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Mayor Adams requests state funding for 7 ‘non-highway’ projects

Buffered Bike Lane with a bike symbol and arrow pointing forward

The Oregon Department of Transportation is set to award $21 million to “non-highway” transportation projects throughout the state as per their Flexible Funds program. Of that amount, Portland officials expect about $2.2 million to be awarded locally and today Mayor Sam Adams sent in his list of project requests.

In the last go ’round of this funding pot, ODOT awarded Portland nearly $3 million for two key biking and walking projects — the “Going to the River” project and the SE 122nd Avenue complete street project.

Here are the seven projects that Mayor Adams has requested funding for:

Year: 2010
Brand: Volume
Model: Thrasher
Color:Raw/Grey
Size:53
Photo: http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_lq8ptu46wc1r210sgo1_1280.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAJ6IHWSU3BX3X7X3Q&Expires=1319155861&Signature=SLQkTK%2FiYpiYJXB1Htu9frb56lg%3D
Stolen in Portland, OR 97202
Stolen:2011-10-17
Stolen From: SE 14th & Alder PDX, OR
Neighborhood: Belmont Area
Owner: Kevin Selle
OwnerEmail: selle.kevin@gmail.com
Reward: YES
Description: Raw Volume Thrasher with Matte Black Thrasher Fork
Fixed Gear Freestyle bike with dual 26″ wheels (Blk. Spank rims laced to Blk. Profile hubs w/ blue nipples)
Micheline City (front) Serfas Drifter (back)
Polished Cult Salvation Top-Load Stem
Black 5.5″ S&M Slam Race Bars (mini two-piece bmx style risers) w/ Black Animal Edwin grips
Black Resist Pivotal seat w/ Chrome Resist post
Snafu BMX Splined Drive crankset w/ Volume Splided Spider and Sugino Messenger Chainring
White plastic clip on rear fender
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: T11007503
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

White Scott Speedster S30 2008

Year: 2008
Brand: Scott
Model: Speedster S30
Color:White
Size:Standard men’s
Serial: H8F209587
Stolen in Portland, OR 97209
Stolen:2011-10-19
Stolen From: Underground garage at Tanner Place, on the south end of Jameson Park. NW Johnson St. between 10th and 11th.
Neighborhood: Peral District
Owner: Chris Patterson
OwnerEmail: chris.w.patterson@comcast.net
Reward: $250
Description: Lightly used. Has accessory lights front and rear, small zipper compartment under the seat, and compact tire inflation pump bolted to the frame upright.
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: 11-155832
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Riders find strip of tacks glued across bike lane on Marine Drive

Strip of tacks found in Marine Drive bike lane.
(Photos: Jeremy Dunn)

Last Saturday, Portlander Jeremy Dunn and a friend were riding westbound on NE Marine Drive when they noticed a piece of debris in the bike lane in front of them.

Luckily they avoided it because upon further inspection, they noticed it was a strip of tar paper with thumbtacks pushed through it. Dunn is convinced the paper and tacks were put there with the intention of flatting bicycle tires.

When he sent in an email and photos about it, I asked why he felt it was a malicious act. Couldn’t it have simply been some roofing project debris that fell off a truck?

“No way,” replied Dunn, “they were thumbtacks that were pushed through a piece of tar paper and then glued (with tar) perpendicularly across the bike lane.” Here’s another photo sent in by Dunn…

PSU’s Bike Hub served as inspiration
for the new Bike Center at UO.
(Photo © J. Maus)

A $160 million renovation of University of Oregon’s Erb Memorial Student Union (EMU) will include a new, 5,000 square foot ‘Bike Center’ that will include retail and repair services, secure bike parking, showers, locker space and more. The project shows UO’s response to the growing demand for bicycling at the Eugene campus where 17 percent of students ride.

UO’s Bike Program is currently housed on the edge of campus in a cramped space dubbed “the barn.” EMU Bike Center Project Coordinator Briana Orr, who helped start UO’s Bike Program in 2008, told me today that the EMU Bike Center is modeled after Portland State University’s Bike Hub. “It’s best model we’ve seen.”

Bill Fasano, owner of Green Garage Bicycle Repair.
(Photos © J. Maus)

Bill Fasano is Portland’s newest bike shop proprietor. Green Garage Bicycle Repair just swung open its doors last week in the red-brick industrial building across the street from Widmer Brewery on N. Mississippi and Interstate.

Fasano, 38, is an Oregon native who grew up in West Linn and started racing bikes and working in local bike shops back in the mid 1990s. After leaving a job at Bike n’ Hike in 2000, he worked as an assistant project manager for a local home builder. Those were the boom times in the housing business, he told me when I stopped his shop this morning. “I was making good money, then all the sudden it stopped.”

