Month: April 2014

The Monday Roundup: A ‘heat map’, street fee criticism, suing the victim and more

“Heat map” from Strava.

— This week’s Monday Roundup is brought to you by the Coast Hills Classic Mountain Bike Race, coming this Sunday (5/4) to Newport, Oregon.

Here are the bike links from around the world that caught our eyes this week:

Where do we bike? Or, at least, where do people who track their rides with GPS bike? Strava knows. Among the local lessons in this beautiful “heat map”: the east-side greenways are very popular (especially NE Going and SE Lincoln/Harrison); and Broadway is by far the most-used route through downtown.

Suing the victim: A Canadian woman who killed a teen with her car is suing the dead boy’s estate for $1.4 million to compensate for her “pain and suffering.” It’s a countersuit to a civil suit by the family of the victim, who her suit says was riding at night without being “properly illuminated.”

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Blue Norco Range 2011

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Year: 2011
Brand: Norco
Model: Range
Color:Blue
Size:Large
Photo: http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http%3A%2F%2Fep1.pinkbike.org%2Fp4pb5336607%2Fp4pb5336607.jpg&imgrefurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pinkbike.com%2Fnews%2F2011-norco.html&h=485&w=800&tbnid=vOsgjgAO9JBp-M%3A&zoom=1&docid=sCc53_DdfCkEDM&ei=AchbU6DYFZKNyAT06YDQCQ&tbm=isch&ved=0CFIQMygAMAA&iact=rc&uact=3&dur=1337&page=1&start=0&ndsp=12
Stolen in Portand, OR 97204
Stolen:2014-04-25
Stolen From: Downtown Portland: Broadway and Alder
Neighborhood: Downtown
Owner: Maurizio von Flotow
OwnerEmail: mvonflotow(A T)gmail.com
Description: Blue Norco Range. Rock Shocks fork.
After market parts:
–Blue bash guard
–Stinger (chain guide)
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: T14004181
This registrant does not have proof of ownership of this bike

white/blue Raleigh RX 1.0

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Brand: Raleigh
Model: RX 1.0
Color:white/blue
Size:26″
Stolen in Portland, OR 97204
Stolen:2014-03-9
Stolen From: I was literally tackled off my bike by a drunk guy, that didn’t like me slowly rolling down the sidewalk while I was making a call to my mom. It was about a block away from Good Sam hospital right about 22nd and lovejoy.
Neighborhood: Pearl District Downtown
Owner: Malynnda Harwood
OwnerEmail: blacksheeba69(replace with at sign)aol.com
Reward: Yes
Description: I’m not exactly sure of the model, (gift from boyfriend) but it is similar to the RX 1.0, but I am almost positive it was. The forks and front half of the frame was white, while the rear was a darker blue. It had the dropped handlebars, with neon yellow grip tape, and slap-shifters. The seat was purple with a yellow K on it as well as a few yellow circles on it. It also had older chrome rims on it with a white and red sticker on them I believe.
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

white/blue Raleigh RX 1.0

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Brand: Raleigh
Model: RX 1.0
Color:white/blue
Size:26″
Stolen in Portland, OR 97204
Stolen:2014-03-9
Stolen From: I was literally tackled off my bike by a drunk guy, that didn’t like me slowly rolling down the sidewalk while I was making a call to my mom. It was about a block away from Good Sam hospital right about 22nd and lovejoy.
Neighborhood: Pearl District Downtown
Owner: Malynnda Harwood
OwnerEmail: blacksheeba69(replace with at sign)aol.com
Reward: Yes
Description: I’m not exactly sure of the model, (gift from boyfriend) but it is similar to the RX 1.0, but I am almost positive it was. The forks and front half of the frame was white, while the rear was a darker blue. It had the dropped handlebars, with neon yellow grip tape, and slap-shifters. The seat was purple with a yellow K on it as well as a few yellow circles on it. It also had older chrome rims on it with a white and red sticker on them I believe.
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

First look at locally made ‘Truck Trike’ headed for NYC

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Truck Trike by Stites Design-3

This custom ‘Truck Trike’, made in southeast Portland by Stites Design, will soon be on the streets of Manhattan hauling Citi Bike bikes between rental stations.
(Photos J. Maus/BikePortland)

When a local bike company toils on cool projects for many years, then finally breaks through to something big, we get really excited. Such is the case with Stites Design, the southeast Portland company that has sold a custom version of their electric-assist Truck Trike to Alta Bicycle Share for use in the Citi Bike bike share system in New York City.

