If you’re in the hunt for a great local bike job, look no further. Below is a list of opportunities that have come through the BikePortland Job Listings this week:
Job Title
Customer Service Representative
Company/Organization
Chris King Precision Components – website
Job Description
Chris King Precision Components™, manufacturer of bicycle components, is seeking qualified applicants for a Customer Service Representative for dealer sales. Must have a proven track record of 2 years sales experience, order entry experience, strong computer skills, and basic math skills. Excellent verbal and written communication skills, and excellent telephone etiquette are required.
[Note: I’ve updated the post (at 3:45pm) to include a response from the Deputy City Attorney.]
The Records Division of the Portland Police Bureau has denied a request for information made by lawyer Christopher Heaps in an ongoing effort to utilize an Oregon statute to file “citizen initiated citations,” in a series of recent traffic collisions.
Claiming that they made a mistake in releasing information about Lisa Wheeler that led to her no-contest plea in the case where she was at fault for hitting cyclist Siobhan Doyle but did not receive a citation at the scene, the Records Division has now denied a similar request for information made by Heaps in a separate case.
Portland is currently considering three bids to develop a bike-sharing and rental system in downtown similar to one that has become a major success in Paris.
The three companies who are still in the running to provide the service are global media giant Clear Channel, the Portland Bike Company (I detailed their plans back in November), and Library Bikes, a former non-profit based in Arcata, California.
In advance of next week’s National Bike Summit, this morning Congressman Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) introduced House Congressional Resolution 305, “Recognizing the importance of bicycling in transportation and recreation.”
Blumenauer refers to the resolution as the “National Bike Bill” (read full text below).
Co-sponsored by Congressman James Oberstar (D-MN), the resolution has also been made one of the four key priorities that will get the backing of hundreds of advocates across the country when the League of American Bicyclists hosts the National Bike Summit in Washington DC next week.
I came across an interesting graphic at a meeting this morning that helped put into perspective how much is at stake in making sure we pass the Safe, Sound, and Green Streets funding proposal.
The proposal — which is currently getting revamped prior to being put on the November ballot — includes (at this point) $24 million to fund 114 miles of low-traffic, “bicycle boulevard” streets.
Just how that money would impact our city is hard to conceptualize until you see the graphic below…
Continuing their campaign to push for a comprehensive network of low-traffic neighborhood streets in Portland, the Bicycle Transportation Alliance (BTA) has unveiled their Bicycle Boulevard Toolkit.
The toolkit intends to educate communities on the why, what, and how of bike boulevards and includes a robust set of resources all in one convenient place. Their website now includes special sections on several key components of creating good bike boulevards including; auto speed reduction, auto traffic reduction, crossing busy streets, and boulevard signage and markings. Each section includes photos, costs and a description of why the method is used.
A few days from the start of the National Bike Summit in Washington DC, nationally syndicated columnist Neil Peirce wonders whether 2008 is the Year of the Bicycle.
In his most recent column, slated for national publication Sunday (3/2), Peirce writes that this might be “Bicycling’s best year since the start of the auto age.”
Among a “crescendo of trends and developments” Peirce uses as evidence are the rising price of oil, “bike-for-hire stations” that have taken off in Paris and other European cities (and are on their way to the U.S.), bike boulevards, and a “complete streets” movement that Peirce says “is gaining traction nationwide.”
An extra day of February means a whole extra week of waiting for BonB
this month- sorry if you’ve been craving your coffee & donut by bike
fix for an extra long February, but we at BonB can’t speed up the
Earth’s rotation any better than we can keep the Steel bridge crossing
lowered. But we can slow you down with a fuel stop on your way to the
office! Start your Leap Day off right! (but please keep your leaping
ON the bridge)
This Friday, 2/29, 7-9am on the Hawthorne and Steel bridges.
http://www.shift2bikes.org/wiki/bikefun:breakfast_on_the_bridges
Like early mornings, long rides down the esplanade, sipping coffee
while gazing at the Willamette, and cheery conversation with bleary
bicyclists? Then Breakfast on the Bridges wants you! We’d love to have
some extra people to help spread the bike cheer- this month is a great
time to get involved as a few of our regulars can’t join us. Feel free
to contact me or get on the bonb mailing list (see website above) if
you’d like to get involved or just show up Friday morning.
The Vancouver Planning Commission Presents
“Columbia River Crossing – A Panel Discussion”
A First Tuesday Presentation
At
Vancouver City Hall, Council Chambers
210 E. 13th Street, Vancouver, WA 98660
Agenda
The Columbia River Crossing (CRC) project is the most significant public works project in this region. The benefits of this project will be numerous, and the outcomes will shape Vancouver and the region for decades to come. Join us for a panel discussion assembled to share thoughts on how the CRC project will shape our community.
Panel
Matt Ransom: City of Vancouver, Transportation Planning Manger
Doug Ficco: WSDOT, Columbia River Crossing Project Director
Jeff Hamm: C-TRAN, Executive Director
Dave Frei: CRC Task Force, and CRC Community & Environmental Justice Group
Mark Masciarotte: CRC Urban Design Advisory Group
Seanette Corkill: CRC Pedestrian & Bicycle Advisory Committee
Roger Qualman: Norris, Beggs & Simpson, ICC Board
Sponsored by the Vancouver Planning Commission
Intended only for informational purposes – No policy decisions will be made
Open to the Public
Please RSVP Terry Lenhart @ 360-487-7955 * terry.lenhart@ci.vancouver.wa.us
Replay Times:
Channel 21: March 5, 3:00 pm; March 7, 11:30 pm; March 8, 3:00 pm
Channel 23: March 4, 4:00 pm (Live); March 5, 1:00 pm; March 8, 7:30 am
