BikePortland

white/teal lettering Specialized Myka 2012

Buffered Bike Lane with a bike symbol and arrow pointing forward

Year: 2012
Brand: Specialized
Model: Myka
Color:white/teal lettering
Size:Disc29
Serial: WSBC602204574G
Photo: http://imgur.com/wmxS2rw
Stolen in Portland, OR 97209
Stolen:2014-03-12
Stolen From: Was stolen out front of the life or rileys around 9pm on the night of march 12th 2014. Life of Riley Inc, Northwest 10th Avenue, Portland, Or
Neighborhood: Pearl district
Owner: Jennifer nelson
OwnerEmail: JNel16( atsign )me.com
Reward: a BIG hug
Description: Women’s specialized bike. Has a black mud guard on the back tire. A black water bottle holder in the middle of the frame. A flashlight attatchment on the front handle bars. Along with an odometer attatchment. Brand new perfect condition.
Police record with: portland pd
Police reference#: 1420427
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Red Felt F-85

Brand: Felt
Model: F-85
Color:Red
Size:Average
Serial: F003K050
Stolen in Portland, OR 97212
Stolen:2014-03-13
Stolen From: It was stolen from my porch–railling was ripped clean off. NE 13th and Hancock
Neighborhood: Irvington
Owner: Andy M
OwnerEmail: mcalisterandy(replace with at sign)gmail.com
Reward: …?
Description: It’s a red Felt bike–messed up old fenders, worn front tire, brand new back tire. Should have a sticker from Veloce bikes on the frame
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: T14002376
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

As Airbnb moves to Old Town, Portland’s skilled work boom outpaces CRC’s job promises

Job engine?
(Photo by J.Maus/BikePortland)

Multnomah County alone has created more new “professional and technical service” jobs in the last three years than the Columbia River Crossing was projected to create throughout the region, in all sectors combined, by 2030.

It’s a fact that was underscored Friday by Mayor Charlie Hales’ announcement that San Francisco-based startup Airbnb will move 160 employees and its North American operational headquarters to Portland’s Old Town area.

That was the latest sign that Portland’s tech sector is in the middle of an historic boom — and a stark contrast with the freeway-rail project, once called essential to the region’s economy, that seems to have been killed by the state legislature one week ago.

According to the Columbia River Crossing project team’s own calculations, the long-term economic impact of increasing the capacity of Interstate 5 would be to create 3,441 more jobs around the region by 2030. That’d be about 0.15 percent of the region’s future workforce.

Biking on Barbur Boulevard.
(Photos by J.Maus/BikePortland)

An anti-transit vote in Tigard Tuesday could bite bike plans, too.

When Tigard voters narrowly approved a ballot issue this week designed to make it harder to build a light rail or rapid bus line through their city, they also threw a wrench in a different process: improving biking in the suburbs southwest of Portland.

Metro’s Southwest Corridor Plan, a 20-year effort to expand high-capacity transit down the Barbur Boulevard corridor potentially as far as Sherwood, has also been seen as a way to get state and federal funding for a related project: a flat, comfortable bike route through the area such as a physically protected bike lane on Barbur Boulevard.

Bike traffic on the Hawthorne Bridge as it goes under I-5.
(Photo by J. Maus/BikePortland)

With well over 15,000 bicycle trips daily (according to 2012 counts), Multnomah County’s bridges play a major role in central Portland’s bicycle transportation network. You might not realize it, but the County owns, operates and manages six of the seven major downtown bridges: the Sauvie Island, Broadway, Burnside, Morrison, Hawthorne and Sellwood spans. Three (soon to be four) of those six bridges have a separated path for bicycle traffic and the Hawthorne is widely considered one of the busiest bicycle bridges in America.

Year: 2011
Brand: TREK
Model: COBIA
Color:Copper/Blk
Size:19″
Serial: WTU314C1361F
Stolen in Portland, OR 97232
Stolen:2014-03-12
Stolen From: Stolen from underground garage at Office tower at Morrison and 2nd Ave.
Neighborhood: Downtown
Owner: Bronson Fox
OwnerEmail: bfoxonline(at sign)gmail.com
Reward: YES
Description: Men’s Mt Bike, commuter tires with Blk Plastic Fenders, Disc brakes, Color: Burnt Orange and Black
Police record with: Portland Police
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

At first 20s Bikeway open house, a moment to focus on the full 9 miles

Karen Gramp, 44, called herself a confident biker
but said she often hesitates to bike
to visit a friend who lives near SE 40th Avenue,
because the current route feels like a hassle.
(Photos by M.Andersen/BikePortland)

Rich Newlands, the planner of one of the longest bikeway projects in Portland history, seemed relieved Thursday night for a chance to talk about something other than its most controversial 4,000 feet.

