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  • One Year Later: Plans for a permanent memorial to Brett are confirmed

    This is a draft design concept created by Matt Cardinal for a permanent memorial to honor Brett Jarolimek at N. Interstate and Greeley Ave. At a meeting this morning in downtown Portland, plans for a permanent memorial to be erected at the site of Brett Jarolimek’s death one year ago, were officially...
    Posted to BikePortland.org (Weblog) by Anonymous on 10-24-2008

  • One year later: Remembering Tracey and Brett

    The ghost bike for Tracey Sparling at the corner of W. Burnside and 14th in downtown Portland.(Photos © J. Maus) A memorial sculpture and stencil (since removed) for Brett Jarolimek at the intersection of N. Interstate and Greeley. One a year ago today, Portland reacted with shock, anger, sadness, and...
    Posted to BikePortland.org (Weblog) by Anonymous on 10-22-2008

  • A bittersweet bike box

    The new bike box at W. Burnside and 14th.Video below(Photos © J. Maus) On Monday, the city of Portland installed a bike box in the SE corner of W. Burnside and 14th streets in downtown Portland — the same intersection where Tracey Sparling was killed nine months ago. This is the eighth bike box...
    Posted to BikePortland.org (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-03-2008

  • Two lives changed forever by Marine Drive collision

    Jan Verrinder at the bike safety press conference in City Hall a week after her husband Bob was nearly killed in a collision with a car on Marine Drive.(Photo © J. Maus) During last year’s Sad October, our community endured several tragedies. The two young lives we lost grabbed most of the headlines...
    Posted to BikePortland.org (Weblog) by Anonymous on 06-26-2008

  • Jarolimek’s family files lawsuit against garbage truck driver

    (Photo © J. Maus) The Oregonian is reporting that the family of Brett Jarolimek has filed a $1.5 million lawsuit against the driver of the garbage truck in the fatal collision back in October. According to reporter Joseph Rose, the family is, “claiming 40-year-old Bryan Lowes of Oregon City was...
    Posted to BikePortland.org (Weblog) by Anonymous on 06-05-2008

  • Community comes together for Brett Jarolimek Fund benefit

    Daniel McGinnis, BTA Board member and president of Bike Gallery.(Photos © J. Maus) At the Brett Jarolimek Memorial Fund benefit last night, Bike Gallery President Daniel McGinnis implored the hundreds of people who showed up to “roll up your sleeves”, and reminded us that our recent Platinum...
    Posted to BikePortland.org (Weblog) by Anonymous on 05-02-2008

  • Ghost bike returned, thief ‘truly sorry’

    The bike is back, with a letter from the thief.(Photo © J. Maus) Yesterday’s case of the mysterious disappearance of Brett Jarolimek’s ghost bike at N. Interstate and Greeley has come to an unexpected close. Just a few hours after my story, I got an email and a phone call from local TV news...
    Posted to BikePortland.org (Weblog) by Anonymous on 02-15-2008

  • Ghost bike gone missing; theft likely

    Only flowers and mementos remain.(Photo © J. Maus) The ghost bike for Brett Jarolimek has gone missing, and the disappearance is most likely the work of pranksters or thieves who want to sell it for scrap. The memorial, which was chained to a traffic pole on N. Interstate Ave. just north of Greeley,...
    Posted to BikePortland.org (Weblog) by Anonymous on 02-14-2008

  • Citation decisions released on Sparling, Jarolimek cases

    The Portland Police Bureau has made its decision on whether or not to issue traffic citations in the October fatalities of Tracey Sparling and Brett Jarolimek. Here is a snip from the press release sent out by the PPB’s Public Information Officer Brian Schmautz, “From evidence obtained during...
    Posted to BikePortland.org (Weblog) by Anonymous on 01-22-2008

  • DA: No criminal negligence in Jarolimek case

    DA Chuck Sparks speaking with a reporter at the Courthouse this morning.(Photo © Jonathan Maus) This morning, Multnomah County District Attorney Chuck Sparks (in photo) released his report on the case of Brett Jarolimek, who died on October 22 after colliding with a garbage truck on Interstate and Greeley...
    Posted to BikePortland.org (Weblog) by Anonymous on 01-15-2008
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