PBOT’s plans for new bike box planned for SE 7th at Hawthorne
(Photos © J. Maus)
(Photos © J. Maus)
Silver TREK Mountain Bike 1999
Year: 1999
Brand: TREK
Model: Mountain Bike
Color:Silver
Size:19
Stolen in Portland, OR
Stolen:2010-09-14
Stolen From: PSU Urban Plaza, right outside the recreation center.
Owner: Scott Patterson
OwnerEmail: scottp1999@yahoo.com
Reward: $50
Description: This is a TREK mountain bike, silver frame with some blue paint. The brakes are almost failing and it makes a lot of noise. The is wiring running up the forks from the odomoter that I removed.
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike
PSU evaluation finds that bike boxes work
A year-long evaluation by researchers at Portland State University’s Institute for Bicycle and Pedestrian Innovation has found that Portland’s bike boxes improve the safety of roads users on a number of levels. The research — funded through the Oregon Transportation Research and Education Consortium — complements another study from the University of Texas published last month that also found bike boxes to have a positive impact on traffic safety. City of Portland Bureau of Transportation officials say these studies confirm their own observations about the bike boxes and they are in the process of identifying new locations to add more of them.
Yellow Bianchi Veloce 2001
Year: 2001
Brand: Bianchi
Model: Veloce
Color:Yellow
Stolen in Portland, OR 97211
Stolen:2010-09-13
Stolen From: Stolen from garage behind our house on NE 8th and NE Ainsworth Street
Neighborhood: Piedmont
Owner: Erin Dirks
OwnerEmail: erindirks@gmail.com
Reward: 100
Description: 2001 Bianchi Veloce Women’s bicycle. Green handlebars, after-market women’s seat, Look pedals, small black storage bag under seat, water bottle holder, armadillo tires
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: Temporary case number
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike
blue/silver Novara Corsa 1988
Year: 1988
Brand: Novara
Model: Corsa
Color:blue/silver
Size:22″
Stolen in Portland, OR 97202
Stolen:2010-09-14
Stolen From: My garage
Neighborhood: Westmoreland
Owner: Connie Krueger
OwnerEmail: conniekrueger@hotmail.com
Reward: $200
Description: Bike has 24″ front wheel and 26″ rear; built for short riders. Touring bike with Mt. bike handlebars
This registrant does not have proof of ownership of this bike
Council vote could spur major bikeway projects
Bike traffic on NE Wheeler Avenue
near the Rose Quarter.
(Photo © J. Maus).
near the Rose Quarter.
(Photo © J. Maus).
The City of Portland is moving forward with a slate of projects that will have a huge impact on the quality of our bikeway network. Tomorrow, City Council is expected to approve a $214,900 contract with Alta Planning + Design to begin the public outreach and design process on five projects in North and Northeast Portland.
Bike trains take off: Six schools on board, national TV, and more!
Kiel Johnson.
(Photos © J. Maus)
(Photos © J. Maus)
Few things excite me more than being able to introduce a new activism effort and then see it take off. A few weeks ago, we shared the news that 24 year-old Portlander Kiel Johnson (pronounced “Kyle”) was coordinating a conference on bike trains. (Bike trains are simply group rides where parents and kids meet up and ride into school together.)
Kiel, fresh off an internship with the City of Portland’s Safe Routes to Schools program, is passionate about how bike trains can encourage more people to bike to school. I’m happy to report several exciting updates on his efforts…
CRC alternatives panel tomorrow: Sneak peek at the proposals
How about some alternatives?
(Photo © J. Maus)
(Photo © J. Maus)
Tomorrow, Metro councilor Robert Liberty will host a panel discussion on alternatives to the currently proposed Columbia River Crossing project. In announcing the event, Liberty said that given the “serious financial and political challenges” the project currently faces, it might be feasible to come up with some alternatives to the $2.6 to $3.6 billion proposal that’s currently on the table.
Update on Karl Moritz: Making progress, but many unknowns
Several readers have emailed and posted in the Forums wondering how Karl Moritz is doing. Karl is the man who crashed his bike near Ladds Circle back in June. When he collided with a car traveling in the opposite direction, the impact resulted in a serious brain injury that left him in a coma.
Another look at Portland’s list of federal priority transportation projects
Portland wants $25 million for 100
miles of new bike boulevards.
(Photos © J. Maus)
miles of new bike boulevards.
(Photos © J. Maus)
After a press conference in Portland last week, the City of Portland and Mayor Adams put out a statement that included a list of “priority projects” they’d like to see funded in the upcoming rewrite of the transportation bill. I sort of glossed over the list in my story about that press conference, so I wanted to focus your attention on it again.
Below is the list of projects (full project descriptions here) followed by some clarifying comments about them by Mayor Adams’ Transportation Policy Director Catherine Ciarlo.
At Beach School, biking and walking makes a stronger community
Beach principal Tom Breuckman.
(Photos © J. Maus)
(Photos © J. Maus)
The first thing you notice upon walking into the main entrance if Beach School in north Portland is a Safe Routes to School map with a listing of locations and times for catching a bike train. The placement of that map isn’t an accident. This is a school that embraces biking and walking.
There are a lot of schools in Portland where biking and walking flourish, but Beach deserves a second look, not only for the way their school community has come together to push for change from the bottom up, but also because just a few years ago, its administrators banned biking altogether.
Hanna DUII case: He got off easy, but guilty plea is a major victory
Booking photo of Mt. Hood
Ski Bowl owner Kirk Hanna.
(Photo: Multnomah County)
Ski Bowl owner Kirk Hanna.
(Photo: Multnomah County)
Regrettably, I never got to my follow-up on the story about the case of Mt. Hood Ski Bowl owner Kirk Hanna. Thankfully, The Oregonian’s Anna Griffin did, so not only will the case get more attention, but it gives me a nudge to share it as well.
On August 26th, Hanna pleaded guilty to misdemeanor Hit and Run, DUII, and misdemeanor Assault. On May 23rd, Hanna was driving his Porsche Cayenne while drunk at speeds around 80 mph when he hit 45 year-old Robert Skof on SW Macadam and then left him for dead on the side of the road. Luckily, Skof suffered only a slight concussion and a few scrapes.