Month: November 2009

Silver Specialized Sequoia Sport 2003

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Year: 2003
Brand: Specialized
Model: Sequoia Sport
Color:Silver
Size:Small
Serial: P2FC86649
Stolen in Portland, OR
Stolen:2009-11-14
Stolen From: Locked up on sidewalk rack. SW 10th and Morrison Downtown PDX.
Neighborhood: Downtown Portland
Owner: Christy Zell
OwnerEmail: art@cgpdx.com
Description: Small Frame, red graphics, duct tape on right handle bar. Fenders fr and bk. Rack on back. New Continental tires.
Police record with: City of Portland
Police reference#: 09-150232
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Job: Public transportation information consulting data engineer (Trillium Solutions) – FILLED

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Job Title
Public transportation information consulting data engineer
This position has been filled.

Company/Organization
Trillium Solutions

Job Description
Position available soon: Data engineer and customer support position at Trillium Solutions, a small software/multi-modal transportation information consulting firm in Portland, Oregon. Office is on the 7th floor of the Olympic Mills Commerce Center at SE Washington and 2nd Streets.

Position responsibilities:
(training will be provided and support will be available for all these responsibilities)

* Decipher public transportation timetable and maps.
* Use custom proprietary, free, and commercial software to enter and structure schedule, fare, and location information in standardized formats.
* Determine public transportation facility locations with handheld GPS unit (in-field data gathering)
* Estimate hours for current and upcoming jobs as part of the proposal development process
* Troubleshoot Google Maps, Google Transit Feed data, and other software issues
* Provide technical support for Google Maps and web-based schedule management application to clients

* Experience using online maps websites and products (Google Maps, Google Earth, etc.)
* Familiarity or experience with internet standards and technologies (FTP, HTML, XML, KML, etc.)
* Familiarity or experience with relational databases (MS Access, FileMaker, or MySQL is a plus — we’re using MySQL, by the way).
* Experience with standard office software (MS Word, MS Excel, etc.)
* Interest or passion in public transportation and sustainable transportation
* Ability to communicate concisely and clearly in writing
* Personable and professional in phone and email-based communication
* Pays close attention to details
* Enjoys problem-solving

Trillium Solutions:
Trillium Solutions is a young growing company committed to making non-drive alone alternative transportation modes more attractive and easy-to-use through thoughtfully-designed, high-quality information. Currently, the company serves approximately 40 public transportation agencies in the United States by helping them to participate in Google Transit, and online transit trip itinerary planner integrated in Google Maps (www.google.com/transit). More on Trillium Solutions is at www.trilliumtransit.com.

Compensation:
$12.50-$16 per hour depending on experience and skill set. Employees may also have the option of using a company MacBook Pro as their personal computer. Hours will be variable — probably averaging 30/week.

Qualified applicants:
(not all qualifications are required; applicants of various experience levels will be considered)

How to Apply
Contact Aaron Antrim / aaron [at] trilliumtransit.com / 707.633.4464 (or 503.799.0550, local number). After a brief phone/email interview in-person interviews will be scheduled.

Cross Crusade crown will come down to final race

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Cross Crusade #2 - Alpenrose Dairy Portland, OR

Molly Cameron (in foreground) will
battle with Sean Babcock this weekend.
(Photo © J. Maus)

The final race in the 2009 Cross Crusade will happen Sunday at Barton Park in Estacada. For two competitors, Molly Cameron and Sean Babcock, the race will determine who walks away with the coveted title of overall series champion.

Cameron (Portland Bicycle Studio) and Babcock (Team S & M) are separated in the standings of the Men’s A category by just one point. Cameron, who currently sits atop the standings, has won two Crusade races already and has finished top five in two others. Babcock won the second race in the series and is coming off a fourth place finish ahead of Cameron last week.

