The 60 businesses on this map all signed a letter to PBOT in opposition to plans that would have replaced auto parking with a buffered bike lane.
ROOT BEER Trek 520 2009
Year: 2009
Brand: Trek
Model: 520
Color:ROOT BEER
Size:57
Serial: WTU213MW325D
Stolen in Portland, OR 97214
Stolen:2014-04-28
Stolen From: B Street Apartments -E. burnside and 30th
Neighborhood: Kerns/Buckman/ Laurelhurst
Owner: Virgil Hall
OwnerEmail: virgilthall(AT)yahoo.com
Reward: yes
Description: Black handle bar bag, front and rear racks, brown seat, 3 yellow water bottle cages, clip on pedals.
Police record with: Portland online rep[ort completed
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike
Google says self-driving car can predict gestures, movement of bike riders
Scree grab from new Google video showing
how their self-driving car can avoid a
bicycle rider.
how their self-driving car can avoid a
bicycle rider.
Google released an update on their self-driving car project today that put a special emphasis on the cars’ ability to detect and maneuver around bicycle riders.
While driverless cars have had widely publicized success in their ability to navigate open roads and freeways, dealing with urban traffic is a whole different ballgame. In today’s update, posted on their official blog, Google says they’re well on their way to “mastering city street driving.”
Here’s more from the blog post:
Jaywalking pedestrians. Cars lurching out of hidden driveways. Double-parked delivery trucks blocking your lane and your view. At a busy time of day, a typical city street can leave even experienced drivers sweaty-palmed and irritable…
Skamania County’s bike-friendly transit to the Gorge expands to weekends
Starting May 1, you’ll have transit access to
Cascade Locks seven days a week.
(Photo J. Maus/BikePortland)
Cascade Locks seven days a week.
(Photo J. Maus/BikePortland)
As bike tourism booms in and around Mt. Hood and the Columbia River Gorge areas, there’s a growing interest in transit service. With a reliable way to integrate transit into a bike trip, people can reach destinations that are further away and complete longer loops — all without the hassle and expense of using a car.
Earlier this year we reported on new bus service in Sandy that offers access to Timberline and other Mt. Hood destinations. Now a transit option on the Washington side of the river is set to expand, offering great promise for people looking to access the Gorge, Cascade Locks and more.
The Monday Roundup: A ‘heat map’, street fee criticism, suing the victim and more
“Heat map” from Strava.
— This week’s Monday Roundup is brought to you by the Coast Hills Classic Mountain Bike Race, coming this Sunday (5/4) to Newport, Oregon.
Here are the bike links from around the world that caught our eyes this week:
Where do we bike? Or, at least, where do people who track their rides with GPS bike? Strava knows. Among the local lessons in this beautiful “heat map”: the east-side greenways are very popular (especially NE Going and SE Lincoln/Harrison); and Broadway is by far the most-used route through downtown.
Suing the victim: A Canadian woman who killed a teen with her car is suing the dead boy’s estate for $1.4 million to compensate for her “pain and suffering.” It’s a countersuit to a civil suit by the family of the victim, who her suit says was riding at night without being “properly illuminated.”
white/black Windsor Wellington 2.0 2010
Year: 2010
Brand: Windsor
Model: Wellington 2.0
Color:white/black
Photo: http://goo.gl/gO4avN
Stolen in Portland, OR 97239
Stolen:2014-04-27
Stolen From: 3707 SE Salmon St.
Neighborhood: Sunnyside
Owner: Noel Torres
OwnerEmail: naatorres(replace with at sign)gmail.com
Reward: 86$
Description: Black and white Windsor bike, Wellington 2.0. Please contact (619) 786-4734…..
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike
Blue Norco Range 2011
Year: 2011
Brand: Norco
Model: Range
Color:Blue
Size:Large
Photo: http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http%3A%2F%2Fep1.pinkbike.org%2Fp4pb5336607%2Fp4pb5336607.jpg&imgrefurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pinkbike.com%2Fnews%2F2011-norco.html&h=485&w=800&tbnid=vOsgjgAO9JBp-M%3A&zoom=1&docid=sCc53_DdfCkEDM&ei=AchbU6DYFZKNyAT06YDQCQ&tbm=isch&ved=0CFIQMygAMAA&iact=rc&uact=3&dur=1337&page=1&start=0&ndsp=12
Stolen in Portand, OR 97204
Stolen:2014-04-25
Stolen From: Downtown Portland: Broadway and Alder
Neighborhood: Downtown
Owner: Maurizio von Flotow
OwnerEmail: mvonflotow(A T)gmail.com
Description: Blue Norco Range. Rock Shocks fork.
