The Community Cycling Center’s 18th annual Holiday Bike Drive took place on Sunday at Legacy Emanuel Hospital in north Portland. The event brings together dozens of volunteers who set up low-income families with nearly 400 shiny refurbished bicycles and tricycles. In many ways, the event is a rite of passage for the kids and the volunteers — both of whom aren’t likely to ever forget the experience.
A newly circulated state survey has offered the latest sign that Oregonians are thinking about transportation in a fundamentally different way than they used to.
A team of heavy hitters from Portland’s private, public and nonprofit sectors has teamed up to create what looks like Oregon’s most important new transportation nonprofit in years.
It’s setting out to be, in a sense, public transportation’s answer to the Bicycle Transportation Alliance or to AAA Oregon.
In the five months since BikePortland reported on the group’s formation, Move Oregon — that’s its new name — has recruited a bike-friendly director and an impressive board that includes BTA Executive Director Rob Sadowsky, BTA-director-turned-planning-consultant Catherine Ciarlo, Portland Streetcar Executive Director Rick Gustafson and Portland Business Alliance Vice President Bernie Bottomly.
Year: 2011
Brand: Scott
Model: Sub 40
Color:Black
Size:Small
Stolen in Portland, OR 97232
Stolen:2013-11-25
Stolen From: NE 23rd and irving, Monterey apartment.
Neighborhood: Kerns
Owner: Molly Hendler
OwnerEmail: mollyrhendler(AT)gmail.com
Reward: 100
Description: Drop down handlebars with seafoam green wrap. Basket, rack, and fenders.
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: 13-101516
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike
Here’s a good chance to see how the states official Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee operates. The OBPAC is set to meet in Portland on December 18th. Public is welcome to attend. Details are below…
Dec. 9, 2013
For more information: Sheila Lyons, Bicycle & Pedestrian program manager, (503) 986-3555 or Shelley M. Snow, ODOT Public Affairs, (503) 986-3438
SALEM – The Oregon Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee will hold its next meeting 9:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. on Dec. 18 in Portland, at the Oregon Department of Transportation’s Region 1 headquarters, 123 NW Flanders. Agenda items include discussions about the ConnectOregon V application review process, ODOT Maintenance practices as they relate to biking, and Enhance It funding for 2017 – 2020.
Those who wish to testify are encouraged to sign up on the public comment sheet provided at the meeting. General guidelines: provide written summaries when possible and limit comments to 3 minutes. If you bring written summaries or other materials to the meeting, please provide the chairperson with a copy prior to your testimony.
Accommodations will be provided to persons with disabilities. To request an accommodation, please call ODOT’s Bicycle/Pedestrian Program office at (503) 986-3555 or statewide relay, 7-1-1.
The (unofficial) seventh annual Single Speed Cyclocross World Championships (SSCXWC) took place in Philadelphia last weekend and Portland resident Dylan VanWeelden was there with his camera to document it.
Year: 2013
Brand: Cannondale
Model: Badboy
Color:Black
Stolen in Portland/or/97211, OR
Stolen:2013-12-9
Stolen From: Hollywood 24 hr fitness
Neighborhood: Hollywood
Owner: Gerard Hood
OwnerEmail: Gerardhood(AT)gmail.com
Reward: 200
Description: All black, gold presta adapter caps, head lamp on handle bars
Police record with: Portland
Police reference#: 13-102858
This registrant does not have proof of ownership of this bike
Year: 1993
Brand: Look
Model: KG196
Color:silver
Stolen in Portland, OR 97213
Stolen:2013-12-9
Stolen From: It was locked in my garage
Neighborhood: Gateway
Owner: holly hall
OwnerEmail: hahahshall(A T)gmail.com
Description: Silver carbon fiber Look bicycle 1993 KG 196 Black seat Blue and yellow handle bar wrap. Living in the hood is good sticker on it.
Police record with: Portland OR.
Police reference#: 13102778
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike
When we explored four reasons college towns tend to be bike-friendly last month, we left one off: they produce lots of technical experts who are passionate about improving their communities.
It looks as if a group of Eugene students is likely to do exactly that. After nine months of volunteer planning, the University of Oregon group LiveMove has unveiled a plan for their city’s second two-way bike facility, and the city government is officially considering it.
The plan is for 13th Avenue, a one-mile one-way corridor between the UO campus and Olive Street in downtown Eugene. The east-west route has a bike lane, a bus line and various commercial storefronts.
Cargo bike-focused shop Splendid Cycles has just announced they will move locations later this month in order to double in size and keep up with growing demand.
Splendid opened in May 2010 after co-owners Joel and Barb Grover (both former employees of Bike Gallery) were bitten by the cargo bike bug. The small (1,100 square foot) shop at SE 14th and Belmont differentiated itself by focusing solely on the bikes that can carry stuff. Since then, Splendid has become the destination for the popular “Bullitt” cargo bike (imported from Danish company Larry vs Harry). Much of their business comes from assembling and shipping complete bikes throughout the country.
Barb tells us they are now the largest Bullitt dealer in the United States (they handle both wholesale and retail sales of the brand) and one of the largest Xtracycle dealers as well. “California, Florida, Connecticut, and even Alaska are a few of the cities where we have customers,“ says Barb.
Reacting (in part) to the desires of more than 2,200 survey respondents, the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) is poised to implement several projects in the Mt. Hood area that will improve bicycling access.
As we reported back in August, wider shoulders on Highway 26 and Highway 35 were among a list of projects being considered as part of ODOT’s Mt. Hood Multimodal Transportation Plan. Last month, that plan’s Project Leadership Group (made up of ODOT, County, and federal “decision makers”) released their project recommendations (PDF). On that list are several projects in “Group A” that will impact bicycle access.
Here they are:
Year: 1960s
Brand: Univega
Model: Road Bike
Color:Lime/Teal/Silver
Photo: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-kpcmyS_ixpE/UqY8OGt0-hI/AAAAAAAACDk/VtMjCUO7AkU/w638-h479-no/Nov3+007.jpg
Stolen in Hillsboro, OR 97123
Stolen:2013-12-9
Stolen From: SE 4th & Washington Streets, Hillsboro
Neighborhood: Downtown Hillsboro
Owner: Cassie Maringer
OwnerEmail: scooterista(AT)gmail.com
Reward: $200
Description: Aluminum frame with yellow-green paint on the back, bare aluminum in the middle, teal on front forks and handlebar grips. Aluminum bottle holder, black zippered pouch under seat, black plastic toe cages, Yellow MAVIC sticker on front forks, green plastic bell on handlebar. TiGr lock attached to main tube with velcro.
Police record with: Hillsboro PD
Police reference#: 13-811772
This registrant does not have proof of ownership of this bike