A photo from inside OSU’s driving simulator that shows a bicycle that’s being pedaled by a researcher a few feet away.
(Photos © J. Maus)

Aftermath of a collision
on SW Canyon Road this
morning.
(Photo: Beaverton PD)

A collision this morning in Beaverton at around 8:30 am sent a woman to the hospital with what police describe as possible head injuries.

The collision occured at the intersection of SW Canyon Road and SW 110th (map).

A Beaverton Police Department statement said that witnesses saw a woman who on the bike was “down and unconscious” following the collision. The operator of the car was traveling eastbound on SW Canyon. The bicycle operator was going west. When the car turned left (north) onto 110th, “she impacted the passenger side of the the car, as it turned.”

Year: 2011
Brand: GMC
Model: Denali
Color:Yellow/Black
Size:700c
Photo: http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS0q_XT_vZXlNEeDCr3w9hhU8Z5WlP30ParRGu1VCFVGEa_XKBCyw
Stolen in Portland, OR 97230
Stolen:2011-10-19
Stolen From: Fremont Village Condominiums at NE 162nd and Sandy Blvd.
Neighborhood: Wilkes East
Owner: Meaghan Humphrey
OwnerEmail: mnphumphrey@gmail.com
Reward: 30
Description: This is the exact bike seen in this add: http://www.walmart.com/ip/700C-GMC-Denali-Men-s-Road-Bike/12080282. Frame size: 22.5" (57.5cm)
Handlebars: Road race-style drop handlebars
Gearing: 21-speed Shimano drive train with easy-twist shifting
Brakes: Powerful alloy side-pull caliper brakes
Wheels: High-profile aero alloy wheels with machined braking surface
Tires: 700 x 32c tires
Seat: Comfortable Vitesse seat and secure twin bolt seat post collar
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: 11-155818
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Chameleon: Green to Purple Klein Q-Carbon Race 2003

Year: 2003
Brand: Klein
Model: Q-Carbon Race
Color:Chameleon: Green to Purple
Size:61 cm
Serial: WTU059T8068V & 4458U053T511322
Stolen in Portland, OR 97214
Stolen:2011-10-17
Stolen From: Stolen from SE Grand & Morrison Bridge area, in Portland.
Neighborhood: Lower SE
Owner: Mark Mandigo
OwnerEmail: silver635@gmail.com
Reward: I will do anything I can to help you , genuinly sincere.
Description: My bike is very unique with the Custom Klein paint. The color changes from green to purple, depending on the angle of viewing. It has full Ultegra 600 components (8 speed), and a bar end shifter on the right side for the front derailleur. The crankset is upgraded to newer 10sp Ultegra SL (dark grey/graphite color with silver chainrings). The handlebars are very high (I’m very tall), with 2.5″ of spacers & a 25 degree rise stem, both black.
Thank you in advance for helping with the return of my bike.
Mark (503) 618-0750
Police record with: Portland Police Department
Police reference#: Case #11-90316
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Neighbors distribute survey to help fix Ladd Circle traffic problems

Ladd Circle has been a thorn in the side of neighbors, vehicle operators, and the City of Portland for years. The circle — which happens to sit on one of the most heavily traveled bicycle corridors in Portland — has stop signs at every entry; but they’re notoriously ignored.

The survey is titled, “A Busy Circle – In Search of Solutions.” Here’s more from an email being distributed about it:

“Ladd Circle is a memorable landmark in the Hosford-Abernethy neighborhood and during commuting hours can be a very busy thoroughfare. Thousands of cyclists, drivers and pedestrians make their way through each day.

Read more

City begins public process to design North Portland Greenway corridor

Bike Fashion Show_ride and afterparty-71

The City of Portland is ready to start the public process on the North Portland Willamette Greenway Trail, a shared-use path that will someday extend the Eastbank Esplanade 10 miles — all the way to the St. Johns Bridge.

Citizen activists first came together to advocate for the project nearly six years ago. In May 2009, Metro ponied up $450,000 to help plan the route. Now, the City of Portland Parks & Recreation is looking for people to serve on the official Project Advisory Committee (PAC).

Mayor Adams requests state funding for 7 ‘non-highway’ projects

Raw/Grey Volume Thrasher 2010

White Scott Speedster S30 2008

Riders find strip of tacks glued across bike lane on Marine Drive

UO’s renovated student union will include full-service ‘Bike Center’

New bike repair shop opens in North Portland

A look inside Oregon State’s bicycling and driving simulator laboratory

Collision on SW Canyon Rd sends woman to hospital (Photos) – UPDATED

Yellow/Black GMC Denali 2011

Chameleon: Green to Purple Klein Q-Carbon Race 2003

Neighbors distribute survey to help fix Ladd Circle traffic problems

City begins public process to design North Portland Greenway corridor

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