“It’s not all about the central section,” Newlands said, noting that the city faces a similar tradeoff between auto parking and comfortable biking between SE Gladstone and Steele, at its southern end, as well as a series of many route choices up the Alameda Ridge and across Killingsworth Street at its northern end.

Thursday’s open house on the 20s Bikeway, the first of three over the next week, was also a reminder that when bike access improvements can come without removing on-street auto parking or changing existing lane configurations, they’re almost totally uncontroversial.

Brand: Redline
Model: Conquest
Color:Green
Size:54 cm
Stolen in 97201, OR
Stolen:2014-03-4
Stolen From: Safeway
Neighborhood: Downtown
OwnerEmail: cslusher(replace with at sign)gmail.com
Description: I just found it on craigslist:
http://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/bik/4373614013.html
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: T14002356
This registrant does not have proof of ownership of this bike

Red Giant Trance 27.5 2014

Year: 2014
Brand: Giant
Model: Trance 27.5
Color:Red
Size:Large
Photo: http://bleeder9198.imgur.com/
Stolen in Portland, OR 97216
Stolen:2014-03-12
Stolen From: Bike was stolen from locked roof rack, while in the Safeway parking lot, on 122nd & Powell. At 11-11:05 pm last night.
Neighborhood: SouthEast Portland
Owner: Keith Schoenrock
OwnerEmail: Kaylasunkle(at sign)gmail.com
Reward: All the money I had, was into the bike
Description: Custom build with White XFusion “Sweep” fork. XFusion 02 RCX rear shock. Blue HT flat pedals. Internal dropper post. Contact Keith-503-880-3519. Thank you!!!
Police record with: Portland PD
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Blue Gunnar Sport 2014

Year: 2014
Brand: Gunnar
Model: Sport
Color:Blue
Size:62
Serial:K12028
Photo: http://imgur.com/C2vAU7G
Stolen in Portland, OR 97202
Stolen:2013-03-12
Stolen From: Bike was taken from the plaid pantry on 21st and se division. Saw the thief, he was wearing a camo jacket, brown hair, with a beard. Looked homeless. (I realize that describes a lot of people).
Neighborhood: Clinton area SE
Owner: David Merrill
OwnerEmail: Mrivid@gmail.com
Reward: $50
Description: Blue Gunner frame road bike, black handlebars, brand new components, with black brooks saddle.
Police record with: Portland
Police reference#: T14002330
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Weekend Event Guide: Movies, politics, the Timbers Army, and more

Watch a film about Portland’s intersection paintings at the
Bike Milwaukie Film Night on Saturday evening.
(Photo by J. Maus/BikePortland)

Welcome to the weekend!

Spring is starting to bloom around Portland and it’s time to take full advantage. Thankfully, there are plenty of fun rides and events to get you inspired and on your bike. Speaking of which, did you know that the number of bike trips over the Hawthorne Bridge yesterday — 6,597 — was the highest number since October? Yep, the bikeways are filling up and that’s a great thing.

Whether you want to ride in a group, explore a new place, volunteer to improve bike access for others, or just kick back and watch some movies — we’ve got a great selection of rides. Check them all out below…

Friday, March 14th

“It was not easy to give up our vision of a near-river side alignment… The UPRR’s willingness to surrender more than one-half mile of active rail line within the city for a multi-purpose trail is unprecedented and offers a Greenway Trail alignment, we believe, that better serves all of north Portland.”
— Friends of the North Portland Greenway Trail

The Friends of the North Portland Greenway Trail (a.k.a. npGreenway) has decided to give up their vision for a route along the Willamette River and instead will work on a compromise alignment through the Albina Yards with the City of Portland and Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR).

Back in October, a major breakthrough was forged when the City of Portland announced they had brokered a deal with UPRR to allow a path to be built along the eastern portion of the railyard. At that time however, leaders from the Friends group were skeptical and continued to push for the Cement Road.

Today, the Friends announced that they’ve agreed to give up the Cement Road and will work with UPRR and the City of Portland on the route proposed last fall which now known as the “Albina Yards alignment.”

white/teal lettering Specialized Myka 2012

Red Felt F-85

As Airbnb moves to Old Town, Portland’s skilled work boom outpaces CRC’s job promises

Anti-transit vote in Tigard throws wrench in southwest corridor bike plans

County will host ‘Bridge Summit’ to help prioritize future upgrades

Copper/Blk TREK COBIA 2011

At first 20s Bikeway open house, a moment to focus on the full 9 miles

Green Redline Conquest

Red Giant Trance 27.5 2014

Blue Gunnar Sport 2014

Weekend Event Guide: Movies, politics, the Timbers Army, and more

Friday, March 14th

Greenway trail group agrees to alignment compromise through Albina rail yards

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