Lulu Li’s project to map bike thefts in Boston, MA has now expanded to San Francisco with the help of Jenny Hatfield and Bryan.
Posted In crime | san francisco
Bikenapped! SF launches
September 30, 20132 Comments on Bikenapped! SF launches
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September 30, 20132 Comments on Bikenapped! SF launches
Thief steals bike, then registers it with police
September 10, 20131 Comment on Thief steals bike, then registers it with police
File this under “Stupid Bike Thief Tricks.”
Mr Titonidae Wilden of Aptos, CA allegedly stole an $1,800 Surly Moonlander bicycle, registered it with Santa Cruz police as the owner, and then posted the bike for sale on Craigslist for $1,550.
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Blind man’s bike stolen in Los Altos, CA
August 15, 2013Leave a Comment
Fie on the thief. The news video shows the man’s invention that will hopefully allow the blind to navigate a bicycle, which looks pretty amazing. Maybe it could also allow the rest of us to play with our mobile devices while just riding along. I kid I kid!
Brian Higgins is blind and has been tooling around on a fancy titanium bike equipped with special sensors that beep to tell him to watch out for a tree or post.
Until now.
The 61-year-old hobbyist inventor walked outside last week to discover a thief had broken into his Los Altos, Calif., garage. The padlock had been broken. His $3,000 Litespeed titanium bicycle was nowhere to be found.
More at NBC Bay Area: Inventor’s High-Tech Bike Designed for Blind People Stolen.
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GPS & helicopter tracks Los Angeles bike theft
August 2, 20133 Comments on GPS & helicopter tracks Los Angeles bike theft
People Behaving Badly: Bike theft in San Francisco
August 2, 20131 Comment on People Behaving Badly: Bike theft in San Francisco
KRON’s Stanley Roberts covers bike theft in San Francisco for his popular “People Behaving Badly” series.
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Santa Cruz police collect your stolen bikes
July 26, 20132 Comments on Santa Cruz police collect your stolen bikes
When the Santa Cruz police department recover a bicycle from one of our local ne-er-do-wells, they try to reconnect the property with its rightful owner. Since nobody ever reports their stolen bikes or register their bikes, however, the bikes sit in the police warehouse for 90 days until they’re disposed of or donated.
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