🚨 Please note that BikePortland slows down during this time of year as I have family in town and just need a break! Please don't expect typical volume of news stories and content. I'll be back in regular form after the new year. Thanks. - Jonathan 🙏

Blue Peugeot female road bike 1970’s

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Year: 1970’s
Brand: Peugeot
Model: female road bike
Color:Blue
Stolen in Portland, OR 97214
Stolen:2013-06-4
Stolen From: SE 25th and Salmon
Neighborhood: Buckman
Owner: Dallas Swanson
OwnerEmail: dandkswanson( atsign )gmail.com
Description: The bike is a blue 1970’s style female Peugeot road bike. It has white cushy tape on the drop handlebars. The crossbar is split into two smaller crossbars. The brake lines are new and white. The seat is new, black, and leatherish. There is a bell on the handlebars.
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: T13004795
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Gray Trek 5900SL 2007(?)

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Year: 2007(?)
Brand: Trek
Model: 5900SL
Color:Gray
Serial: WL 0055339
Photo: http://imgur.com/bVr4AIA
Stolen in 97202, OR
Stolen:2013-05-31
Stolen From: From an unlocked shed in my back yard.
Neighborhood: Sellwood
Owner: John L Krump
OwnerEmail: johnericlutz(at sign)mac.com
Reward: $250
Description: Gray with red and white lettering. Black Fizik seat. Mavic’s Ksyrium wheel set. Speed Play pedals. Compact crank. Volkswagen decal on chain stays.
Police record with: PDX
Police reference#: 13-44669
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Deep red Kona Few 2011

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Year: 2011
Brand: Kona
Model: Few
Color:Deep red
Size:49
Serial: AJ110503311
Photo: http://imgur.com/rKbJfkW.jpg
Stolen in Portland, OR 97214
Stolen:2013-06-01
Stolen From: SE 26th and SE Main
Neighborhood: Buckman
Owner: Margurite Palmer
OwnerEmail: mpalmer(at sign)kennedybowles.com
Description: Womens bike. Slight scratches on the bar ends and fork; bottle cage, black planet bike fenders, black bar ends.
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: 1344766
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Blue Columbia Sports III 1970

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Year: 1970
Brand: Columbia
Model: Sports III
Color:Blue
Size:women’s
Stolen in Portland, OR 97211
Stolen:2013-05-31
Stolen From: My backyard around 32nd Pl and Alberta.
Neighborhood: Alberta
Owner: Sina Wibstad
OwnerEmail: sinamoon@email.com
Reward: Yes.
Description: It’s a 3-speed commuter with a silver basket on the back wheel. It has very wide handle bars that come up. There’s white trim on the fenders with an ‘Isis’ sticker on the back fender. It has puncture resistant continental tires.
Police record with: Portland PB
Police reference#: 13-153537
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Learning the Dutch way and exploring Utrecht

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This smooth, wide and direct cycle track leads
from downtown Utrecht to a large housing development.
(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland)

This is part of ongoing coverage of the Green Lane Project/Bikes Belong Netherlands Study Tour.

The secret to success of cycling in the Netherlands is their practical approach. Somehow, while the United States suffers from a car-centric transportation and road design culture, the Dutch have managed to find a much more humane and effective balance. During the first day of our study tour in Utrecht today we learned the basic building blocks of the Dutch approach to transportation policy and we got a first-hand look at how that translates onto the street.

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Black / Orange Marin Mountain Mike 2010

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Year: 2010
Brand: Marin
Model: Mountain Mike
Color:Black / Orange
Size:17
Stolen in Portland, OR 97209
Stolen:2013-06-3
Stolen From: 1120 NW Couch (Henry’s Tavern)
Owner: Justin C
OwnerEmail: <a href='mailto:lordjeff20(at sign)mail.(dot)com’>lordjeff20(replace with at sign)mail.(dot)com
Reward: $100
Description: Black Marin, Orange trim, disc brakes, Michelin “City” tires, single mud-flap on back
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: T13004774
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Commissioner Steve Novick gets PBOT bureau assignment

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Portland’s new Transportation Commissioner Steve Novick.
(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland)

Mayor Charlie Hales has just announced the city bureau assignments and he’s given the Bureau of Transportation to Commissioner Steve Novick. Another bureau shake-up that impacts bicycling is Portland Parks & Recreation now being in the office of Commissioner Amanda Fritz instead of Nick Fish.

Hales took all the bureaus under his authority when he came into office in order to more effectively tackle a major city budget shortfall.

The assignment of PBOT to Novick is good news. I do not have a lot of experience working with Novick (he’s a City Council rookie); but I’ve been hearing from various sources for months that he’s very solid on transportation issues, that he gets the big picture, is very supportive of bicycling and walking, and won’t be afraid to try new things. Novick, who graduated from Harvard Law School at age 21, is also known as someone with a sharp policy mind.

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Black Phat Cycle Cruiser 2005?

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Year: 2005?
Brand: Phat Cycle
Model: Cruiser
Color:Black
Size:Large
Stolen in Portland, OR 97217
Stolen:2013-05-15
Stolen From: From front yard of house on N. Endicott at Trenton Park
Neighborhood: Trenton
Owner: Greg Van Dyke
OwnerEmail: vandyke.gregory( atsign )gmail.com
Reward: 6 pack
Description: Phat Cycle cruiser, black, large handle bars, Top Peak basket and TP cable lock, black bell, everything in black, combination of flat black and glossy black detail
Police record with: Portland PD
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Cycling is social in Amsterdam

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If your city’s bike riders look like this,
you’re doing something right.
(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland)

Like I mentioned in my last post, I had a few “free” days in Amsterdam after my time in Copenhagen and before the official study tour began today (more on that later). Since I’ll be back in Amsterdam to do all the wonky stuff later this week, I spent those free days doing what I like best: wandering around and observing people on bikes. I think you learn a lot about a city’s bike culture simply by watching how its residents use their bicycles.

What I saw in Amsterdam was the most sociable (and stylish) cycling imaginable. It was really astounding to see how the bicycle is such a key element in the social fabric.

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The Monday Roundup: The country’s biggest bike-hater and more

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Here’s the bike news from near and far that caught our eyes in the last week:

— Everybody’s talking about this amazing video of a Wall Street Journal editorial board member telling us what she really feels about bikesharing in New York City. Definitely worth waiting through a 15-second Honda or Chevron ad to see some of this hard-hitting journalism:

— A new report about people of color who ride bikes shows that over the last decade, bicycle use grew five times faster among African-Americans than among white Americans. (Followers of Seattle’s Sightline Institute have known this for a while.) As Streetsblog DC shows, people of all backgrounds want to ride if they only have the chance.

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Red Electra Amsterdam 2010

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Year: 2010
Brand: Electra
Model: Amsterdam
Color:Red
Stolen in Portland, OR 97213
Stolen:2013-06-3
Stolen From: Off my front porch- up flight of stairs and over furniture to get to it.
Neighborhood: Hollywood
Owner: kelly flanigan
OwnerEmail: nuttigans(A T)comcast.net
Reward: Dinner Gift Certificate
Description: Upright red holland-style bicycle
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: T13004757
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

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