Year: 2010
Brand: Gary Fisher
Model: Mendota
Color:Cream
Size:19.5
Serial: WTU293C1141E
Stolen in Portland, OR 97221
Stolen:2013-02-01
Stolen From: House
Neighborhood: Bridlemile
Owner: Craig Wessel
OwnerEmail: cwessel(at sign)bizjournals.com
Description: Gary Fisher commuter bike. Unusual cream color with fenders and rack.
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike
Year: 2011
Brand: Diamondback
Model: Response XE
Color:Blue
Size:LG
Serial:U95K00171
Stolen in Beaverton, OR 97005
Stolen:2013-02-17
Stolen From: Bike stolen off my back porch at parkbrook manor, 5th and maple, beaverton OR.
Owner: Daniel Johnson
OwnerEmail: darius.corrieri@comcast.net
Description: Blue diamondback response xe, front and rear fenders, front and rear lights. worn tires, disc brakes. Orange paint smudged on underside of front forks from my porch railing. Kevlar key lock wrapped around seat post and through rear fork.
Police record with: Beaverton PD
Police reference#: 13-1384
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike
Year: 2011
Brand: Surly
Model: Long Haul Trucker
Color:Black
Size:58
Stolen in Portland, OR 97211
Stolen:2013-02-16
Stolen From: 23rd and Alberta
Neighborhood: Alberta, NE
Owner: Kenny Jewett
OwnerEmail: kenny.jewett(at sign)gmail.com
Reward: $200
Description: Decals are scratched, there is an “8th Ave. Bike and Coffee House” sticker on it, red leather strap toe clips.
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: 13-13052
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike
Year: 2009
Brand: Bike Friday
Model: New World Tourist
Color:Blue
Size:Medium
Serial: 22714
Photo: http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/194/screenshot20130215at404.png/
Stolen in Portland, OR 97217
Stolen:2013-02-15
Stolen From: Kenton Commons across from Kenton Park, in North Portland, near Denver Street.
Neighborhood: Kenton
Owner: Jeff Kennel
OwnerEmail: jeffkennel(A T)gmail.com
Reward: 200
Description: Folding Bike made by Bike Friday with white lettering. Has a rear bike rack and fenders.
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: T13001519
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike
House Bill 2800 — and in some ways the future of Columbia River Crossing project — is up for another hearing at the state capitol on Monday. Activists against the project, who packed hearing rooms this past Monday, hope for a repeat performance in order to “make sure the narrative remains on our side.”
Others see Monday’s hearing as a “last chance” effort to stop the bill. If passed, HB 2800 would declare that it’s in Oregon’s state interest to fund and move forward with the project. The bill would free up the bonding and tolling authority necessary so the state can come up with its share — $450 million — of the project’s $3.6 billion price tag. But critics call the bill a “blank check” that unleashes a series of scary financial obligations.
“The overall goal is to arrive at a more favorable balance between the city and the car, between the erosion of the city by cars and the attrition of automobiles by the city.”
— Alan Webber, in a 1971 memo created for City Commissioner Neil Goldschmidt
This morning a reader tipped us off to a fascinating memo penned by a City Hall staffer in 1971. The memo, titled, Disincentives to the Automobile (PDF), was written by Alan Webber, a staffer to then City Commissioner Neil Goldschmidt. Webber (bio) went on to have a notable career in journalism and is most well-known as being founder of Fast Company magazine. Today he’s an author and speaker considered an, “Expert on change and innovation in the knowledge economy.”
Webber’s six-page memo was created to “stimulate discussion on the role of the automobile” in Portland’s Downtown Plan. At the time the memo was written, cities around the country were being tasked by the Environmental Protection Agency to do something about high levels of urban air pollution (The “Anti-Planner” Randal O’Toole shared more historical context for the memo on his blog in 2008). The tone and content of the memo reveals a deep understanding that car overuse has a negative impact on the creation of a vibrant, livable city. Far from being simply “anti-car,” the memo reads like something you’d hear espoused by an advocate or planner at a modern-day active transportation conference.
Just one job on the BikePortland Job Listings this past week, but it looks like a good one…
Year: 2005
Brand: azor
Model: oma
Color:black
Stolen in Oregon City, OR 97045
Stolen:2013-02-15
Stolen From: Sandy and 31st
Neighborhood: Laurelhurst
Owner: Martin Meyers
OwnerEmail: meyers(at sign)easystreet.net
Description: Bike stolen 3100 Hassalo behind Tonic Bar
Police record with: filed
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike
Year: 2013
Brand: Surly
Model: Crosscheck
Color:42 cm
Size:LIME GREEN
Serial: M12060004
Stolen in Portland, OR 97202
Stolen:2013-02-14
Stolen From: Ladd’s Inn SE 12th & Hawthorne
Neighborhood: LADD’S, SE PORTLAND
Owner: Vanessa Gonzalez
OwnerEmail: Talktovanessa(replace with at sign)gmail.com
Reward: YES
Description: BRIGHT SOLID GREEN FRAME – CONSTRUCTION CONE ORANGE HANDLEBAR TAPE.
SILVER BACK RACK.
VERY SMALL BIKE !
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: pending
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike
If you were concerned that budget cuts might jeopardize Sunday Parkways this year, you can now take a sigh of relief. With the announcement this morning of dates and routes for five Sunday Parkways events, it’s clear that the Bureau of Transportation feels confident they will enough funding to hold the events.
And Mayor Hales even sings the praises of the events in a statement released this morning:
“Sunday Parkways events are a great opportunity to get to know your neighborhood and your city. Nancy and I have attended them. As family-friendly events go, these can’t be beat,” said Portland Mayor Charlie Hales.
Here are the dates and routes: