🚨 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 🙏

The Monday Roundup

Buffered Bike Lane with a bike symbol and arrow pointing forward

Here’s the news that caught our eye this week.

– On Tuesday, a cable on San Francisco’s Bay Bridge snapped. The bridge and its approaches have been closed since, resulting in transportation difficulties and rare photos of huge swathes of urban freeway completely empty of cars.

– In the midst of a mayoral election in which a primary issue is what to do about Seattle’s aging Alaskan Way Viaduct freeway, a public records request has unearthed a WSDOT video simulating what would happen to the Viaduct in an earthquake similar to one that occurred in 2001.

Read more

Yellow Haro 2000

Buffered Bike Lane with a bike symbol and arrow pointing forward

Year: 2000
Brand: Haro
Color:Yellow
Stolen in Portland, OR 97203
Stolen:2009-10-31
Stolen From: Near Alma and Lombard st. Near the Fred Meyers.
Neighborhood: St. John’s
Owner: Lena Traenkenschuh
OwnerEmail: lena.loftus@gmail.com
Reward: yes
Description: Yellow Haro mountain bike with blue shocks and a blue front fork. Has black fenders and may still have a cable lock attatched.
Police record with: Officer Jim Habkirk
Police reference#: 09-98399
This registrant does not have proof of ownership of this bike

Brown Cannondale F4 2006

Buffered Bike Lane with a bike symbol and arrow pointing forward

Year: 2006
Brand: Cannondale
Model: F4
Color:Brown
Size:M
Serial: R096916
Photo: http://www.cannondale.com/bikes/10/cusa/model-0FS4.html
Stolen in portland, OR 97211
Stolen:2009-11-01
Stolen From: 320 SE 2nd (off of Burnside and the river)
Neighborhood: Inner SE
Owner: Klaas de Jonge
OwnerEmail: klaasfietst@hotmail.com
Reward: everlasting gratitude!
Description: Brown cannondale with front custom rack, large 1 liter bottle holder, lights, silver ring contraption through front shock
Police record with: 09-098369
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

grey Bianchi Denali 2004

Buffered Bike Lane with a bike symbol and arrow pointing forward

Year: 2004
Brand: Bianchi
Model: Denali
Color:grey
Size:15.5
Serial: H4604202
Photo: https://www.bianchiusa.com/04-bicycles/04-mountain/04-denali.html
Stolen in portland, OR 97211
Stolen:2009-11-01
Stolen From: 320 SE 2nd Street (near Burnside and the river)
outside of the Howl party
Neighborhood: Inner SE
Owner: Michelle Ruber
OwnerEmail: michelleruber@yahoo.com
Reward: Big love!
Description: Cell phone 503.867.0900
My bike had tons of stickers from different countries, a back rack, bike computer, front and rear lights, giraffe print panniers, front handle bar bag bracket, water bottle holder, cycle odometer, front shocks-purchased from Hutch’s in Bend and there is a sticker on there from them.
Police record with: 09-098369
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

red Cannondale Road/racing 85ish

Buffered Bike Lane with a bike symbol and arrow pointing forward

Year: 85ish
Brand: Cannondale
Model: Road/racing
Color:red
Size:medium
Serial: ?
Stolen in Portland, OR
Stolen:2009-10-14
Stolen From: Pro 300 Bowling alley on 30th and Powell.
Neighborhood: SE
Owner: Andrew Judkins
OwnerEmail: judkins53@gmail.com
Description: Red frame, blue tape, yellow/gold seat. There is a big whole in the frame where the original front derailleur was. The current derailleur is now attached to the frame with a band.
Police record with: Miller
Police reference#: 0994467

Black w/ Pink lettering Cannondale Mountain Bike 1991

Buffered Bike Lane with a bike symbol and arrow pointing forward

Year: 1991
Brand: Cannondale
Model: Mountain Bike
Color:Black w/ Pink lettering
Serial: 01807015794
Stolen in Portland, OR 97202
Stolen:2009-10-21
Stolen From: My backyard at SE Taggart St and 39th Ave.
Neighborhood: Richmond
Owner: Jennifer Gregor
OwnerEmail: gregordj@teleport.com
Description: Black bike with bright pink lettering, bike racks on back (silver colored I believe), trailer hitch, water bottle holder and clip to carry bike pump are attached to frame.
Police reference#: 09-096309
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

dark green cannondale r400 1996?

