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Year: 2014

Public health, environmental, and transpo orgs say street fee proposal is ‘good public policy’

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Portlanders have heard a lot from powerful voices opposing the City’s Our Streets Transportation Funding effort that looks to raise $46 million a year in transportation revenue via an income tax and fees on businesses. Now, a coalition of health, environmental, and transportation advocacy groups have released a letter in support of the plan.

The groups applaud City Council for creating what they call, “good public policy” that “addresses existing regressive transportation fees and taxes and the inequitable distribution of public resources by exempting our lowest income households, dividing the revenue burden equally between residents and businesses, and steering a majority of the revenue to the areas of the city that have for too long been neglected and are unsafe.”

Here’s more from the letter:

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Album release party tonight for daughter of missing Cycle Oregon rider Mark Bosworth

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Tonight at Velo Cult will be an album release party that will have special meaning to many people in the local bicycling scene.

Kelly Bosworth grew up singing songs and playing music at home with her dad Mark Bosworth. Mark is the man who went missing from a Cycle Oregon campsite in September 2011 and has never been found. Now Kelly is releasing her first album and it will take place at a bike shop and music venue that has cemented itself as an important community gathering place.

Here’s more about Kelly’s journey to music (taken from her website):

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City of Portland will take ‘deep dive’ into data to assess neighborhood greenway system

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A family ride from NoPo to Sellwood-18

Greenways use speed bumps to calm traffic,
diverters to reduce volumes, signals to cross busy
streets and sharrow markings and signs to guide users
through the city.
(Photo: J.Maus/BikePortland)

As cities from Seattle to St. Louis to Louisville work to duplicate Portland’s “neighborhood greenway” concept on their residential streets, Portland is giving its trend-setting system a closer look.

A team of experts in the city’s transportation bureau will spend part of their time in the next few months looking closely at trends in how people use the system while biking, walking and driving.

A public report is due in early 2015.

City Active Transportation Division Manager Margi Bradway said Wednesday that the goal of this report, which she predicted will receive national attention once it’s complete, is to inform an upcoming policy conversation here in Portland about how best to keep improving the greenway system.

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Networking, neighborhoods, and DIY activism success

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With a few allies in other neighborhoods, it’s possible to make huge changes to city neighborhood greenway plans. So step up — the time for your neighborhood association to shape the next round is right now.
(Photo: J.Maus/BikePortland)

America's Next Bicycle Capital

Part of our series of guest posts, America’s Next Bicycle Capital, where we share community voices about the future of biking in Portland.

This week’s guest writer is Terry Dublinski-Milton, land use and transportation chair of the North Tabor Neighborhood Association.

For years, Portland has been ahead of bicycling infrastructure curve. Recently, as has been reported on BikePortland, it seems we have lost much of our forward movement. But this may be changing.

As the transportation chair for the North Tabor Neighborhood Association, I knew a Transportation Systems Plan update was coming as part of the citywide Comprehensive Plan update. So over the past year, we’ve made significant progress towards our goals of having an integrated, interconnected network of bikeways north and east of Mount Tabor Park.

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Please take the Oregon State Parks trail use survey

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I was just going to Tweet this until I read that they only do this “once-per-decade.” Please take this survey so the state’s policies and investment strategies line up with how trails are actually being used.

Check the official announcement below:

Survey Of Non-Motorized Trail Use By Oregon State Parks

The Oregon State Parks and Recreation Department is sponsoring a once-per-decade assessment of non-motorized trail use. The survey covers trail use anywhere in Oregon, from local parks to national forests.

Survey responses will help local, state, and federal agencies efficiently allocate funding to meet the needs of non-motorized trail users. The survey, and each question in it, is voluntary. All responses are confidential – they will only be reported as part of larger groups.

People who fully complete and return the survey within three weeks will be entered into a drawing for one of two Oregon State Parks 12-month day use passes and one $100 grocery store gift certificate.

Please complete the survey by November 26th.

