Year: 2008
Brand: Gary Fisher
Model: Tassajara
Color:Black
Size:?
Serial: wtu025c2307c
Photo: None
Stolen in Porland, OR 97212
Stolen:2012-02-16
Stolen From: N. Mississippi Ave.
Owner: Bryan Fitterer
OwnerEmail: bryfitterer@hotmail.com
Description: black gary fisher tassajara
Police record with: portland PD
Police reference#: 12-13892
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike
PBOT released their 2011 Bicycle Counts Report today (PDF). The numbers show that overall there were 6.4 percent more trips made by bike citywide in 2011 compared to 2010. On new neighborhood greenways, the jump in ridership was even greater. At the 11 newly-developed neighborhood greenways (a.k.a. bike boulevards), PBOT recorded a jump of 61 percent.
The Going Street neighborhood greenway saw a particularly large spike with a daily count of 1,585 bicycle trips at NE Going and 9th last year compared to 1,040 daily bicycle trips in 2010.
Overall, bike traffic in Portland is up 219% since 2001. In addition to trip data, the counts also shed light on the gender split (big news on that below), reported collisions, helmet use, and seasonal averages over time.
ODOT Region 1 Manager Jason Tell says a recent collision has led to an internal assessment of bike safety on the St. Johns Bridge and he has directed his staff to do something about it.
In a phone call today, Tell said ODOT will install new signs on the bridge to make people driving cars more aware of people operating bicycles in the roadway. “From a motorists perspective, I think we can do more to raise awareness that cyclists are in the road… since it’s a legal use there,” said Tell.
After a thorough evaluation process that included in-person interviews, a questionnaire and ride-along with all three major candidates, political action committee Bike Walk Vote has announced their endorsement of Jefferson Smith for Portland mayor.
Bike Walk Vote co-chair Evan Manvel said today in a phone interview that Smith’s “Commitment, record, and leadership on equity as well as his focus on not spending all of our money on new infrastructure and highways,” are key things that stood out for them. Manvel also cited Smith’s work to “engage the whole city and work with non-traditional power brokers” as traits that were important to their choice.
The City of Portland’s Transportation Options Division — the group behind such popular programs as Sunday Parkways and SmartTrips — no longer exists as a stand-alone section of PBOT. The consolidation of Options into a new “Active Transportation” group within PBOT’s org chart — and the $350,000 cut that comes with it — is just one of the steps being taken to tighten operations and cut over $15 million in their ongoing discretionary budget.
Sunday Parkways and Neighborhood Greenways are also slated for significant cuts and 27 current PBOT employees will lose their jobs (most of the positions are labor/maintenance workers).
A popular route that connects people from downtown Portland to Skyline Blvd (or vice versa) is now open after being closed for over a year due to a landslide.
NW Thompson Road between Cornell and Skyline Blvd reopened today, says a statement released this morning by Multnomah County. Here’s more from the County:
Last winter’s heavier rainfall led to more landslides than in a typical year. A landslide on the downhill side of N.W. Thompson Road in a rural area threatened to erode the shoulder and eastbound traffic lane. After researching several repair options, Multnomah County chose a product made by Maverick Solutions of Lake Oswego to repair the Thompson Road slide.
After excavating the slide, crews installed layers of plastic netting covered with gravel and lined with bags of earth tied together by a system of plastic connectors. The end result provides the stability of a conventional slide repair and allows the hillside edge to be re-planted, adding strength and environmental benefits.
This week we had two great opportunities at local bike shops posted to our Job Listings. Check out all the details in the links below…
PBOT’s North Williams Traffic Operations Safety Project is heating up again — both the public process and the public spotlight.
The project found its way onto the cover of this week’s edition of The Portland Mercury. Reporter Sarah Mirk took a historical look at the Albina neighborhood and, given its history of racism and development, she arrived at the conclusion that the project is “Not about the bikes.”
Here’s a key quote in Mirk’s story that I think sums up feelings of some people in the community. It comes from Midge Purcell, policy director of the Urban League of Portland (a non-profit that advocates for African Americans):
Job Title
Seasonal Bicycle Mechanic
Company/Organization
Citybikes Worker-Owned Cooperative
Job Description
Seasonal Mechanic at Portland’s oldest bike cooperative, Citybikes Worker-owned Coop.
We believe a work force consisting of people from varied backgrounds provides us with the strongest foundation for the informed decision-making. Citybikes hires people on the basis of the shop’s need, with gender balance and diversity as goals. Citybikes is a resource for information of all kinds regarding cycling, bicycles and cooperative business structure.
Job Description: Season runs from May 1st – September 30th. Applicants must be able to work ~30 hours a week. Worker will be scheduled as a mechanic, and are required to complete repairs, provide amazing customer service, perform day to day functions, and attend general meetings and 1 committee meeting per month.
Minimum qualifications: 2-3 years shop experience, cooperative experience is a plus.
Compensation is based on experience, generally between $10-12 a hour plus store perks.
Cheers,
Citybikes
How to Apply
Submit a resume to the Citybikes Annex at 734 SE Ankeny. Hiring until positions are filled.
Call 503-239-6951 or email for questions, ask for Noel, Kathy, or Ashley.
Zoobomb’s big annual event, Mini Bike Winter, starts tonight. Now in its ninth year, the four-day event promises a mix of performances, parties, and pure fun that is sure to help ease your winter doldrums.
This year, in addition to usual favorites like the “Ben Hurt Chariot Wars” (just what they sound like, only crazier and with more smoke and blood), the “Mini Bike Winter Olympics” (which includes “bike bowling” (see below) a launch into the Willamette known as the “Cupcake Challenge” and more) and the “Badass Challenge” (a race to climb up the hill to Washington Park on a 16-inch bike), the event includes a special screening of “Bike Smut,” a collection of short bike movies.
I was happy this morning to find a statement from U.S. DOT Secretary Ray LaHood’s office that his war on distracted driving now includes new regulations for automakers. The proposals come as President Obama’s just-released transportation budget includes $330 million to combat the problem.
For the past few years, I’ve been disturbed at the trend to turn cars into one big gadget. Automakers, scared that their vehicles can’t compete with consumers’ growing adoration of smartphones and other devices, now offer all sorts of phone-like conveniences on-board. The result? More distraction, more crashes, more deaths and injuries.