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Job Title Bike Delivery Rider Company/Organization Old Town Pizza – NE location Job Description Portland’s landmark pizzeria has opened a new location in Northeast Portland and is looking for an experienced bike rider to deliver pizza and help out in the restaurant. We’re searching for someone who bikes frequently and has restaurant experience. At Old … Read more
“No device is more in keeping with the American spirit than the automobile… they are freedome machines.”–Terence P. Jeffrey, Editor-in-Chief of CNS News Service. Terence P. Jeffrey, a columnist with the non-profit Cybercast News Service has penned an interesting article that calls Americans’ languishing love affair with the automobile a “worrisome sign for those who … Read more
BIKE PORN 2: BIKEXPLOITATION 21+ Clinton St Theater, SE 26th Ave and Clinton St Take Trimet 8:45pm – 10:45pm The return of the single most desirable evening of bicycle sexuality presented in vivid digital tape. *BIKE PORN 2: bikexpolitation* A program of sexy bike shorts from a variety of artists on the theme, “bikexploitation” For … Read more
“He was definitely making a racket and making it loud intentionally… he was trying to get people’s attention.”— John Henry Dale, a witness to the Phil Sano Tasing incident On Tuesday night, 31 year-old John Henry Dale was waiting for a bus at SE 7th and Morrison when he heard screaming and the buzzing of … Read more
The Portland Business Alliance has just released their 2007 Downtown Portland Business Census and Survey and the results show a 20% rise in the number of people who commute by bike. The survey — which included businesses, government entities and non-profit organizations — found that 6% of downtown employees got to work by bike (last … Read more
The bike industry believes in Obama.(Photo © J. Maus) Bicycle Retailer & Industry News magazine (known as BRAIN) reports this morning that in a meeting yesterday with bicycle industry representatives, Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama said if eleceted he would, “increase funding for cycling and pedestrian projects.” Obama held a private, 20-minute meeting with members … Read more
Looking for a bikey job? Beaverton-based Yakima Products has an opening for a customer service rep and Old Town Pizza needs a bike deliver rider at their new location on NE MLK Jr. Blvd. Both jobs were listed this week on the BikePortland Job Listings. See below for more information (and good luck if you … Read more
A sunny, carfree SE Hawthorne Blvd.(Full gallery here)(All photos by Jonathan Maus) Over 350 people on bikes, in all manner of costumes, stretching seven city blocks on an otherwise normal Thursday evening… sounds like Pedalpalooza is here! All types of folks showed up to partake in the bike fun tonight. I saw trikes, tandems, tall-bikes, … Read more
Robert Pickett(Photo © J. Maus) The article below was written by Portland Police Officer Robert Pickett. Pickett — who regular readers know by his user name “PoPo” (he’s a regular commenter and member of the Portland Bike Forums) — is a former member of the SE Precinct Bicycle Patrol Unit and now works in the … Read more
“In my view, the Columbia River Crossing (CRC) debate is less about building a bridge and more about debating a right-sized project that is multi-modal, that won’t bankrupt our transportation funds, and won’t promote sprawl by increasing auto use. In addition, for cyclists, it’s about creating a world-class bicycle and pedestrian facility.” That’s the opening … Read more
A scene from last year’s parade.More photos here(Photos © J. Maus) Tonight is the annual Pedalpalooza Kickoff Parade. If you want to bear witness to the wonderment (is that a word?) that is the Portland Bike Scene and/or take part in a rolling celebration of all that is beautiful about human-powered transportation, you should not … Read more
The blue Hummer that led to the suspect.(Photo © J. Maus) The two parties involved with a road-rage incident in Northwest Portland back in January now want to put the whole thing behind them. On the afternoon of January 21, Collin Whitehead was riding his bike when claimed he was “assaulted, threatened with a softball … Read more