As we wrote when it came out two weeks ago, the City of Portland’s recent poll of public attitudes about its coming transportation package has many interesting details.
Here’s one: despite what you might have heard or assumed, Portlanders of almost every stripe support better bike infrastructure by huge margins.
Year: 2013
Brand: trek
Color:white
Serial: wtu120c5413h
Stolen in Portland, OR 97205
Stolen:2014-02-14
Stolen From: it was, believe it or not, stolen on SW broadway around 6:00 pm right in front of my office building with the Schnitzer concert hall across the street and a major even taking place.
Neighborhood: downtown
Owner: ann harmless
OwnerEmail: annharmless(at sign)gmail.com
Reward: 200.00
Description: it was a street bike and had a water bottle attachment on it. several unique aspects of the bike include the fact that though it was a street bike, I had dual brakes put on it. It had a pouch on the back attached to the seat and it had a bike rack with a spring on it. Right after purchase, I wiped out, so the seat (which is white) should have some scuff marks on it.
Police record with: portland
Police reference#: T14001435.
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike
The charioteers never saw the rainbow arching over their heads. They would have been crazy to let their guard down that long.
About 100 soggy competitors and spectators came together in one to three inches of standing water in a crumbling Clay Street warehouse Saturday afternoon for the seventh annual edition of a Portland institution: a Ben-Hur style gladiator battle conducted on homemade chariots drawn by minibikes.
Yan Huang, 78, was crossing Division Street on Valentine’s Day with her 80-year-old husband, walking in an unmarked crosswalk from curb to rounded-off curb across five lanes of auto traffic. She never reached the other side; a man in a left-turning pickup didn’t see the couple and steered into them, killing Huang.
The next day, Saturday, a silver minivan, whose driver remains at large, left the scene of its fatal collision with a person on foot on Southeast Powell at 124th.
On Sunday, a man was killed in a car when the drunken driver he was riding with slammed into a utility pole at Northeast 102nd and Fremont.
Deaths like these make news, but they’re not new. About one in 50 Americans will die an automobile crash. What’s new is that Portland’s transportation director says the city can and will begin to do something systematic to change this.
Safety advocates are urging fast action. Early Monday morning Oregon Walks launched a #PDXVisionZero Twitter hashtag and a petition to urge the city to follow through on Director Leah Treat’s promise to move toward “Vision Zero,” the philosophy that there is no acceptable level of traffic fatality.
Here’s the bike news from around the world that caught our eyes this week:
Broke mechanics: Why do bike mechanics make so little money? Here’s a pretty depressing slideshow that details the situation state by state.
Bad politician: After a Long Island teen had two classmates killed by cars while walking and then his mother was hit by a car while biking, he wrote his state legislator asking for more bike lanes. The legislator responded in a letter saying that “no one” in Suffolk County “should ever ride a bicycle” and that of those who do, “90 percent” get hit by cars. (If you’re not on Facebook you can read the news coverage.)
Just a reminder: As we shared last week, the Steel Bridge is likely to be closed for maintenance through some or all of the morning commute on Monday, Feb. 17, no matter what your vehicle is. It should be open by 8:30 a.m.
Year: 2010
Brand: SE
Model: Workhorse
Color:black
Size:52
Serial: ICSE09D0134
Stolen in PORTLAND, OR 97206
Stolen:2014-02-14
Stolen From: 7000 block of SE Woodstock
Neighborhood: Mt Scott-Arleta
Owner: Don Belca
OwnerEmail: TheSunCameUp( atsign )gmail.com
Description: Black fixed gear/single speed. Seat is black with yellow, wasn’t originally from the bike.
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: 14-12646
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike
Year: 1986
Brand: Bridgestone
Model: 400
Color:charcoal grey
Size:23 inch
Stolen in Portland, OR 97239
Stolen:2014-02-9
Stolen From: Portland VA Medical Center. 3710 SW US Veteran Hospital Road. (Terwilliger BLVD and US Veteran Hospital Road)
Neighborhood: Homestead
Owner: Bernie Deazley
OwnerEmail: bernie.deazley(A T)va.gov
Reward: yes
Description: fenders front/back. rear fender held on with black zip tie. split orthopedic seat. Trail-a-bike hitch on seat post. 1 front light and 2 rear lights. Bike Gallery sticker. New cabling and chain. paint scratched/rust just below seat post. Paint rubbed off to primer on one side of rear fork. Bontrager puncture proof tires. Small rip in handle bar wrap. Stolen between Feb 4 and Feb 12.
Police record with: VA Police
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike
Year: 2002
Brand: Trek
Model: Alpha 1000
Color:Red, white and blue
Stolen in Portland, OR 97217
Stolen:2014-02-15
Stolen From: My home in NE.
Neighborhood: Overlook Park
Owner: Chris Mullins
OwnerEmail: notmullins( atsign )gmail.com
Description: Red front wheel, black back wheel when stolen. Bicycle Gallery sticker on pipe.
This registrant does not have proof of ownership of this bike
Year: 2013
Brand: RALEIGH
Model: TALUS 3.0
Color:BLUE
Size:16
Serial:U129K07173
Stolen in PORTLAND, OR 97206
Stolen:2012-02-15
Stolen From: WOODSTOCK SAFEWAY4515 SE WOODSTOCK BLVD
Neighborhood: WOODSTOCK
Owner: CHRISTOPHER REED
OwnerEmail: JRDBIKE@YAHOO.COM
Reward: GRATITUDE OF SON
Description: BOYS RALEIGH MTN BIKE WITH BURLEY TRAILER ATTACHED
Police record with: PDX PD
Police reference#: 14-151140
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike
Brand: Specialized
Model: Hotrock
Color:red
Size:24
Serial:WSBC711019191G
Photo: http://imgur.com/FWxxStj
Stolen in Portland, OR 97232
Stolen:2013-01-15
Stolen From: Shed behind house.
Neighborhood: Laurelhurst
Owner: Sean Scott
OwnerEmail: seans@amaa.com
Reward: $50
Description: There was a kids bell on the handle, picture shows all, mostly red, white and black accents, black wheel rims. Belonged to a sweet little innocent boy who loved it.
Police record with: Portland police
Police reference#: T14001468
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike
Year: 2013
Brand: Jamis
Model: Coda
Color:Black
Size:19
Serial:14-151058
Photo: http://www.myjamis.com/SSP%20Applications/JamisBikes/MyJamis/consumer/bike.html?year=2014&model=Coda%20Sport&cat_grp=strt_2
Stolen in Portland, OR 97205
Stolen:2012-02-15
Stolen From: Buffalo Exchange on SE 37th and Hawthorne. Was locked to bike rack on sidewalk with cable lock.
Neighborhood: Hawthorne
Owner: Gwynne Berkeley
OwnerEmail: Gwynneberk@gmail.com
Reward: $50
Description: Blackburn click headlight. Rack, Pdw tail light, Spoke light on rear wheel, spd peddles. Bike only a few months old.
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: 14151058
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike