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Job: Founding Server Engineer – Knock Software, Inc – FILLED

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Job Title
Founding Server Engineer

Company/Organization
Knock Software, Inc

Job Description
Knock is a two-year old hardware and software company based in Portland, Oregon. We’re building a better, cheaper way to monitor bicycle transportation infrastructure. We believe that with better tools and data, cities and advocates can work together to create safer and more efficient transportation systems for everyone.

We are looking for a server and GIS engineer to join us. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.

As a founding engineer, here’s what building a company with us will be like:

You’ll lead development of our server and GIS infrastructure.
* You’ll be the resident expert in server and GIS technologies.
* You’ll build the system we use to store and process our transportation data.
* You’ll create an interactive map-based product for exploring our data.
* You’ll manage our AWS and/or other cloud computing resources.
* You’ll work on sensitive systems, paying careful attention to user privacy and security.
* You’ll test your work methodically.
* You’ll add meaningful technological and product insight to our small team.

You’ll be a generalist.
* You’ll work with the founding team to define what’s next for the company.
* You’ll define success metrics for your own job and will measure them constantly.
* You’ll solve hard problems in areas outside engineering. You believe broad exposure produces better engineers.
* You’ll learn new things constantly and live outside your technical comfort zone.

You’ll shape the company’s culture.
* You’ll think constantly about what impact our work has on the immediate and distant world around you.
* You’ll help us maintain a company culture that is diverse, passionate, and balanced by life outside work.
* You’ll help us refine a hiring process that is rigorous and fair.
* You’ll give and receive criticism in a professional and compassionate manner.
* You’ll make technical and business choices that will help us create a sustainable, value-driven business.

How to Apply
Send an email to people@knocktounlock.com. Include whatever information you think relevant.

Multnomah County seeking bike/walk advisory committee members

Check it out. Good opportunity to play a role in local bike policy/project/planning. Press release is below and you can find more info here.

Members sought for Multnomah County Bicycle and Pedestrian Citizen Advisory Committee

Multnomah County is seeking to fill three vacancies on its Bicycle and Pedestrian Citizen Advisory Committee with new members who live, work or recreate in Multnomah County. Preference will be given for applicants who live in east county or rural unincorporated areas. New members will serve a two-year term beginning July 1, 2015.

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Industry Ticker: Project 529 inks partnership with Abus

Our friends at Project 529 have set up a partnership with Abus, a leading brand of bike security products. Starting in Portland and then expanding nationally, some Abus locks will come with a free 529 Garage Bicycle Registration Kit.

Learn more in the press release below…

ABUS Mobile Security LLC and Project 529 Join Forces to Engineer the Future of Bike Security

(Chicago, IL) April 16, 2015. In an era of increasing concerns over bike theft, ABUS Mobile Security, LLC and Project 529™ are joining forces to combat the growing epidemic of stolen bicycles. The partnership between ABUS, the world leader in mobile security, and Project 529, a Portland, OR based cycling software start-up is a marriage made of manufacturing innovation and technology with the next wave of online, web-based security and community engagement.

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Transportation bureau defends ‘Platinum’ status

“We’re a Platinum-level city because of the outcomes we’ve achieved.”— Roger Geller, PBOT Bike Coordinator

The Bureau of Transportation wants to remind everyone that Portland still deserves to be Platinum.

As local activist Will Vanlue continues to gain traction and headlines for his petition (it’s up to 550 signatures) to have Portland’s Platinum bicycle-friendly status downgraded by the League of American Bicyclists, PBOT has gone on the defensive.

The agency has put together a seven-page document outlining their case and they reached out to us for a conference call this morning to talk about it. On the call was PBOT Bike Coordinator Roger Geller, spokesman Dylan Rivera, and Margi Bradway the manager of PBOT’s Active Transportation division.

Geller opened up the conversation with a spirited defense of PBOT’s bike legacy which he delivered as if he were speaking to supporters at a political rally:

The Cascades line is arguably the bike-friendliest
in the country.
(Photo: Will Vanlue)

One of the country’s most-ridden Amtrak lines could have its southern tail chopped off unless Oregon legislators find another $5 million to keep it whole.

The state-sponsored Amtrak Cascades service between Eugene and Portland, with stops in Albany, Salem, Woodburn and Oregon City, is likely to be eliminated unless the state is willing to cover the one-third of the line’s operating costs, $28 million annually, that aren’t covered by ticket revenue.

With room for 42 bikes right up front, PNCA is doing it right.
(Photos J. Maus/BikePortland)

When the Pacific Northwest College of Art moved, they made sure one crucial piece of their old campus came with them: the bike parking.

