April 2010 Archives

Job: Project Manager/Assistant Editor (Adventure Cycling Association)

Buffered Bike Lane with a bike symbol and arrow pointing forward

Job Title
Project Manager/Assistant Editor

Company/Organization
Adventure Cycling Association

Job Description
Adventure Cycling Association seeks an energetic, detail-oriented creative projects manager passionate about working with people, and bicycling, to plan and manage print and web projects. The candidate must research and procure materials in a timely manner for visual communications media such as magazines, catalogs, websites, newsletters, posters, and packaging. This is a full-time position with benefits. This position is based at Adventure Cycling’s headquarters in beautiful and recreation-friendly Missoula, Montana.

How to Apply
Please submit a resume and cover letter as soon as possible to Adventure Cycling, c/o Sheila Snyder, Chief Operations Officer, P.O. Box 8308, Missoula, MT 59807. You can also submit your application electronically to ssnyder(at)adventurecycling(dot)org.

Application deadline: The position is open until filled. Please submit resume by May 10th. We will start reviewing applications and arranging for interviews on May 17, 2010.

See the new bike route through River View Cemetery

As a follow-up to our story on Monday about a new bike route being signed through River View Cemetery, we’ve received a map of the route.

View the map below and consider helping River View raise the $5,000 to add signs and pavement markings to the route (details on how to donate here). (On a related note, the folks at River View Cemetery recently counted bike trips and found that over 700 people ride through the property each day.)

The .75 mile Tolinda Trail, shown here
in orange, would be opened to bike access.
(Download full map PDF here)

Portland Parks and Recreation has just published their Forest Park Singletrack Cycling online comment form. The form includes the list of 12 proposed actions to improve and expand bike access in the park and a list of management actions that focus around methods of enforcement. Along with the form, a map labeled with the proposed actions is also now available online (PDF).

The management actions are included because, “the committee felt strongly that any increase in activity would need to be also supported by an increase in resources, enforcement, and commitment to the park.”

This comment form will be available for only two weeks, so make sure you weigh in soon. You must register on the City’s website (which is very easy and fast) before you can view and fill out the form.

Morrison Bridge bike-walk path dedication event-23

B-Line founder and CEO Franklin Jones
and staffer Mike Cobb on the
Morrison Bridge.
(Photo © J. Maus)

B-Line Sustainable Urban Delivery, a local company that uses pedal-powered trikes to deliver freight around Portland’s urban core, will celebrate a successful first year in business tonight with a gala celebration that will feature a keynote address by Mayor Sam Adams.

In a statement released today, Mayor Adams said B-Line’s business model “illustrates the kind of paradigm shift Portland leaders see as essential to the city’s future.”

Since they launched last year, B-Line has made over 3,000 deliveries and covered 6,000 miles. Company founders Kathryn Racine and Franklin Jones have added four employees to keep their delivery trikes buzzing at full capacity.

Forest Park Singletrack Cycling Open House-3

People packed the Forest Park open house
last night in Northwest Portland.
(Photos © J. Maus)

Judging by the huge crowds that packed into the Holiday Inn in Northwest Portland last night, it’s obvious that bike access in Forest Park is an issue many people care about.

People from all user groups lined up many rows deep to view maps and a list of proposed actions to improve and expand bike access in the park. They also placed colored dots on a list of “management actions” to help the City assess the relative importance of each one listed (I’ll post a separate story once all the materials from the open house are available in electronic form).

Job Title
Shipping Specialist

Company/Organization
Velotech

Job Description
Velotech is in need of a full time shipping specialist. Applicants must be able to demonstrate a strong history of self motivation, professionalism, team work, and customer service excellence. Bicycle related experience is not needed but extremely helpful.
This position requires extreme attention to detail, lifting, standing and the ability to work in a fast paced energetic environment.
Health benefits and vacations are provided.

How to Apply
Send a resume and cover letter to
Dan (at) velotech (dot) com

Seattle launches campaign to fund active transportation

Screenshot from StreetsforAllSeattle.org.

A major campaign has been launched in Seattle to raise money for biking, walking and transit projects. Streets for All Seattle is the result of a new and broad coalition of labor, transportation, and environmental advocacy groups that have come together to pressure city leaders to get serious about paying for multi-modal transportation infrastructure.

Year: 1987
Brand: cannondale
Color:red
Stolen in portland, OR 97214
Stolen:2010-04-14
Stolen From: Stolen from the basement of my home at 39th and SE Main.
Neighborhood: se, hawthorne
Owner: Ann Stahl
OwnerEmail: annstahl5@hotmail.com
Description: Small frame red 1987 cannondale with white bar tape, brown fenders and a small black back rack.
This registrant does not have proof of ownership of this bike

Portlander works to send 400 used bikes to South Africa

Detail from flyer of Bicycles for Humanity event. The
collection is this Saturday (4/24) from 10am – 4pm
at Washington-Monroe High School
on SE 14th and Stark.

This Saturday, Portlander Jenny Leonard hopes to collect 400 used bikes and send them to South Africa in a shipping container. The event comes after over a year of planning and after Leonard was inspired by a 16-year old South African girl named Mercy.

Leonard met Mercy during a year of studying abroad in rural South Africa while a student at Reed College. She says she took transportation for granted until she realized Mercy walked three hours each way to get to class. “That’s six hours a day spent walking compared to my 20 minute round trip bike ride.”

This week’s question touches on a topic I’ve had many conversations about over the years. It comes from reader Steven Case:

“I do most of my commuting by bike and I also do a fair amount of bike races. In some interactions I’ve had with bike commuting advocates, I’ve felt a vibe of negativity towards bike racers/races. Have other people felt this vibe or held a grudge like this? Are there things bike racers may do that help or hurt the cause of commuting by bike? Is taking a car to a bike race really that bad?

I am interested in what other people think about this issue.”

The City of Portland recently ~~polished off~~ rolled out the latest changes on a major project in the Central Eastside. The East Burnside/Couch Couplet project turned Burnside into a one-way street going east and Couch into the main artery going west (complete with a brand new road to get onto the Burnside Bridge). We’ve shared how bikes would fare in this project and then updated you on how the changes came out.

Now I’d love to hear how the project is impacting your biking experience in this area.

Tonight is the long-awaited open house to view bike trail access options recommended by the Forest Park Single Track Cycling Committee. At the event, you’ll have the opportunity to learn about all the options on the table, ask questions of committee members, and then offer your feedback to Portland Parks staff.

Three trail options will be presented at the open house. Details and accompanying trail maps of the options have not been fully released, but thanks to committee meeting notes and information provided by one of the committee members, we’ve got a good sense of what is included in each one.

Job: Project Manager/Assistant Editor (Adventure Cycling Association)

See the new bike route through River View Cemetery

Now online: Comment on proposed Forest Park cycling improvements

Pedal-powered delivery company marks successful first year

Forest Park open house draws huge crowds

Job: Shipping Specialist (Velotech) – FILLED

Seattle launches campaign to fund active transportation

red cannondale 1987

Portlander works to send 400 used bikes to South Africa

Ask BikePortland: What’s with the racer vs. commuter vibe?

How are Burnside/Couch changes treating you?

Forest Park single track open house: Know before you go

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