We’ve had three fantastic job opportunities posted this week. Start the new year with a new job in our local bike industry! Check out the details in the job listings below… Women’s Cycling Dept. Manager — Bike N Hike Shipping and Logistics Manager — Velotech, Inc. Front End Manager — The Vanilla Workshop
Job Title Women’s Cycling Dept. Manager Company/Organization Bike N Hike (Portland store) Job Description Do have a passion for cycling that you want to share with others? We want to hear form you! Bike N Hike’s flagship store in Portland is now accepting resumes for the position of Women’s Dept. manager. We are looking for … Read more
Job Title Shipping and Logistics Manager Company/Organization Velotech, Inc. Job Description Velotech, Inc (home of BikeTiresDirect and Western Bikeworks) is one Portland’s fastest growing companies. We are seeking a Shipping and Logistics manager to oversee shipping and inventory management operations in our main warehouse located near PDX. This individual will manage a team of approximately … Read more
An SUV speeds by acycle track in Beaverton(Photos: Will Vanlue) After I shared photos of a psuedo-cycle track in Tigard, and when I visited an actual two-way cycle track in Eugene, some of you contacted me to share your experiences with a cycle track in Beaverton, about two miles south of Tualatin Valley Highway. I … Read more
OHSU introduced its popularfree bike valet program in 2011(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) released its Bike Program Report for 2011, including results from their member survey and an update on their online trip log. As John Landolfe, OHSU’s Transportation Coordinator, says at the beginning of the report, “2011 was a … Read more
A new section of the Fanno Creek Trailstarts on SW 105th Ave in Beaverton(Photos: Will Vanlue) A missing section of the Fanno Creek Trail, nearly a decade in the making, is nearing completion. The new section of trail will connect from where the Fanno Creek Trail now ends at Denny Road to where it picks … Read more
Bob & Shane in front ofEugene’s DeFazio Bridge(Photos: Will Vanlue) Should a city focus on big, high-profile facilities or should they focus on building a network of safe, low-stress connector streets and trails if they want to make riding a bike safer and easier? It’s a chicken-or-egg sort of conversation I got into with Shane … Read more
Much has changed in“Track Town USA”(Photos: Will Vanlue) Before last week I hadn’t ridden my bicycle much in Eugene since Martha Steward and Busta Rhymes appeared on TV together. I grew up in Eugene and occasionally rode my bike to school when I was younger. Unfortunately that stopped when I got my driver’s license and … Read more
Are these road markings legal?(Photos: Will Vanlue) If you’ve ridden through Tigard (about 10 miles south of downtown Portland) recently you might have seen short white stripes in front of storm drains in the vicinity of Tigard High School. The stripes are placed in front of grates sunken a couple inches into the pavement. Dropping … Read more
Andando en Bicicleta en Cully (ABC)will bring bike classes to NE Portland(Image: Community Cycling Center) Here’s the news that caught our eyes this past week… – Gridlock is so bad in Murcia, Spain that city has offered a lifetime public transit passes in exchange for turning in your car. Instead of destroying the vehicles, the … Read more
Proposed alignment for theTonquin Regional Trail(See the full map in a PDF) Back in 2006, Metro-area voters approved a natural area bond measure which identified the Tonquin Regional Trail (a series of routes connecting Tigard, Tualatin, Sherwood, and Wilsonville) as a priority for development. Planning kicked off in 2009 and recently the Project Steering Committee … Read more
Hal Ballard, executive director of the Washington County Bicycle Transportation Coalition, will help shape the plan.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) Earlier this week the Washington County Board of Commissioners took a major step towards updating the county’s Transportation Plan by appointing two new committees. One is a 22-member Interagency Coordinating Committee (ICC) representing Washington County’s local … Read more
Comment of the Week: We need more public restrooms downtown