The survey can be accessed on the following link: http://oregonstate.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_6nEVLCZeg8vWfNb

If you have any questions about the survey, please contact the project lead, Kreg Lindberg, atkreg.lindberg@osucascades.edu

Job: Jr Sales Planner & Inventory Analyst – Velotech, Inc – FILLED

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Job Title
Jr Sales Planner & Inventory Analyst

Company/Organization
Velotech, Inc

Job Description

Jr. Sales Planner and Inventory Analyst

The Inventory Analyst optimizes inventory turn and profitability to drive sales for our e-commerce and retail business units. The role ensures compliance with vendor-imposed pricing structures and manages product lifecycles to ensure maximum profitability.

Responsibilities include:
● track inventory sell-through rates
● consult Purchasing on replenishment
● help ensure optimal product allocation between locations
● assist in inter-store transfer activities
● align pricing and promotions with quantity on hand
● group products for promotional discounts

Qualifications:
● strong analytical skills, experience with data analysis
● proficient in Excel
● previous retail or wholesale experience in the bike industry
● e-commerce, retail or mass marketing experience
● previous experience in inventory management or planning a plus

This is a full time position with competitive salary, DOE, and a generous benefits package.

How to Apply
To apply, please submit your cover letter and resume to Jobs@velotech.com

Study: Dollar for dollar, bike infrastructure pays off better than road maintenance

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Prioritizing pavement and maintenance spending plays well in local politics — but what about investments that would lead to higher rates of bicycling*?
(Photo by J. Maus/BikePortland)

You’ve got to spend money to save money.

That’s the argument the Portland Business Alliance is likely to make when the Portland City Council hears from the public at 2 p.m. tomorrow about how much of the proposed Portland Street Fund should go to safety and how much to pavement maintenance.

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Job: Custom Team Account Manager – Castelli USA

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Job Title
Custom Team Account Manager

Company/Organization
Castelli USA

Job Description
Castelli is an internationally recognized cycling apparel brand that traces its history back to 1876 in Milan. We’re currently looking for a custom team account manager—who is passionate about cycling—to join our team. Account managers in this position work in collaboration with sales reps, customers and a design team to facilitate completion of custom apparel projects for race teams, clubs and bicycle shops.

This is a full-time position.

We’re looking for someone who:
– Has strong written and verbal communication skills
– Is an adaptive learner able to quickly assimilate multiple systems and use them to meet the demands of the business
– Understands that the needs of customers will vary, and employs wise business strategies and tactics to satisfy them
– Can interact professionally and comfortably with colleagues and customers
– Thrives in an ever-changing, fast-paced environment that demands great attention to detail
– Thinks and acts quickly and calmly on deadline
– Is motivated to gain a global understanding of the business

Qualifications:

Required:
-Two years of sales and/or customer service experience
-Working experience with Microsoft Outlook, Excel, Word and Explorer, and Adobe Acrobat
-Familiarity with global cycling culture

Desired:
-Bachelor’s degree
-Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, can build complex Excel-based workbooks and or worksheets
-Business and/or accounting background

Employees enjoy a range of benefits, including:
-Team approach, customer focus
-Casual but results-oriented work environment
-Retirement savings plan, profit sharing plan
-Health insurance coverage

Compensation: DOE

How to Apply
Please send a cover e-mail and your resume to ptess@castelli-us.com

Bike Theft Chronicles: Tracking down a chop shop in Hillsboro

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Reader Evan B. shares what he knows about an alleged chop shop in Hillsboro — showing that bike theft isn’t just an issue here in Portland, but across the region…

(Evan’s message below also appeared on Reddit)

Hi everyone,

Just wanted to give you a heads up that there is most definitely a bicycle “chop shop” in Hillsboro. It is somewhere in the neighborhood of the area bounded by Baseline, Cornelius Pass, Lois, and Century roads.

My girlfriend and I had our u-locked bicycles stolen from our doorstep overnight on Sep 30th – Oct 1st. While out walking yesterday we caught the thief on her bike at the intersection of Cornelius Pass and Lois. I managed to grab the bike from him and pursue him for a few miles while on the phone with the police, but he ultimately got away.

Looking at the bike afterwards, we found parts from my missing bike had been installed on her bike, as well as the parts of many other, presumably stolen, bikes. This is a very common technique used by bicycle thieves to disguise stolen bikes and components.

While filling out the police report in the Albertsons parking lot, a bum approached us and corroborated much of what had happened, adding that he saw the general direction the thief headed. The police dispatched units to that area but have thus far come up with nothing.

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