Buffered Bike Lane with a bike symbol and arrow pointing forward

Year: 1996?
Brand: cannondale
Model: r400
Color:dark green
Size:52 cm
Stolen in portland, OR 97211
Stolen:2009-10-31
Stolen From: 15th and prescott in front of the bodega, across from Tiga
Neighborhood: Alberta
Owner: Quinn Dannies
OwnerEmail: qdannies@gmail.com
Description: white handle bar tape, cheap tires, rsx components on everything but the left hand shifter
This registrant does not have proof of ownership of this bike

white frame, red lettering Miyata 912 1984

Buffered Bike Lane with a bike symbol and arrow pointing forward

Year: 1984
Brand: Miyata
Model: 912
Color:white frame, red lettering
Size:51cm
Serial: ?
Stolen in Portland, OR 97211
Stolen:2009-10-31
Stolen From: 21st and Alberta. Stolen out of my backyard.
Neighborhood: NE (Alberta Arts District)
Owner: Misty Dodd
OwnerEmail: misty.seminara@gmail.com
Reward: Yes
Description: White frame, red lettering. Black and red seat. White “mountain rack” on the back, and red bottle holder on the lower part of the frame.
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Want to be like Copenhagen? Think about vacuum cleaners and raging bulls

Copenhagenize in Portland-1

Mikael Colville-Andersen (L) and
PBOT’s Roger Geller took a spin
before last night’s event.
(Photos © J. Maus)

If Portland wants to push cycling into the mainstream, and reach usage levels similar to European cities, we need to make it easy, focus on the positives, tame automobiles, and do our research to counter anti-bike sentiment. That was some of the advice given by Copenhagenize’s Mikael Colville-Andersen at a sold-out event last night.

Colville-Andersen — who’s on a tour through the U.S. sponsored by the Danish Embassy — joined Mayor Sam Adams for a special reception for the Dreams on Wheels exhibit which is currently on display at the Oregon Manifest Bike Union in Northwest Portland. He started the night out with a presentation titled, Marketing Bicycle Culture: Five Goal to Promote Urban Bicycling.

Read more

Job of the Week

Buffered Bike Lane with a bike symbol and arrow pointing forward

Are you a mechanic with management experience? Are you a manager with mechanical aptitude? A new opportunity was posted to BikePortland’s Job board this week for somebody who wants to manage a local bike shop.
See details below. Tell them you read it here.

Read more

PBOT issues first ever ‘Bicycle Traffic Advisory’

A Bike Wedding Parade

Some of the “bicycling public” on Clinton.
(Photo © J. Maus)

The City of Portland Bureau of Transportation has just issued an advisory to warn “the bicycling public” (that has a much better ring to it than “bicyclists”) of a construction project that will close a popular bicycle boulevard.

According to spokesperson Cheryl Kuck, this is the City’s first ever bicycle-specific traffic advisory. “I’m sending out a regular traffic advisory, too, but we thought we’d get the word out specifically to our bike media to alert bicyclists to the closure.”

I love it.

Here’s the advisory:

Read more

Latest Headlines

Video: Good bike infrastructure vs bad drivers

Merry Christmas! Portland’s upgraded automated speed cameras are ticketing drivers once again

Monday Roundup: Golden gravel route, too bad for Rad, Uber is sad, and more

Video: Meet a nursing student who received one of Portland’s first e-bike rebates

From the Archives

Portland’s invisible machine: Behind the scenes at the World Naked Bike Ride