Jobs of the Week
This week’s job openings feature two exciting opportunities… Salesperson/Mechanic Extraordinaire — Renovo Hardwood Bicycles Temporary Seasonal Consumer Service Rep (Full-Time) — Yakima Products, Inc.
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Weekend Event Guide
Yes, you really can move anything by bike. Photo by portlandpedalworks in our Flickr group. There’s a full lineup of really fun events this weekend. Weather forecast inconclusive — whatever you do, stay warm and safe and enjoy yourself!
Leftbank hopes to spur action on traffic woes
Joanna Agee hopes The Leftbank Building can help spur traffic safety improvements.(Photos © J. Maus) The fast and busy Broadway and Weidler avenues between the Broadway Bridge and Interstate 5 are like two fast-moving rivers that pose a formidable challenge to anyone who dares cross them. These are multi-lane arterials that funnel onto the freeway … Read more
Update on disappearing bike lane case: Judge, victim, lawyer respond
No paint, no (legal) protection?(Photo © J. Maus) When bike lane striping disappears through an intersection, does the legal standing of a person operating a bicycle in that lane also vanish? Last month, Multnomah County traffic court judge Michael Zusman ruled that it does and the decision has left many people confused and concerned. We … Read more
2030 Bike Plan: Final version released; activists chart course
(Photo © J. Maus) Yesterday the Bureau of Transportation released the final version of the Portland Bicycle Plan for 2030. This version reflects many changes — some large, some small — to the public comment draft released back in October. Meanwhile, the Bicycle Transportation Alliance and a new activism group, TransConPDX are gearing up for … Read more
Oregon House, Senate Committees will hold hearing on Vehicular Homicide
Next week at the Capitol Building in Salem, the Senate and House Interim Judiciary Committees will hold a joint hearing. Part of the informational meeting will include “invited testimony” on the concept of Vehicular Homicide. Invited to be at the hearing are Bicycle Transportation Alliance board member Doug Parrow will be there, as will Portland … Read more
Cornett not the only Council candidate with bike cred
Last week I shared a story about Jesse Cornett, the former PSU staffer who’s making a run to fill Dan Saltzman’s seat on Portland City Council. I met Cornett on an organized bike ride (a common place to meet council candidates these days), but I also heard through the grapevine that he was highly savvy … Read more
New bike shop in Sellwood opens Friday
Love the shadow.(Photo: Eric Deady) Portland’s Sellwood neighborhood is on a roll. Their new bike boulevard opened last month (although it’s not 100% done yet) and now a new bike shop, Bike Commuter, is set to open this Friday. Bike Commuter is located at 8315 SE 13th Street, just south of Umatilla, which is the … Read more
Celebrate the New Year on-air with the KBOO Bike Show this morning
Party at KBOO!(Photo © J. Maus) It’s becoming a tradition on the KBOO Bike Show to open up the studio doors on the first show of the year. This year is no different — local band No They Do will be playing live (Blind Pilot played last year), free coffee and treats will be on … Read more
A new “transportation conversation” in Portland
For a variety of reasons, activist rumblings have been surfacing recently around Portland’s bike and transportation advocacy scene. The city’s main advocacy group, the Bicycle Transportation Alliance, is without an executive director and seeking a new direction at the same time as the City’s Bicycle Plan for 2030 readies for adoption. Last month, about 40 … Read more
City offers free tune-ups and Safe Routes to School trainings this month
Families join a PBOT traffic engineer for a walkabout outside Trillium Charter School on N. Interstate Ave.(Photo © J. Maus) The City of Portland Bureau of Transportation does a lot more than than just build bike infrastructure. They also have one of the best Safe Routes to Schools programs in the country and they do … Read more
Portland-based TerraCycle acquires Windwrap Fairings
TerraCycle Inc., a locally based designer, manufacturer, and retailer of specialty recumbent parts and accessories has acquired Windwrap Fairings. Windwrap makes fairings (a.k.a. windscreens) out of Lexan plastic and is a well-known brand in the recumbent world. Mark Mueller, founder of the company that makes Windwrap Fairings, started the business in 1998 and has always … Read more