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County, City team up for expanded biking and walking lanes on Hawthorne

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A lane re-organization on SE Hawthorne has swapped one standard lane for an expanded bike lane and a walking lane.
(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland)

Multnomah County unveiled new and expanded bike lane on the Hawthorne Bridge viaduct over the weekend. Working in a partnership with the City of Portland, the County (who manages the bridge) gave permission to PBOT crews to re-stripe two sections of eastbound SE Hawthorne Blvd between SE Grand and the Willamette River.

According to to PBOT, the new striping was done to improve conditions for both bicycling and walking on the popular thoroughfare.

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baby blue Schwinn Varsity or Continental 1978

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Year: 1978
Brand: Schwinn
Model: Varsity or Continental
Color:baby blue
Size:small/med
Photo: http://imgur.com/4kUOTq5
Stolen in Portland, OR 97214
Stolen:2013-10-7
Stolen From: Taken from our locked porch on 14th and Southeast Main.
Neighborhood: Hawthorne
Owner: Tess Freeman
OwnerEmail: tessfreeman31(replace with at sign)gmail.com
Reward: A handmade crocheted hat and much appreciation
Description: This bike is an old (around 1978) ten speed baby blue Schwinn Varsity with one pink brake cable and one black one. The frame is a female make and the handlebars have green and teal duct tape on them. It has a faded sticker on the frame from The University of Oregon police department with the #52133.
Police record with: Portland
Police reference#: 13-84428
This registrant does not have proof of ownership of this bike

copper huffy cruiser 2013

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Year: 2013
Brand: huffy
Model: cruiser
Color:copper
Size:26″
Serial: SNHE J12EO 7……
Stolen in Portland, OR 97206
Stolen:2013-10-8
Stolen From: carport, locked to post. lock stolen, too. SE 75th & Tibbetts.
Neighborhood: south tabor
Owner: lisa storke
OwnerEmail: dmstorke(replace with at sign)netscape.com
Description: excellent condition. 3 mos old.
Police record with: portland
Police reference#: 13-157741
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Med Specialized Sirrus 2008

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Year: 2008
Brand: Specialized
Model: Sirrus
Color:Med
Size:Black
Serial: P7JA01347
Photo: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=693431121461&set=a.632313835991.2077284.15002546&type=1&theater
Stolen in Portland, OR 97214
Stolen:2013-10-8
Stolen From: SE 50th and Lincoln St. outside on Yoga Union
Neighborhood: Tabor
Owner: Deborah Swartz
OwnerEmail: swartz_deborah(A T)yahoo.com
Reward: If you like
Description: Black Specialized. Has a black rack for saddlebags, and a spring coil under the seat. Had a black rubber headlight.
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: 13-84780
This registrant does not have proof of ownership of this bike

65 schools across Portland set for ‘Walk and Bike to School Day’

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(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland)

Tomorrow morning over 60 schools throughout Portland will make an extra effort to walk and bike school as part of International Walk + Bike to School Day. The event helps kick off the City of Portland’s annual Safe Routes to School program which has seen impressive growth since its start just eight years ago.

According to PBOT’s Gabe Graff, Safe Routes to School is taught and implemented in 82 schools — that’s up from just eight since the program started and represents 98 percent of every K to 8th grade school in the city. And the program has made a real difference in travel habits. PBOT reports that the percentage of walking and biking trips to Portland schools has increased from 31 to 42 percent since 2005.

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Silver KHS Flite 220 2009

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Year: 2009
Brand: KHS
Model: Flite 220
Color:Silver
Size:Large
Stolen in Portland, OR 97211
Stolen:2013-10-7
Stolen From: Stolen from my back porch during the night – NE 13th and Webster.
Neighborhood: NE/Alberta Arts
Owner: Cayleigh Allen
OwnerEmail: cayleighanne(AT)gmail.com
Description: Silver size Large frame KHS roadbike with dirty white handlebar tape, low end shimano components (triple crankset), a mirror on the left handlebar, black plastic rear fender and black rear rack. Flat pedals with cages. Rack had a yellow Novarra commuting bag on it.
Police record with: Portland PD
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

KHS Flite 220 2009

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Year: 2009
Brand: KHS
Model: Flite 220
Stolen in Portland, OR 97211
Stolen:2013-10-7
Stolen From: Off my back porch at NE 13th and Webster.
Neighborhood: NE/Alberta Arts
Owner: Cayleigh Allen
OwnerEmail: cayleighanne(A T)gmail.com
Reward: No
Description: Silver size large frame with dirty white handlebar tape, a mirror on the end of the left handlebar, plastic black rear fender and black rear rack. Flat pedals with cages. Triple crankset, low end shimano components.
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: pending
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

As low-car lifestyle spreads, residents praise new bike lanes on SE Division

Angel Villavir, left, said traffic seemed heavier but the street was easier to cross.
(Photos © M.Andersen/BikePortland)

As inner Southeast Division Street grows up — literally, thanks to its new hedge of multi-story apartment buildings — Portland’s transportation bureau decided in April to redesign a section of the thoroughfare a bit further out to feel more like the city street it now is: with better walking and biking plus a regular flow of slower-moving traffic.

