Year: 2012

White Specialized HotRock Coaster Boys 2012

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Year: 2012
Brand: Specialized
Model: HotRock Coaster Boys
Color:White
Size:16″
Serial: wsb500252565g
Stolen in Portland, OR 97209
Stolen:2012-08-26
Stolen From: Our son’s bike was stolen off our front porch in the middle of the night.
Neighborhood: Downtown NW (21st & Johnson)
Owner: Shalyn Johnston
OwnerEmail: shalynj@gmail.com
Description: White boys bike with black & red accents. Four months old, in great condition.
Police record with: Not Filed Yet
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Bike repair shop at Cartlandia looking for new owner

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(Photos: Lee Hansen)

The Bike Rack, a bike repair shop located in a food cart pod right off the Springwater Corridor path, is up for sale or rent.

The Bike Rack opened in July 2011 when owner Lee Hansen set up shop at “bicycle-centric” Cartlandia, a fledgling food cart pod along SE 82nd Avenue and the Springwater (near SE Harney). Hansen has another full-time job and doesn’t have time to run the shop anymore says Cartlandia co-owner Carol Otis.

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City will step up truck parking enforcement on SE 4th Ave – Updated

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Trucks in bike lanes leads to
people in streets.
(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland)

The Portland Bureau of Transportation says they’ll step up enforcement of illegal parking on SE 4th Avenue just south of Caruthers. On Monday, we pointed out that large trucks servicing industrial businesses along the street are parking in the bike lanes that connect the Springwater Corridor and Eastbank Esplanade. This gap between the two paths is very popular with people bicycling, walking, and jogging and the illegally parked trucks are forcing them out into the middle of the roadway.

Cheryl Kuck, a media spokesperson for PBOT says they will tell Parking Enforcement Officers to put this area on their regular patrols. In Oregon, it’s illegal to park a motor vehicle on a bike lane unless you are there only “momentarily” and actively loading/unloading. Kuck also encourages people to call the parking hotline to report issues:

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Woman cited in collision on Hawthorne/Grand last night

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This morning I heard from a few people curious to know more info on a collision that happened last night at SE Hawthorne and Grand.

Here are the details, as provided by the PPB:

08/29/12 @ 9:25 p.m.

SE Hawthorne Blvd & Grand Ave

Driver: Alexis R. Hay, 20 (female)
1990 Geo Storm 2dr, red
Cited for Failure to Obey a Traffic Control Device & Driving Uninsured

Cyclist: Kelly Hansen, 26 (female)
Black road bike

Vehicle NB on Grand in right lane, 30 mph, ran through light that changed from yellow to red. Cyclist EB on Hawthorne with green light, riding in bike lane with headlight, hit drivers side of car. Cyclist transported to hospital with injury to right arm. Vehicle towed, bicycle taken to cyclists house by police and left with roommate.

Travel Oregon rolls out promotional video for Old West Scenic Bikeway

Still from new Travel Oregon video.

Travel Oregon has just released the first in a series of new videos in their ongoing effort to promote Oregon’s burgeoning network of officially designated State Scenic Bikeways. Last week we shared a bikeways marketing push that made its way onto a jumbotron in New York City’s Times Square.

To make the two-minute video (watch it below), the agency commissioned the Portland-based bike touring advocacy and journalism duo of Russ Roca and his partner Laura Crawford of Path Less Pedaled. Kristin Dahl, senior manager of destination development for Travel Oregon, said they plan to do a similar video for each of the nine officially designated scenic bikeway routes and they’ll be rolled out through spring of next year.

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Black/silver REI Afterburner tagalong 2008

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Year: 2008
Brand: REI
Model: Afterburner tagalong
Color:Black/silver
Serial: ACA07F000398
Stolen in Portland, OR 97232
Stolen:2012-08-30
Stolen From: NE 16th and Sandy
Neighborhood: Buckman
Owner: Kristen Becker
OwnerEmail: k10becker74@gmail.com
Description: Black/silver tagalong (attached to Redline bike, reported separately)
Police record with: Portland
Police reference#: 12-155333
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Police enforcement at Ladd Circle, N Flint ruffles feathers once again

The scene at Flint/Broadway last week.
(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland)

Once again, two of the city’s most infamous stop sign locations are being targeted by the Portland Police Bureau (PPB). This morning, and two other days this week, multiple motorcycle cops have stationed themselves at the intersections of N. Flint and Broadway and SE Ladd Ave at the circle. These locations have gotten bicycle-focused police attention for many years, but the behaviors that bring them there — a high rate of non-compliance by people riding bicycles — continue to be problematic.

