stolen in Portland, OR 97232
Stolen:2011-12-18
Stolen From: From the bike rack at the SW corner of Lloyd Center Mall in front of Nordstoms and about 50 meters from Stanford’s restaurant. Nearest intersection is NE 9th Avenue and NE Multnomah Street.

Someone locked their bike next to mine and also locked one of my brake cables. I waited until 930PM for this person to come back and release my bike, but they didn’t. So, I locked my bike to the bike rack with my cable lock and went home to bed. When I came back the next morning, both bikes were gone.
Neighborhood: Lloyd Center Mall
Owner: Jeff Malmquist
OwnerEmail: jeff6974@netzero.cm
Description: Older Specialized. Has straight handlebars with “dial shifters” on the handlebars to shift gears. The front tire is a white-wall and the back tire is a black-wall. There is a bike rack on the back. Both front and rear fenders are partially torn off. There is a rectangular red “Cats Eye” tail light attached to the seat post just below the seat. The seat is black, padded and has cracks in the covering plastic.
Police record with: Portland
Police reference#: T11009464
This registrant does not have proof of ownership of this bike

orange Bianchi Bergamo

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Brand: Bianchi
Model: Bergamo
Color:orange
Stolen in Portland, OR 97212
Stolen:2011-12-18
Stolen From: front porch on NE Monroe and Williams
Neighborhood: NE Williams area
Owner: Allison Bullock
OwnerEmail: allisonmaynot@gmail.com
Reward: good karma and a haircut
Description: silver fenders (front half of front fender was snapped off), silver “I <3 my bike" bell, black toe clips, black rear rack, internal hub
Police record with: Portland Police Department
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

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