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while Jamis Citzien 2008

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Year: 2008
Brand: Jamis
Model: Citzien
Color:while
Size:14.5
Stolen in portland, OR
Stolen:2009-11-3
Stolen From: Fred Meyer at Gateway
Neighborhood: Gateway
OwnerEmail: stefanycoca18@yahoo.com
Reward: we’ll talk
Description: White woman’s Jamis Citizen for shorter women, though it is quite a big bike anyway. It has a rack on the back for saddle bags, a shimono racing seat and a set of really nice black carbon wheels. if you see this bike roaming around somewhere, please give me a call at 971-241-7113 any time. if i dont answer, leave a message please. This bike means a lot of me because my dad bought it for me and its been our thing that brings us together. Thanks for the help!!!
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Newswire: Gordon Price Coming to Portland

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On Thursday 11/19, Gordon Price will give a free presentation on the effective integration of transportation in high-density environments with an emphasis on land use. If you’ve seen Price speak before, fear not! He always has a new presentation and a trick or two up his sleeve…

Price is a former City of Vancouver, B.C. Councilor and current Simon Fraser University and University of British Columbia Professor who teaches, researches, and writes extensively on urban development and planning.

To learn more about Price check out his electronic magazine, Price Tags or his daily blog on Vancouver and worldwide urban affairs.

    What: Gordon Price Presentation
    When: Thursday 11/19, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
    Where: Portland Building, 1120 SW 5th Ave, 2nd Floor Auditorium
    Cost: Free and Open to the Public

Questions?
Contact: Scott Cohen
City of Portland Office of Transportation
scott.cohen@pdxtrans.org
(503) 823-5345

Aaron Tarfman returns home after thoughtful sojourn

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We’re glad you’re home Aaron.

Aaron Tarfman, who had been missing since Tuesday has returned to his home in Southeast Portland. He’s safe and sound and was not aware of the extreme amount of concern that his absence caused among many in the community.

Aaron had written a “Farewell letter” on his personal website and judging by its tone and content, many of his close friends feared the worst.

He was spotted by PGE work crews on Faraday Road, a carfree road on the Clackamas River that Aaron has frequented several times on bike trips. The PGE crews called him after realizing who it was. Two separate search parties made up of Aaron’s friend set off this morning en route to Faraday to find him, but at around 11:00 am this morning Aaron walked into his house in the Brooklyn neighborhood to find friends buzzing about.

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White Bianchi Fremont 2007ish

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Year: 2007ish
Brand: Bianchi
Model: Fremont
Color:White
Size:51cm
Stolen in Portland, OR 9217
Stolen:2009-11-11
Stolen From: My front yard at N Fenwick and Lombard.
Neighborhood: NoPo/Kenton
Owner: Gabriel Dunn
OwnerEmail: gabedunn18@hotmail.com
Reward: Depending on condition returned
Description: White powder-coated frame, black carbon forks w/ white bianchi lettering, black bull horns, brown saddle, carbon seat post, black deep v’s with armadillo tires, front brake, soma toe-clips. Set up as fixed-gear.
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Streetcar or cycle tracks: Putting bike funding into perspective

Bicycle Master Plan ride #3

900 miles of bikeways
or 15 miles of streetcar?
(Photo © J. Maus)

Here are some interesting numbers to help put the funding for bicycle infrastructure in Portland — as laid out in the Bicycle Plan for 2030 — into perspective.

According to estimates from PBOT, the full “build-out” of the plan (meaning to complete all 900+ bikeway miles) would cost about $500 million dollars. At the Planning Commission hearing this week, Commissioner Chris Smith put that amount into perspective by comparing it to other transportation infrastructure investments we could make.

For $500 million we could complete our entire bike network or get:

  • 15 miles of streetcar
  • 1 ½ Sellwood Bridges
  • 40% of a MAX line
  • 1/8 of a CRC bridge

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Newswire: Oregon Scenic Bikeways program now on the road

Oregon Parks and Recreation Department

Nov. 3, 2009

MEDIA CONTACTS:
Alexandra Phillips
OPRD Bicycle Recreation Coordinator
503-986-0631

Oregon Scenic Bikeways program now on the road
Online handbook tells how to nominate routes for designation

Oregon bicycle riders can now nominate their favorite routes for consideration as State Scenic Bikeways.

Such designated bikeways would follow roads and bicycle paths that connect riders with outstanding scenic, historic and natural settings. The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department (OPRD) will accept nominations through Jan. 31, 2010, and annually from Nov. 1-Jan. 31 thereafter.