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Startup by former Alta executives scores Philadelphia bike share contract

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Former Alta Bicycle Share president Alison Cohen, CEO
of Bicycle Transit Systems, spoke in Philadelphia Thursday.
(Photo: Bicycle Transit Systems)

A bike share operations startup founded by five ex-Alta Bicycle Share employees, three of them based in Portland, scored a major new contract Thursday.

Bicycle Transit Systems, which like its CEO Alison Cohen is headquartered in Philadelphia, will operate that city’s bike share system, which is scheduled to launch in spring 2015 with at least 600 stations.

It’s the first time in years that Portland-based Alta Bicycle Share, the market leader and operator of the popular systems in Washington DC, Boston, New York City and Chicago, has missed out on such a big new contract.

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Portland made ‘Truck Trike’ will help haul Citi Bikes in New York

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The Truck Trike by Bill Stites-7

Bill Stites on his Truck Trike in 2010.
(Photo J. Maus/BikePortland)

A Portland company has developed a new tool that will help New York City’s Citi Bike bike share system perform the important job of “rebalancing.”

Bill Stites of Stites Design has worked with Citi Bike vendor Alta Bicycle Share to create a prototype “truck trike” that will haul bike share bikes between kiosks in New York City’s crowded streets. (We profiled Stites’ trike back in 2010.) We’re getting a closer look at the trike today and Alta has just sent out the following statement about a media/launch event on Monday:

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black Canondale CAADX Disc Ultegra 2013

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Year: 2013
Brand: Canondale
Model: CAADX Disc Ultegra
Color:black
Size:56cm
Serial: JM83256
Photo: http://www.thebikelist.co.uk/images/models/Cannondale/2013/caadx-disc-ultegra/Main.jpg
Stolen in Portland, OR 97201
Stolen:2014-04-24
Stolen From: NW 9th and NW Johnson outside Hot Lips Pizza on east side of Eco Trust Building. Between 6:00 and 9:00pm on 4/24
Neighborhood: Pearl District
Owner: Rob Ross
OwnerEmail: robgreenflash(A T)gmail.com
Reward: $200
Description: Bike is only 3 months old, in perfect condition. It has all stock components, shimano petals
Police record with: Not filed yet
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Light Blue Madsen Madsen Utility Bucket 2009

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Year: 2009
Brand: Madsen
Model: Madsen Utility Bucket
Color:Light Blue
Size:Large
Serial: madsen0197
Photo: http://i.imgur.com/8TlNs36.jpg,http://i.imgur.com/9aQmcxp.jpg
Stolen in Portland, OR 97206
Stolen:2014-04-24
Stolen From: 5221 SE Gladstone St
Neighborhood: Kenilworth
Owner: Todd McIlhenny
OwnerEmail: todd.mcilhenny( atsign )gmail.com
Reward: $50
Description: Madsend cargo bike with a severely bent chain guard, stickers and a reflective triangle on the back.
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: T14004146

Parking power prevails (for now): PBOT pulls plug on 28th Ave bike lanes

A ride with the family-6

The city’s new “interim solution” for the Buckman/Kerns commercial district (that is, keep things pretty much like they are now).
(Photo by J. Maus/BikePortland)

The Portland Bureau of Transportation on Thursday backed off from its proposal to replace about 100 auto parking spaces on 28th Avenue near Burnside with a buffered bike lane.

Available auto parking is “a very, very big deal” for neighborhood commercial districts like this one, project manager Rich Newlands told the 20s Bikeway Project stakeholder advisory committee at their meeting last night.

The city completed its first multi-street count of the neighborhood’s parking demand in time for Thursday’s meeting, which had been slated as the committee’s last. The results showed that many nearby blocks in the free-parking neighborhood were near capacity.

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