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THIS POSITION HAS BEEN FILLED
Job Title – Assistant Shop Manager
Company/Organization – Community Cycling Center
Job Description
Based in NE Portland, the Community Cycling Center is a unique nonprofit offering bike safety education programs and community bike shop services to the Portland Metro area. More than just a “retail bike shop,” we offer bike safety education and earn-a-bike programs to the Portland Metro area.
In a conference committee in Salem today, Senator Ginny Burdick decided that Senate Bill 729 — which sought to update Oregon’s law regarding bicycle brake requirements — will move forward without a key phrase that would have allowed fixed-gear bicycles to not be required to have a separate brake.
The bill — which had already passed the House and the Senate — initially read,
“A bicycle must be equipped with a brake that enables the operator of the bicycle to stop the bicycle within 15 feet from a speed of 10 miles per hour on dry, level, clean pavement, except that a fixed gear bicycle is not required to be equipped with a separate brake.”
Less than one week ago, the Oregonian surprised local bike advocates when they published a forceful editorial in support of stiffer penalties for motor vehicle operators who hit bicyclists.
Today, they continue to show their support for two-wheeled transportation with an editorial that reads like it could have been written by PDOT themselves.
Citing the world’s 1.2 million annual traffic deaths, the Vatican has issued a document titled, “Guidelines for the Pastoral Care of the Road,” that addresses the “consequence of trangressions and negligence” behind the wheel and offers solutions via a ‘Drivers 10 Commandments’.
Here is an excerpt from the AP story:
“The Vatican on Tuesday issued a set of “Ten Commandments” for drivers, telling motorists not to kill, not to drink and drive, and to help fellow travelers in case of accidents…It warned about the effects of road rage, saying driving can bring out “primitive” behavior in motorists, including “impoliteness, rude gestures, cursing, blasphemy, loss of sense of responsibility or deliberate infringement of the highway code.”
In case you’ve missed any of the Pedalpalooza action, check the ride reports and links to photos by browsing the posts on my Pedalpalooza 2007 Page.
Here’s what’s in store for today (schedule after the jump)…