OPRD’s state bicycle coordinator, Alexandra Phillips, says anyone can propose a route for designation according to Oregon Administrative Rule guidelines. “The program is designed as a grassroots effort,” she said. “Nominations will need to come from local proponents.”

An Oregon Scenic Bikeways handbook now online at www.oregonscenicbikeways.org gives a step-by-step designation process and provides instructions and forms for nominators. The nominations will be considered by the Oregon Scenic Bikeway Committee, an advisory group that will recommend scenic bikeway designations to the OPRD director. The Oregon Parks and Recreation Commission must give final approvals.

“The committee will be looking for proposed routes that offer thetotal experience of sights, sounds, smells, tastes and feelings of landscapes that you can have traveling at the pace of a bicycle,” said
Phillips. “We hope to find the bikeways that offer the best rides in the state.”

According to Phillips, the Oregon program is the first state government-sanctioned scenic bikeway designation process in the nation. The program is a partnership between Cycle Oregon, Travel Oregon, the Oregon Department of Transportation and OPRD.

The Willamette Valley Scenic Bikeway, which was developed as a 2005 pilot project by the partnership, serves as a prototype for the program. The Willamette Valley route has been officially recognized as Oregon’s first state scenic bikeway.

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Alexandra Phillips
Bicycle Recreation Coordinator
Oregon Parks & Recreation Department
www.oregonscenicbikeways.org
725 Summer Street NE, Ste. C
Salem, OR 97301-0792
phone: (503)986-0631
cell phone: (503) 480-9092
fax: (503) 986-0792

New on Portland’s cyclocross scene: Dog racing

Cross Crusade #4-52

How fast is your dog?
(Photo © J. Maus)

If you’ve attended a cyclocross race in or around Portland, you probably noticed that there are nearly as many dogs as bikes. For some reason, there’s a huge cross over between dog lovers and ‘cross lovers.

Now, one local race organizer plans to make the dogs part of the action.

Kris Schamp, owner of Portland Racing, said the idea came to him after watching the Cross Crusade up in Astoria over Halloween Weekend. “Seeing all the dogs out there sitting on the sidelines, I just thought ‘Hey, why don’t they get to race and have fun?'”

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Newswire: Pedal Past the Lights Annual Holiday Bike Ride

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Pedal Past the Lights II Annual Holiday Bike Ride in Portland

Portland, OR (11/12/09) – Pedal Bike Tours is jumping into the holiday spirit with a special tour to pedal through Portland’s most spectacular light display, the Jubitz Winter Wonderland at Portland International Raceway. It’s had more than 1 million visitors in its 17 years, but never by bike! This year, for the first time ever, Monday, December 7th will be BIKES ONLY!

Set on the two-mile racetrack, it features more than 250 colorful displays and 40 fully animated scenes, including the 200 foot Tunnel of Lights. This family-friendly event will start and end at the Northeast Portland bike shop shared by Pedal Bike Tours and Metropolis Cycles (2249 N Williams). We’ll create our own light show as decorated bikes ride on quiet streets through the neighborhoods of North and Northeast Portland. After riding the two-mile long light route, we’ll warm up with hot drinks and treats before rolling back to Pedal Bike Tours’ shop. We’ll also have a contest for best bike decorations with the winner taking away prizes from Metropolis Cycles.

The easy-paced ride is 11 miles long round trip (plus the 2 mile light route) and almost perfectly flat – great for families. Dress for the weather, and make sure you have lots of lights to show your holiday spirit. Bicycles are available for rent or bring your own. For more information visit pedalbiketours.com or call (503) 916-9704.

    Who: Everybody!
    When: Monday, Dec. 7, 6PM-9PM
    Where: Start & end at Pedal Bike Tours (2249 N. Williams)
    Cost: $5 (Benefits the Sunshine Division- a local non-profit emergency food relief organization operating since 1922 and collected at Jubitz Winter Wonderland)
    RSVP: info@pedalbiketours.com; 503.916.9704

Media Contact:
Todd Roll, Pedal Bike Tours
(503) 916-9704
todd@pedalbiketours.com
www.pedalbiketours.com

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