Looks like the grassroots effort to get a national organization to officially downgrade Portland from its lofty Platinum bicycle-friendly status has some legs. Nearly 500 people have signed on in under two days.
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Not only have petition authors Will Vanlue and Paul Jeffery struck a chord with Portlanders, they’ve also succeeded in getting major local and national attention for the idea. Today at noon Vanlue will join League of American Bicyclists President Andy Clarke on Oregon Public Broadcasting’s Think Out Loud radio show. Bicycling, a large national magazine has picked up the story. And, closer to home, The Oregonian has covered it too.

Matthew Mičetić, owner of Red Castle Games,
in front of the boarded-up window smashed
by a car on April 2.
(Photo courtesy Mičetić)

The owner of a game store on SE Foster Road whose front window was destroyed this month by a speeding car also happens to be one of the most prominent backers of safety improvements to Foster Road, and also of a citywide street fund.

In fact, Matthew Mičetić of Red Castle Games was one of two small business owners that Portland leaders invited to speak at the press conference where they launched their currently paused street fund effort last spring.

He’s also head of his local business association — a group that he said surprised Portland City Council last summer when its members showed up in force to support redesigning their street to add a center turn lane and bike lanes by removing two passing lanes.

Unfortunately for Mičetić’s storefront, the redesign won’t happen until next year. That meant that when a man named Myles Nees was allegedly drunk and fleeing from police during the early evening rush hour on Foster April 2, he had enough room to veer his car from lane to lane. Mičetić said Nees reached speeds of 60 to 80 mph before losing control and running onto the sidewalk into Red Castle’s building.

Brought to you by… Pembina?
(Photo: J.Maus/BikePortland)

Though it’s not likely to appease many Portlanders fighting to block the deal, there’s a chance that the construction of a propane export terminal in Portland could result in money for local biking improvements.

The opportunity arises as part of an offer from Pembina, the Calgary-based extraction company that needs city approval to run its pipeline through an environmental preservation zone on the way to the Port. Pembina has agreed that if its facility is built, it will among other things pay $6.2 million annually into a new “Portland Carbon Fund.”

According to the city, “the fund will be used for projects that reduce energy consumption, generate renewable energy and sequester carbon.”

No room for improvements, state says.
(Photo: M.Andersen/BikePortland)

One of Southwest Portland’s most passionate advocates for a safer Barbur Boulevard said Tuesday that he was nearly killed while biking on the street.

“FYI since you’re waiting for someone to die before safe Barbur bike access: it was almost me today,” wrote Damian Miller, an assistant director of research and assessment at Lewis and Clark College’s graduate school, in the first of a trio of open Twitter messages to the Oregon Department of Transportation and its new regional manager. “Speeding delivery truck came up behind honked, veered wildly, almost hit me & left lane car.”

Though the route’s design evokes a freeway, it’s the only flat and direct street between most of Southwest Portland and the rest of the city. During the summer, about 300 to 500 people bike it each day.

Metro is looking to develop 1,300 acres of hills north of Forest Park. This planning process will determine how best to accomodate various uses — including cycling — on new roads and trails. For more background on this project, see our report from the previous open house in December 2014.

Info on May 6th open house event is below:

North Tualatin Mountains comprehensive plan community open house
Wednesday, May 6, 2015 – 6:00pm to 8:00pm at Skyline School (11536 N Skyline Blvd)

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Job: Shipping Specialist – Velotech, Inc. – FILLED

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Shipping Specialist

Company/Organization
Velotech, Inc

Job Description

Velotech, Inc. is looking for a detail oriented shipping specialist to join our fast paced and fast growing operation. This person will be expected to pick, pack, and ship customer orders and receive incoming shipments in a timely manner. Additionally
there will be many random tasks that will assist in warehouse operation.

* Must be able to lift 50lbs
* Must be comfortable with ladders
* Basic knowledge of cycling components preferred
* Enthusiasm for cycling
* Full-time
* Great benefits and vacation package
Velotech, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to sex, race, color, age, national origin, religion, disability, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship, pregnancy or veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable law.

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

Job: Founding Server Engineer – Knock Software, Inc – FILLED

Multnomah County seeking bike/walk advisory committee members

Industry Ticker: Project 529 inks partnership with Abus

Transportation bureau defends ‘Platinum’ status

Possible cuts to Amtrak service raise stakes of Salem’s transportation limbo

Check out the beautiful bike parking at Pacific Northwest College of Art

Portland’s Platinum downgrade petition finds support, nears 500 signatures

Owner of Foster storefront wrecked by drunk driver was already a leading voice for street safety

Would-be fuel exporters offer annual payment that might fund transportation projects

Advocate has near-death experience on Barbur, a street he’s pushing to make safer

Open house for Metro’s North Tualatin Mountains plan is May 6th

Job: Shipping Specialist – Velotech, Inc. – FILLED

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