Instead of four narrow travel lanes, Division between 60th and 82nd now have one bike lane and one auto lane in each direction, plus a shared center turn lane.

We wanted to know what local folks thought about the restriped street. So I pedaled down during the Monday evening rush hour, stashed my bike around a corner, and walked around introducing myself as “a reporter” and asking what people thought.

I learned two things: That everyone I met more or less likes it, and that low-car life is now very common in mid-Southeast Portland.

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blue Globe Vienna 2 2010

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Year: 2010
Brand: Globe
Model: Vienna 2
Color:blue
Serial: 733073
Stolen in Portland, OR 97202
Stolen:2013-10-6
Stolen From: SW Harbor Way by marina
Neighborhood: sw riverfront
Owner: Carol Hurn
OwnerEmail: c_hurn( atsign )hotmail.com
Description: Dark blue w cascadia planet bike fenders. Double mtn sticker.
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: T13010252
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Novick issues ‘A message to Barbur road dieters’ – UPDATED

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“… The idea of a Barbur road diet is obviously not something all our regional partners have signed off on. We hope they will not be perturbed by the prospect of a study of a road diet…”
— Steve Novick, City of Portland Transportation Commissioner

At tomorrow’s City Council meeting, Transportation Commissioner Steve Novick had the opportunity to take a significant step toward updating the design of SW Barbur Blvd. With the Council set to endorse the regional Southwest Corridor Plan, the Bicycle Transportation Alliance (BTA) urged Novick and his colleagues to prioritize a study of two projects within that plan — both of which are referred to as the “Barbur Lane Diet” project. This prioritization was to take the form of an amendment to the SW Corridor Plan resolution that would have specifically called out the study.

However, as we reported Friday afternoon, Novick has declined this opportunity. In a statement posted to his website late yesterday, Novick wrote that he doesn’t feel adding that language to the SW Corridor Plan resolution is the “right approach”. “I would rather not link the Barbur road diet study to the Southwest Corridor resolution,” he wrote. Novick then spelled out two reasons for his decision:

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custom small Curtlo Mountain Bike 2005

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Year: 2005
Brand: Curtlo
Model: Mountain Bike
Color:custom small
Size:forest green
Stolen in Gresham, OR 97030
Stolen:2013-10-5
Stolen From: Both locks cut from bike rack on Dodge Caravan parked in parking lot D of Mt. Hood Community College, Gresham, Oregon on October 5, 2013 between noon and 3:00 pm.
Neighborhood: Mt. Hood Community College campus
Owner: Jennie Goldberg
OwnerEmail: theleague( atsign )comcast.net
Description: Custom frame women’s Curtlo mountain bike with street tires, carbon water bottle holder, rack with “American Whitewater” sticker on it, old-fashioned toe clips with straps, tool bag under seat, Planet Bike pedometer, small bike pump. Cane Creek brand headset
Police record with: Gresham Police and Mt. Hood Community College public Safety Dept.
Police reference#: 13-710896
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

dark blue Trek Valencia 2012

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Year: 2012
Brand: Trek
Model: Valencia
Color:dark blue
Size:20″
Serial: WTU323C1851D
Photo: http://i.imgur.com/Ugj1gPq.jpg
Stolen in Portland, OR 97239
Stolen:2013-10-7
Stolen From: Front porch of a residence on Corbett Ave, between Flower and Pendleton. It was locked.
Neighborhood: John’s Landing
Owner: Peter Gramlich
OwnerEmail: peter.gramlich(at sign)pcc.edu
Reward: $500
Description: Dark blue Trek Valencia men’s commuter bike. New. 20″ frame. Wood Portland design Works rack. Black full fenders. Black Ortlieb pannier. Front LED light. Rear flashing light. Kickstand. Bell. Water bottle holder. Tool bag with tools and tire lever. Seatpost had attachment for a child’s extend-a-bike.
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: T13010218
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

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