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Updated: Last Thursday fracas raises carfree question

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(*Editor’s note, 4/29): My initial report got some facts wrong. I have tried to clean things up and I’ve added in more details. I regret the errors.


A car-less moment on Alberta.
File photo: 7/27/06

I wasn’t there, but I just read the news on the Oregonian Blog that things got a little out of hand at Last Thursday on Alberta last night.

From the reports (which were confusing, so I apologize if my facts are not 100% correct), about 200 people had gathered at NE 24th and Alberta Street and were dancing in the streets at about 11:00 pm. When the cops showed up to check things out, they got sidetracked by a drunk fight at NE 18th. From here the details are sketchy, but they involve a handgun, a taser, allegedly thrown bottles at cops, and so on…

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City gears up for Bike to Work Day

Hot off the presses, here’s the City of Portland’s official Bike to Work Day flyer…

The City will have “free continental breakfast served to all who ride, and free fun for everyone who shows up.” Flyer: Courtesy Dat Nguyen

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BTA in City Hall, reports record-setting response

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Michelle Poyourow and Scott Bricker of the BTA have spent most of the day in City Hall, working to find a solution to get our Bicycle Master Plan Update process back into the budget.

Michelle just updated their blog and reported that the Mayor’s office received a record amount of 300 unique phone calls and emails about this issue.

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Stolen Gary Fisher 2001 Paragon

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2001 Gary Fisher Paragon hardtail with v-brakes. Rear Rack with black Planet Bike Freddy Fender on the rear covering 2.1 Specialized Crosstrail tire mounted on a Sun Rhyno Lite rim. Fork has a Shock Blade fender over a Specialized 1.5 Nimbus armadillo tire mounted on the stock Bontrager wheelset. Silver Race Face Cranks. Seatstays and chainstays are red and top tude and down tube are red changing to white and black at the headtube. Black Manitou fork with decals removed. Well used with usual dents, dings, scuffs and grimes.

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Stolen Gary Fisher 2001 Paragon

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2001 Gary Fisher Paragon hardtail with v-brakes. Rear Rack with black Planet Bike Freddy Fender on the rear covering 2.1 Specialized Crosstrail tire mounted on a Sun Rhyno Lite rim. Fork has a Shock Blade fender over a Specialized 1.5 Nimbus armadillo tire mounted on the stock Bontrager wheelset. Silver Race Face Cranks. Seatstays and chainstays are red and top tude and down tube are red changing to white and black at the headtube. Black Manitou fork with decals removed. Well used with usual dents, dings, scuffs and grimes.

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Police spent $20,000 on Critical Mass in ’06

Critical Mass August - Portland OR

File photo: 8/26/05

The Portland Police Bureau released their Annual Traffic Activity Summary yesterday. The report details all the traffic violations and expenditures for 2006.

Among the stats was a page devoted to “Non-permitted Protest, Demonstration, Critical Mass”. It’s important to note not only how they categorize their presence at Critical Mass, but the amount of officers and cost to the city.

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River City Bicycles gets Greenie Award

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River City owner Dave Guettler, after
the Halloween cross race last year.
File photo: 10/29/06

Bicycle Retailer and Industry News (BRAIN) reports that local retailer River City Bicycles has won the first-ever Greenie Award. The award was created by Specialized Bicycles as a way to, “acknowledge its retailers’ green-minded efforts and to motivate the public to reduce its global footprint.”

According to the story in BRAIN, River City won the award because of their,

“eco-conscious campaign to promote bicycling as a solution to climate change.”

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Stolen Gary Fishcer Zubrano

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Women’s style bike with mirror on left handlebar, a blue and pink shark horn on the handlebars, red handle grips on end of handlebars, a chariot trailer hitch on rear axle. Stolen from PCC cascade campus

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