Month: August 2009

Travel Oregon seeks paid intern to work on bike website

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Well, it looks like Travel Oregon does have money after all to maintain their recently launched Ride Oregon Ride! website.

This just in from PSU’s Institute for Bicycle and Pedestrian Innovation:

    Paid internship at Travel Oregon

    Travel Oregon is seeking an intern to enter route information for roads and trails into a WordPress-based cycling website. We’re looking for someone with considerable experience with and knowledge of cycling. You will be taught the procedures for entering data and mapping routes, and will have a liaison to work with when needed.

    This work will be on an on-call, project-based basis, when we obtain a large amount of information that needs to be entered. The hours are flexible; you can do the work whenever you want within a specified timeline. We anticipate this need for the next three to six months.

    Pay: $10 per hour.

    For questions about the project or application information, contact:
    Jim Moore
    Word Jones
    (503) 281-1526
    jim@wordjones.com

Looks like a great opportunity for the right person.

The Monday Roundup

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Incentivizing proximity; transit cuts; greener buses; high speed rail; Portland in the news; and how block parties can change the world.

Here are some of the news stories that caught our eye in the last week:

– Highway projects nationwide are on hold indefinitely as it becomes less likely that Congress will pass a transportation funding authorization this year.

– What would get more people on bikes? More bike parking.

– U.S. politicians are beginning to embrace the idea of — and federal funding for — high speed rail. Meanwhile, China invests $300 billion in its own system.

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Carrying your infant by bike: How young is too young?

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A baby seat in a bakfiets is not
a rare sight in Portland.
(Photos © J. Maus)

A reader contacted us with a dilemma — she is about to have her first child, she doesn’t own a car, and she travels primarily by bike. In preparing for her new life as a parent, she had some questions.

Is it safe to ride with a newborn? Is it legal? Are there important age benchmarks she should know about? She was particularly concerned about the impact of vibration on a child’s brain development.

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Black Trek Pure 2009

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Year: 2009
Brand: Trek
Model: Pure
Color:Black
Size:16m
Serial: WTU343C3842D
Stolen in Portland, OR 97211
Stolen:2009-08-23
Stolen From: backyard of our home near NE Killingsworth and NE 22nd Ave
Neighborhood: Concorida
Owner: Scott Ballo
OwnerEmail: scott.ballo@gmail.com
Description: mate black cruiser style trek pure with a bell child’s seat attached to the seat post. Bell seat was grey with red and blue. only other addition to the Trek was fenders.
Police record with: 09075226
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Gray Specialized Allez 1985

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Year: 1985
Brand: Specialized
Model: Allez
Color:Gray
Size:apx55cm
Serial: I’m looking for the paper work
Stolen in Portland, OR 97211
Stolen:2009-08-22
Stolen From: The bike was in my back yard about 10th and NE Alberta,

Stolen between 12:30 and 9:30 Saturday Morning 8-22
Neighborhood: NE Alberta
Owner: David Stoops
OwnerEmail: Dave@Blackstarbags.com
Reward: if you paid for it i’ll reimeburse
Description: ’80 lugged road bike
Green riveted BROOKS Saddle
Black DeepV rims
Mostly Ultegera (hubs, deraileur, STI shifters)
Cane Creek Black Road Brake-5
Thanks 503-442-1456
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Green/Black Kona Dew Plus 2008

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Year: 2008
Brand: Kona
Model: Dew Plus
Color:Green/Black
Size:54
Serial: I040801730
Photo: http://www.bikepedia.com/QuickBike/BikeSpecs.aspx?Year=2008&Brand=Kona&Model=Dew+Plus&Type=bike
Stolen in Portland, OR
Stolen:2009-08-17
Stolen From: Was stolen right out front of Yoga Union on 50th and Lincoln SE Portland.
Owner: Fredi Avila
OwnerEmail: alf_avila@yahoo.com
Description: 2008 Kona dew plus 54cm green frame with black wheels and disc brakes.
Police record with: Portland Police
Police reference#: 0973480
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Weekend Event Guide

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Kidical Mass. Tonight!
(Photo © J. Maus)

Another weekend full of excellent and fun bike events is upon us (we are lucky aren’t we!?).

Here’s the rundown:

Friday, August 21

4:30 – 6:30pm: Bikes, Boheme, and Beer
The Portland Opera wants to hang out with all the people on bikes that pass by their headquarters on the Esplanade just south of OMSI. Complimentary beverages and opera singers will be present.

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Widmer will celebrate new bike corral with ‘Bikes and Brews’ event

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Bike corral on N. Russell at Interstate-1

Crews installed the new bike corral this morning.
(Photos © J. Maus)

The folks at Widmer Brothers Brewery are so excited to have a new, on-street bike parking corral in front of their Gasthaus Pub (on N. Russell at Interstate), they’re planning a party to celebrate.

On September 2nd they’ll host an event called “Bikes and Brews”. Widmer spokesperson Mindy Green says from 5:30 – 8:00 they’ll have bike-related exhibitors, beer specials and a raffle throughout the day “to patrons with helmets”. Among the raffle prizes are four entry passes to the 2010 Cycle Oregon Weekend Ride.

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Chris Smith appointed to Portland Planning Commission

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Chris Smith, newest member of
Portland Planning Commission.
(Photos © J. Maus)

Citizen activist Chris Smith is the newest member of the Portland Planning Commission. The Planning Commission is a volunteer body that advises City Council on “any proposal that directly affects any goal or policy related to any element of the City’s Comprehensive Plan”.

Smith — whose day job is with Xerox Corporation in Beaverton — is well known in biking circles because of his activism, his blog (PortlandTransport.com), and due to his involvement on many transportation-related committees and stakeholder groups. He’s currently a member of the Bicycle Master Plan Steering Committee.

In a video interview with Mayor Adams prior to his confirmation, Adams said he nominated Smith for the commission because of his “extensive experience from the grassroots level on transportation, transit and zoning issues.”

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Smith at a Metro hearing on the CRC project.

Smith is filling the unexpired term of former Bicycle Transportation Alliance executive director Catherine Ciarlo, who left the commission to take the job of Transportation Policy Director for Mayor Adams.

Asked about his new appointment, Smith told BikePortland “I’m very excited to be joining Planning Commission right now. As you know, my passion is to help Portland develop sustainably – socially, economically and environmentally.”

Smith said his focus will be to instill those values into the ongoing revamp of The Portland Plan and that his work on the Bicycle Master Plan and Streetcar System Plan “are going to be cornerstones of that effort.”

Smith made a run for City Council in 2008 and he has been an outspoken critic of the controversial Columbia River Crossing project.

A major advocacy focus for Smith has been Portland’s streetcar planning efforts. He is currently Chair of Portland Streetcar Citizen’s Advisory Committee. According to the Willamette Week, he intends to step down from that role in order to avoid any conflict of interest.

Smith’s first Planning Commission meeting will this coming Tuesday.

Red Canondale M3005E 2002? – RECOVERED

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This bike has been recovered (see comment below).

Year: 2002?
Brand: Canondale
Model: M3005E
Color:Red
Size:Small
Serial: 7LC5N14
Stolen in Portland, OR 97212
Stolen:2009-08-20
Stolen From: Broad daylight from inside home garage with door open.
Neighborhood: Irvington
Owner: Jay Hoover
OwnerEmail: jay.elaine@gmail.com
Description: Mountainbike with rack and fenders, water bottle holder, front and rear lights and non-knobby tires.
Police record with: 09074618
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

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