Brand: Trek
Color:Purple
Size:17 inch
Stolen in PORTLAND, OR 97213
Stolen:2012-03-28
Stolen From: From my back porch near NE 60th and Fremont
Owner: Toe Knee
OwnerEmail: cuddleboyblue@yahoo.com
Description: It is obviously spray painted purple. It is a 21 speed mountain bike with smooth tires. It has yellow hand grips and a pannier rack on the back.
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike
Year: 2011
Brand: Jamis
Model: commuter 1.0
Color:Sage
Size:14in
Serial: HV0604504
Stolen in Portland, OR 97215
Stolen:2012-03-29
Stolen From: Windsor Village apts. SE 48th and stark.
Neighborhood: SE sunnyside
Owner: Stephanie Moore
OwnerEmail: tidi1983@yahoo
Description: Stock commuter bike with stock fenders and rear rack.
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike
Year: 2010
Brand: Specialized Globe
Model: Vienna 3
Color:Brown
Size:L
Serial:P9HCN0042
Photo: https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-NmEpj4lGBnw/T3NA4WVaF-I/AAAAAAAAAOo/6FXyR1gz2xQ/s728/IMG_20110425_185118.jpg
Stolen in Portland, OR 97220
Stolen:2012-03-26
Stolen From: 87th and NE Glisan St.
Neighborhood: Montavilla
Owner: Sara Honsberger
OwnerEmail: sarahonsberger@gmail.com
Description: Brown frame, black fenders, grey seat, Disc brakes, has gears.
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: 1z-26069
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike
This just in from ODOT… They are looking to fill vacancies on their Safe Routes to School Advisory Committee:
The Oregon Department of Transportation is seeking people interested in filling two vacancies for the nine-member Safe Routes to School Advisory Committee. The two stakeholder positions available represent bicycle-based advocacy groups and local traffic safety committee or neighborhood association constituencies
The committee provides technical assistance to the Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Program, acts as a review committee for SRTS grants, serves as a communication channel between the SRTS Program and stakeholders and as an advocate for SRTS. Members serve on a volunteer basis. The committee meets at most four times a year, generally in Salem, with the option for members to join the meeting by teleconference or videoconference. The state reimburses members for travel expenses to attend committee meetings.
The ODOT Safe Routes to School Program is a statewide program assisting Oregon communities in identifying and reducing barriers and hazards to children, K-12, when walking or bicycling to or from school. The program may provide federal aid funding to schools K-8 for education and outreach, evaluation, and engineering and enforcement within two miles of the school, based on a statewide competitive application process.
The Safe Routes to School Program welcomes stakeholder participation from across the state — from urban, suburban and rural communities. The application is posted on the website. (See http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/TS/saferoutes.shtml). Please submit completed application by mail, postmarked no later than April 16, 2012.
“We frequently encounter these processions on training rides in Portland’s West Hills. Suggestions range from doing nothing (besides merely following the law), to stopping in respect while the procession goes by.”
— Ray Thomas, lawyer
For whatever reason, some of the most popular roads for bicycling on here in the Portland region also tend to be near graveyards. There’s Riverview Cemetery just west of the Sellwood Bridge and Skyline Memorial Gardens up in the West Hills just to name a few.
Ray Thomas, a local lawyer who rides frequently in these areas, recently had a situation where a group he was riding with happened upon a funeral procession. The experience left him wondering how Oregon law handles the presence of bicycles on the road when a funeral procession rolls by. So, as Thomas often does, he did a bit of research and wrote an article about it. He shared the article with me yesterday.
We knew this was coming.
With bike share finally moving forward in Portland, we could count on The Oregonian to do their best undermine it before it even hits the street. Why? Because it’s about bikes, it’s new — and most importantly — because it is something championed by Mayor Sam Adams.
Before sharing some snippets of The O piece, let’s do a reality check: Bike share is becoming like bus service in cities across America. It’s a reliable, affordable, popular, easily-accessible system that opens up bicycling to new audiences in new places. Even before trying a modern system out for myself in Washington D.C. last week, I was generally positive about bike share. After trying it out, I’m convinced. It’s a game-changer and the early wrinkles have been ironed out. Sure, D.C. is not Portland, but we will have a right-sized system and I’m confident the people who put ours together will be the best and brightest in the field.
