🚨 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 🙏
Year: 1997
Brand: Jamus Coda
Model: Coda Plus
Color:Silver
Size:Black
Serial: U72U12295
Stolen in Portland, OR 97214
Stolen:2010-05-31
Stolen From: Residence at 15th and Belmont SE
Neighborhood: Buckman
Owner: Susan Mentley
OwnerEmail: mentleytoews@gmail.com
Reward: $200.00
Description: One red tire
Stolen with a Black and Red Bianchi
Police record with: Portland Police
Police reference#: 10-43937
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike
Here’s the news that caught our eye this week:
– Attempts to stop the BP oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico have failed, and officials are now saying that it may continue gushing all summer or longer; it’s also now being called the largest environmental disaster in US history. Here’s how engineers say it started, and here are some sobering photos.
– While riding a bike in traffic you inhale five times as many toxic particles as you do in a car, finds a new study.
– And the public health research continues to roll in: the “hidden” health costs of car dependence are major, from illness brought on by inactivity to toxic pollution to the many costs associated with car crashes.
Year: 2009
Brand: Look
Model: 566
Color:Blk/red
Size:56
Serial: L3180L8CA1
Stolen in Portland, OR 97229
Stolen:2010-05-29
Stolen From: Beaverton area – Cornell & Saltzman
Neighborhood: Terra Linda / Cedar Mill
Owner: Greg Smith
OwnerEmail: smithsnw@mac.com
Reward: no
Description: Look 566 Orgin Carbon Fiber – Fulcum wheels
Police record with: WA County Sheriff
Police reference#: 10-508470
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike
Year: 2010
Brand: Trek
Model: 7.1 FX
Color:Black
Size:20
Serial: WTU350C2091E
Stolen in Portland, OR 97239
Stolen:2010-05-28
Stolen From: Bike was locked to the blue bike stands at the OHSU Center for Health & Healing at the Waterfront terminal of the tram. 3303 Southwest Bond Avenue
Portland, OR 97239.
Neighborhood: Homestead
Owner: Sjoerd van den Worm
OwnerEmail: bruintjedebeer1@hotmail.com
Description: Black mountain bike with black fenders and kickstand. Has mounts for bike computer + magnet, lights and pump.
Police record with: Portland Police Bureau
Police reference#: T10003216
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike
Brand: azuki
Model: sport tour
Color:yellow
Photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/28733829@N07/4649072818/
Stolen in Portland, OR oregon
Stolen:2010-05-26
Stolen From: In front of the Simon Benson House on the PSU campus
Neighborhood: PSU
Owner: jesse crofutt
OwnerEmail: jessecrofutt@yahoo.com
Description: Two stickers: KPSU and a Portland Community Media sticker – a guy with a television on his head. The chain guard is bent up pretty good as I took a screwdriver to it trying to free my chain. Back wheel is hand build with a new tire. It has spongy hand grips and a Fuji seat that is coming apart in the front.
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike
Since we launched the Big Ideas for Biking in Oregon contest last week I’ve been amazed at all the fantastic entries you’ve all sent in.
Since I plan to pick the winning idea and two runner-ups on Tuesday, I thought it’d be smart to put out one last call for entries.
So here goes, send us your best idea for how Oregon can become the best state for biking in America. I was tempted to share some of the ideas I’ve received, but I’ll hold off until after the winners have been selected.
It’s been nearly a year since Matthew Vilhauer was arrested for indecent exposure for riding his bike naked in downtown Vancouver (Washington). He hoped yesterday’s jury trial would be the end of a roller-coaster legal journey, but after a 5 to 1 vote of not guilty, the case remains unresolved.
On June 19th 2009, Vilhauer and several friends from Portland (including myself) and Vancouver met for a ride (which I recapped here) to tour some of that city’s night spots. The occasion was to toast our friend Todd Boulanger, who was leaving his job as a transportation planner with the City of Vancouver. In a story about the trial published yesterday, The Columbian newspaper referred to the ride as “an exuberant, alcohol-fueled late-night cycling celebration.”
Here come the available positions posted to BikePortland’s Job Listing Service for this week. One for a full time sales go getter at the recently relocated Cyclone Bicycle Supply in Northwest Portland. The other is a part time position with internationally recognized local heroes, Alta Planning who are seeking a computer know-it-all. Sound good? Follow the link and tell them you saw the job on BikePortland.org. Good luck!
With the passage of the budget yesterday, a rare opportunity for the Portland Police Bureau to add bike patrol officers has passed us by.
A proposal by the Police Bureau that surfaced back in January would have cut the PPB’s Mounted (horse) Patrol Unit and transferred four of its officers to full-time bicycle detail covering the Old Town and downtown neighborhoods. The move would have saved the bureau about $570,000.
Last week, Metro Council approved funding for the South Waterfront Transportation Management Association (TMA). The new TMA will be funded to the tune of $300,000 (half from Metro, other half matched by neighborhood businesses and residents of the area) over three years and is set to begin work on July 1st. Other supporters of the new TMA are developers, the City of Portland, the Portland Development Commission, and Oregon Health Sciences University (OHSU).
TMAs are non-profit, public/private partnerships funded through the federal government’s CMAQ (Congestion Management/Air Quality) grant program and administered through Metro’s Regional Travel Options program. The idea behind them is to increase awareness and promote the use of biking, walking, ridesharing, and taking transit. Or put more simply, discourage single-occupancy vehicle use.
Year: 1996
Brand: Cannondale
Model: Specialized frame w/dropdown crossbar
Color:Purple
Stolen in Portland, OR 97227
Stolen:2010-05-27
Stolen From: Was stolen from 20th & Glisan (NW), Couch Park, MLC School bike rack.
See the bike in this MLC Bike Bus Video (http://vimeo.com/3137918)
Neighborhood: NW
Owner: Gabrielle Cooper
OwnerEmail: rosestonelit@yahoo.com
Description: The bike is smaller framed. Belongs to my 8th grade daughter. 2 purple and black square paniers on rear rack. 2 steel strapped on halogen front lights. Helmet in bags is purple and black w/visor.
Police record with: Portland Police
This registrant does not have proof of ownership of this bike