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More info on yesterday’s collision at SE Ankeny and 16th

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Yesterday morning I got two reports from readers about a bike/car collision at the intersection of SE 16th and Ankeny. I usually don’t post about every bike-involved collision I hear about; but since two people emailed and it’s on a busy bike street, I figured this one was worth sharing.

Reader Marsha H. wrote in, looking for more information about what happened:

“I went by on my morning commute and saw a young woman on a bike on the ground not moving much, a small but growing crowd of concerned cyclists, and the driver in the collision calling 911.”

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Riding along with Paul Jeffery, on his daily ride up Mt. Tabor

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Paul Jeffery, photographed at
Common Grounds coffee shop
this morning.
(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland)

48-year-old southeast Portland resident Paul Jeffery (he goes by PJ) used to enjoy a daily ride from his house near 40th and Salmon to the Goose Hollow MAX stop. From there, he’d zip through the hills and down into Beaverton where he’d pedal the final leg of his journey to his job at Electro Scientific Industries (a producer of high-tech laser systems and industrial production equipment).

PJ’s routine changed back in November when he was part of a 10% workforce reduction. In other words, he was laid off.

Without work, PJ missed the routine of getting up and getting out on his bike. So, at the end of January, he started riding to the top of Mt. Tabor each morning. I met him this morning at Common Grounds coffee shop on SE Hawthorne Blvd (a very nice place I must say)…

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Job: Sales/Service (Bike N’ Hike Hillsboro)

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Job Title
Sales/Service

Company/Organization
BIKE N’ HIKE Hillsboro

Job Description
Lookin’ for a job in the bike industry on the west side ? Our Hillsboro location has an immediate opening for someone who can do both sales and service. Our store is very busy and growing fast. Our crew has a lifetime of experience and are as knowledgeable and as dedicated as they come…..we work hard……but we LIVE THE DREAM……. Qualified applicants should have 2 years experience minimum and know how to pass the”bike build test”. Punctuality and a professional attitude will be required. You can call us for more details.

How to Apply
log on to our website and e-mail us a resume at hillsboro [at] bikenhike [dot] com

Dark Blue Diamondback Sortie 2 2011

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Year: 2011
Brand: Diamondback
Model: Sortie 2
Color:Dark Blue
Size:Medium
Serial: CJ 007-3
Photo: http://www.google.com/imgres?q=diamondback+sortie+2&um=1&hl=en&sa=N&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox&biw=1440&bih=748&tbm=isch&tbnid=51yyaZtr4-UsuM:&imgrefurl=http://www.amazon.com/Diamondback-Sortie-Suspension-Mountain-26-Inch/dp/B005178LPS&docid=hZqqMTL_SXxVKM&imgurl=http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Or8IbM4DL._AA300_.jpg&w=300&h=300&ei=P1s0T4uSDaaNsQKiqJSvAg&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=562&sig=114430084379642965525&page=1&tbnh=129&tbnw=129&start=0&ndsp=28&ved=1t:429,r:14,s:0&tx=50&ty=63
Stolen in Portland, OR 97227
Stolen:2012-02-9
Stolen From: The park at Alberta and Kerby. NE Portland.
Neighborhood: Northeast Portland.
Owner: Ian Kaye
OwnerEmail: ian.d.kaye@gmail.com
Reward: 300
Description: The only this is that it was brand new. The front brakes sqeal really bad.
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: 12-11737
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Oregon looks beyond gas tax as mileage-based tax evolves

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showing VMT charge.
(Graphic: ODOT)

At all levels of government, transportation officials are running scared due to a severe lack of funding available to maintain and improve our roads. The major reason for all this anxiety is the failure of the gas tax to evolve with the times. Truly a “dinosaur” of a funding mechanism, the gas tax hasn’t kept up with inflation, and it is dwindling as Americans drive fewer miles and cars become more fuel-efficient (and electrified in some cases).

While it’s widely accepted we must move beyond the gas tax; no one has figured out a way to do it. Until now.

It turns out the State of Oregon has been working on this for over a decade and they’re on the verge of some major breakthroughs that could lead to implementation of a mileage-based tax system by 2014.

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Red Specialized Allez 2009

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Year: 2009
Brand: Specialized
Model: Allez
Color:Red
Size:54
Serial:M9JL12101
Stolen in Corvallis, OR 97330
Stolen:2012-02-07
Stolen From: Stolen from a locked bike rack (10AM-12:30p) between Weniger Hall and Student Health Bldg.
Neighborhood: OSU Campus
Owner: Corey Brumsted
OwnerEmail: cjbrumsted@gmail.com
Description: Red Specialized Allez, New Schwable tires. clip pedals. stock components.
Police record with: Oregon state police
Police reference#: 2012 02 458
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Displaying enviable common sense, French officials evolve intersection laws for bikes

New signs in Paris that tell people
on bikes that they can roll through
certain intersections under certain
conditions.

If you only read the media accounts, you’d think that officials in the French capitol of Paris have just given people on bicycles a free pass to wantonly roll through red lights with reckless abandon.

The Oregonian’s website reads,

“Hey, Portland bicyclists, want to run red lights? Move to France. Seriously. It’s legal there now.”

Saying that the new law comes only after, “a fierce three-year campaign by cyclists’ associations,” the UK-based Telegraph writes:

“Paris cyclists given right to break traffic laws: Breaking traffic rules, almost a national sport in France, has just been legalised – but only for Parisian cyclists.”

But beyond the sensational headlines, the new law in Paris makes a lot of sense.

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‘This is not a drill’: National advocates mount effort to kill HR7

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“Terrible”, “horrible”, “worst ever”, “disaster”, “defective” — these are just some of the terms that high-profile media outlets and top-ranking officials have used to describe the House transportation bill (H.R. 7, full text here as PDF).

Realizing that the bill is so far off base that no amount of amendments would help, national transportation advocacy groups have launched a coordinated attack to kill the bill.

Transportation for America, the League of American Bicyclists, the Rails to Trails Conservancy, the Safe Routes to School National Partnership, and hundreds of local and regional bike and transit advocacy organizations across the country have launched an attack against the bill, starting today with a national effort to flood Congressional offices with telephone calls voicing outrage.

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