After market parts:
–Blue bash guard
–Stinger (chain guide)
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: T14004181
This registrant does not have proof of ownership of this bike
white/blue Raleigh RX 1.0
Brand: Raleigh
Model: RX 1.0
Color:white/blue
Size:26″
Stolen in Portland, OR 97204
Stolen:2014-03-9
Stolen From: I was literally tackled off my bike by a drunk guy, that didn’t like me slowly rolling down the sidewalk while I was making a call to my mom. It was about a block away from Good Sam hospital right about 22nd and lovejoy.
Neighborhood: Pearl District Downtown
Owner: Malynnda Harwood
OwnerEmail: blacksheeba69(replace with at sign)aol.com
Reward: Yes
Description: I’m not exactly sure of the model, (gift from boyfriend) but it is similar to the RX 1.0, but I am almost positive it was. The forks and front half of the frame was white, while the rear was a darker blue. It had the dropped handlebars, with neon yellow grip tape, and slap-shifters. The seat was purple with a yellow K on it as well as a few yellow circles on it. It also had older chrome rims on it with a white and red sticker on them I believe.
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike
white/blue Raleigh RX 1.0
Brand: Raleigh
Model: RX 1.0
Color:white/blue
Size:26″
Stolen in Portland, OR 97204
Stolen:2014-03-9
Stolen From: I was literally tackled off my bike by a drunk guy, that didn’t like me slowly rolling down the sidewalk while I was making a call to my mom. It was about a block away from Good Sam hospital right about 22nd and lovejoy.
Neighborhood: Pearl District Downtown
Owner: Malynnda Harwood
OwnerEmail: blacksheeba69(replace with at sign)aol.com
Reward: Yes
Description: I’m not exactly sure of the model, (gift from boyfriend) but it is similar to the RX 1.0, but I am almost positive it was. The forks and front half of the frame was white, while the rear was a darker blue. It had the dropped handlebars, with neon yellow grip tape, and slap-shifters. The seat was purple with a yellow K on it as well as a few yellow circles on it. It also had older chrome rims on it with a white and red sticker on them I believe.
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike
First look at locally made ‘Truck Trike’ headed for NYC
This custom ‘Truck Trike’, made in southeast Portland by Stites Design, will soon be on the streets of Manhattan hauling Citi Bike bikes between rental stations.
(Photos J. Maus/BikePortland)
(Photos J. Maus/BikePortland)
When a local bike company toils on cool projects for many years, then finally breaks through to something big, we get really excited. Such is the case with Stites Design, the southeast Portland company that has sold a custom version of their electric-assist Truck Trike to Alta Bicycle Share for use in the Citi Bike bike share system in New York City.
Startup by former Alta executives scores Philadelphia bike share contract
Former Alta Bicycle Share president Alison Cohen, CEO
of Bicycle Transit Systems, spoke in Philadelphia Thursday.
(Photo: Bicycle Transit Systems)
of Bicycle Transit Systems, spoke in Philadelphia Thursday.
(Photo: Bicycle Transit Systems)
A bike share operations startup founded by five ex-Alta Bicycle Share employees, three of them based in Portland, scored a major new contract Thursday.
Bicycle Transit Systems, which like its CEO Alison Cohen is headquartered in Philadelphia, will operate that city’s bike share system, which is scheduled to launch in spring 2015 with at least 600 stations.
It’s the first time in years that Portland-based Alta Bicycle Share, the market leader and operator of the popular systems in Washington DC, Boston, New York City and Chicago, has missed out on such a big new contract.
Portland made ‘Truck Trike’ will help haul Citi Bikes in New York
Bill Stites on his Truck Trike in 2010.
(Photo J. Maus/BikePortland)
(Photo J. Maus/BikePortland)
A Portland company has developed a new tool that will help New York City’s Citi Bike bike share system perform the important job of “rebalancing.”
Bill Stites of Stites Design has worked with Citi Bike vendor Alta Bicycle Share to create a prototype “truck trike” that will haul bike share bikes between kiosks in New York City’s crowded streets. (We profiled Stites’ trike back in 2010.) We’re getting a closer look at the trike today and Alta has just sent out the following statement about a media/launch event on Monday: