“Incredible. This was absolutely a surprise. For anyone who’s been watching her rise through the ranks this is something you dream of happening you just don’t expect it to happen so soon.”
In case you haven’t heard, this Friday (9/20) is the big Climate Strike in Portland and around the world. Inspired by 16-year-old Greta Thunberg and other youth organizers, the event aims to get people to stop talking about climate change and start taking action. Friday’s event will kickoff with a rally at City Hall followed … Read more
Sunday night around 8:00 pm someone who was walking in the Cully neighborhood near the intersection of Northeast 45th and Lombard died in a collision with someone driving a car. This is the third fatality in the Columbia/Lombard corridor in 2019 and it comes as the Portland Bureau of Transportation is working on a plan … Read more
Job Title Full Time Bike Share Technician Company / Organization Holy Spokes Job Description Holy Spokes is seeking a reliable and self-motivated individual to assist with day-to-day operations for a 400-bike bike share system on a corporate campus in Beaverton. Duties include: -monthly and bi-monthly inspection and mechanical repairs to bike -keeping fleet batteries properly … Read more
Welcome to the week. Here are the most noteworthy items we came across in the past seven days…
Last night I learned the buttes overlooking east Portland are full of hidden gems that are much easier to appreciate with an experienced guide.
Looking for a new place to spread you cycling wings? We’ve got five great job opportunities that just went up this week. Learn more about each one via the links below… –> Speedvagen Customer Service – Speedvagen / The Vanilla Workshop –> Customer Service Representative – Stages Indoor Cycling
It’s not easy to make an Oregon Department of Transportation official sound like a progressive on any transportation issue; but that’s exactly what U.S. Congressman Peter DeFazio did at a House Transportation Committee hearing in Washington D.C. yesterday where the veteran lawmaker’s skepticism around congestion pricing was on full display.
All the events fit to print.
The five-year progress report for the Portland Bicycle Plan for 2030 is five years overdue. That seems like a fitting allegory for the general lack of urgency and institutional respect for cycling in Portland city government right now. At last night’s meeting of the PBOT Bicycle Advisory Committee, city bicycle coordinator Roger Geller unveiled a … Read more