At Flint and Broadway, I have confirmed with the PPB that they are working the intersection due to a request by the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT). The request comes as part of the move by PBOT last week to partially close N. Wheeler Ave (which is just a few yards west of the Flint/Broadway intersection). One vocal business owner who was opposed to the closure felt that the collisions at Wheeler were the direct result of people running the stop sign at Flint. Even though PBOT analysis shows a myriad of dangerous factors that contributed to the Wheeler right-hooks, media coverage of the closure then adopted this business owner’s perspective, thus cementing the idea with their audiences.

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Blue Redline 9 speed 2009

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Year: 2009
Brand: Redline
Model: 9 speed
Color:Blue
Serial:ICS9A01589
Stolen in Portland, OR 97232
Stolen:2012-08-30
Stolen From: NE 16th and Sandy
Neighborhood: Buckman
Owner: Kristen Becker
OwnerEmail: k10becker74@gmail.com
Description: My tagalong was attached to the bike and also stolen. It is an REI brand Afterburner tagalong, silver and black in color. (Tagalong has its own report).
Police record with: Portland Police
Police reference#: 12-155333
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Chrome Mongoose Silver BMX 2008

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Year: 2008
Brand: Mongoose
Model: Silver BMX
Color:Chrome
Size:20″
Serial: SNGNP06A17231
Stolen in Portland, OR 97233
Stolen:2012-08-26
Stolen From: Gated Residents Drive way, SE 151st between SE Millman and SE Main.
Neighborhood: Centennial
Owner: Lionel Lampkin
OwnerEmail: lionel_lampkin@yahoo.com
Description: Chrome Mongoose 20″ BMX Boys Freestyle Bike:
Oversized freestyle frame for durability
Tires are street tires smooth with s pattern. Alloy 4 bolt stem clamps bars tightly. Alloy caliper brakes and levers for sure stopping. Durable 1 piece crank. Dimensions: 56″L x 27″W x 38″H
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: Tracking# T12007265
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Black Fuji Absolute Commuter 3.0 2007

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Year: 2007
Brand: Fuji
Model: Absolute Commuter 3.0
Color:Black
Size:17″
Stolen in Portland, OR 97206
Stolen:2012-08-28
Stolen From: Back of my house, on patio. SE 48th and SE Long
Neighborhood: SE
Owner: Jacqueline Rubinstein
OwnerEmail: jacqueline.rubinstein@gmail.com
Reward: yes
Description: Fuji Absolute 3.0 commuter, 2007, hybrid wheels, 17″ frame, Deore components, back rack with blue milk crate attached with
zip ties, fenders on front and back
Black frame
Two stickers on the frame -one of the state of Oregon with a heart in it and one from Peoples Coop
Also has a dinosaur bell on it.
Upright, straight across handle bars
Water bottle holder attached to frame
White light attached to the front
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: 12-155310
This registrant does not have proof of ownership of this bike

Dark Green KHS Urban Express 2008

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Year: 2008
Brand: KHS
Model: Urban Express
Color:Dark Green
Size:Large
Stolen in Portland, OR 97217
Stolen:2012-08-18
Stolen From: 212 north hayden bay drive. Jantzen Beach area
Neighborhood: North Portland
Owner: Gary Wright
OwnerEmail: gary@machinerysales.com
Description: upright handlebars, multispeed, pump, waterbottle holder, city bikes sticker
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: 12-155313
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Ray Thomas on the unintended consequences of “ambiguous intersections”

What you see driving north on MLK Jr. Blvd at NE Going Street.

Noted local lawyer, bike law expert, and veteran advocate Ray Thomas has penned a new article about what he feels is a safety issue at the intersection of Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd (MLK) and N Going Street. Thomas is known for his writing and has published a number of articles on legal topics. He usually doesn’t write about intersection design, but he has made an exception this time.

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