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It is Friday, the day we feature new job openings listed on the site from the past week.
The good folks at Bike Gallery are looking for retail sales staff. Both full-time and part-time positions are available.
For detailed information including duties and how to apply, here is the link:
Year: 2007
Brand: Giant
Model: OCR3 sm ?
Color:Blue
Size:Womans Sm
Serial: CS660456
Stolen in Portland, OR 97215
Stolen:2010-02-22
Stolen From: Stolen from a building near Mt. Tabor.
Neighborhood: Mt. Tabor
Owner: Callie Goodman
OwnerEmail: CallieGu@gmail.com
Description: Blue Road Bike. The right front brake/gear is tilted inward slightly from a recent spill. A black rack over back tire.
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike
Exactly one year ago today, newly elected City Commissioner Nick Fish made a bold proclamation about the future of mountain bike access in Forest Park. Following an unprecedented groundswell of community enthusiasm and activism calling more bike access in the 5,000 acre urban natural area, Fish told me, “I think there is a need and there is a demand and my job is to see how we can make that happen. I’m not interested in delaying this.”
Fresh off his election to City Council and as the newly appointed commissioner in charge of the Parks bureau, Fish said he brought a “fresh look” at the situation. He continued:
“My interest is not in studying this to death, it’s seeing what we can actually do. I assume everybody comes to the table in the good faith. I am committed to finding ways to significantly expand our current inventory of single track trails.”
Tonight from 5:30 to 7:30 in Northwest Portland, the Bicycle Transportation Alliance will hold the first of seven Member Forums.
The BTA says this members-only event will allow their staff and board to discuss the issues that are “relevant and important to your community.” At an Advocacy Forum event held last August, the BTA focused on bike safety.
The Portland Police Bureau are investigating a collision that claimed the life of a woman last night as she tried to walk across SE 39th near Powell Blvd at around 6:20 p.m. last night. The woman was struck by someone operating a motor vehicle.
Not many other details have been released yet, but according to witnesses on the scene, the woman was not in a crosswalk or at an intersection when she was hit.
On Tuesday, representatives from Sanyo North America Corporation gave Portland Mayor Sam Adams an Eneloop electric-assist bicycle.
The Eneloop made a big splash at the CES trade show in Las Vegas back in January, leading Treehugger.com to say it “might be the bike that transitions us to electric assist bikes as a more primary form of transportation than cars.”
Year: 2009
Brand: Scott
Color:Black
Size:Med
Stolen in Portland, OR 97209
Stolen:2009-08-24
Stolen From: My bike was locked and the Wyatt condo building in the Pearl.
Neighborhood: The Pearl
Owner: Kim Culver
OwnerEmail: kculver1204@gmail.com
Description: It is a black and grey womens bike with a light pink water bottle holder.
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike
Year: 2007
Brand: Jamis
Model: Aurora
Color:Copper/Ivory
Size:53cm
Serial: U6YU19814
Photo: farm3.static.flickr.com/2069/2100589753_a9639.
Stolen in portland, OR 97212
Stolen:2010-02-21
Stolen From: close in NE Portland
Owner: katy guetschow
OwnerEmail: katyguetschow@gmail.com
Description: All factory, except added front fender, some damage due to the wreck which resulted in its theft…
Police reference#: T10001008
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike
A new study by NASA and a bill passed by the Oregon Senate yesterday have at least one thing in common. They both sound the alarm that transportation-related greenhouse gas emissions (a.k.a. too many cars and trucks on the road) are harmful to the planet and they need to be curtailed.
The NASA study analyzed emissions based on economic sectors (as opposed to the more commonly studied individual chemical causes) and found that “motor vehicles emerged as the greatest contributor to atmospheric warming now and in the near term.”
Noted transportation reporter Dylan Rivera was among 37 employees laid off by The Oregonian today.
Rivera was The Oregonian’s main reporter on the complex and sometimes controversial Columbia River Crossing project. His most recent article (published this morning) focused on a report by the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy that featured Portland’s downtown parking policies. Rivera has also written many bike-related stories — from bike parking at Portland State University to Sunday Parkways.
As a follow-up to their video and reporting on a new wall erected by the Oregon Department of Transportation on 82nd Avenue in Northeast Portland, fledgling activist group The People’s Department of Transportation has issued a “call to action” and recruitment video (watch it below) to garner attendees for a follow-up event.
According to a statement just released by the People’s DOT, this Friday during the evening rush hour teams of volunteers will help citizens cross 82nd Avenue at crosswalks at and near the transit center adjacent to the new wall. PDOT is encouraging people to show up dressed in costumes. An email recruiting volunteers to help with the action said, “suggested attire is an orange jumpsuit, formal dress, or a chicken suit.”
Got some great news from Eugene-based bike advocate (and juggler) Mike Seager the other day. He and a few other volunteer contributors have launched WeBikeEugene.org, “a site that could be described as Eugene’s version of BikePortland.”
Mike’s the editor of the site and he’s also a member of GreyMatter Jugglers, “Eugene’s only bicycle powered circus troupe.” He’s joined by his wife Kendra Seager, the site’s copy editor, and noted bike advocate Shane Rhodes. Rhodes is one of the founders of Kidical Mass who won an Alice Award last year for his work on Eugene’s Safe Routes to Schools program. Alexander Hongo, a teacher and mechanic at the University of Oregon’s Bicycle Program, is also on the staff roster.