If you’re looking for a job, two great opportunities have been listed on the BikePortland Job Listings this past week.
Here’s the information:
- Management Trainee — Bike Gallery
- RiverFest Coordinator — RiverFest
Portland bike traffic up 28% over last year
Bike traffic in Portland.
(Photo © J. Maus)
(Photo © J. Maus)
The City of Portland is sitting on loads of interesting and important data about bike ridership. Full reports on summer bike counts at locations throughout the city and survey results from the City Auditor’s Office are all due out in the coming weeks.
However, a few numbers have trickled out of PDOT in recent days.
I’ll share a full look at the numbers once the reports are ready, but some of the early numbers I’ve gleaned from various sources are very exciting.
An annual survey compiled by the City of Portland Auditor’s Office (the Service Efforts and Accomplishments Survey) is set to reveal that 8% of Portlanders (citywide) now say that the bicycle is the mode of transportation they use to get to and from work.
Actor/advocate Matthew Modine will narrate Portland bike documentary
Actor Matthew Modine will narrate
Veer, a documentary about bike
culture in Portland.
(Photo © Dimitrios Kambouris/
WireImage.com)
Veer, a documentary about bike
culture in Portland.
(Photo © Dimitrios Kambouris/
WireImage.com)
The creators of Veer, a feature-length documentary film that chronicles the people and culture behind bikes in Portland, announced today that they’ve picked Golden Globe-nominated actor Matthew Modine to be the film’s narrator.
Modine is known for his role in Stanley Kubrick’s Full Metal Jacket (1987) and more recently as a recurring guest star on the Showtime TV series Weeds.
Modine is also no stranger to bicycling. He made headlines back in September when 14,000 people showed up for the launch of his Bicycle For a Day campaign in New York City.
Gladstone teen dies from injuries sustained in McLoughlin Blvd. collision
The intersection of Glen Echo and 99E/McLoughlin.
Google Map
Google Map
A 17-year-old boy passed away yesterday morning due to injuries he sustained in a collision with a car on Highway 99E/McLoughlin Blvd. in Gladstone (10 miles south of downtown Portland) just before midnight on Tuesday.
The Oregon State Police say the boy, Nicolas Levi Moreno, was attempting to cross McLoughlin Blvd. at SE Glen Echo Road when he was struck by a Honda Prelude driven by 49-year-old Philip Teters. Moreno was eastbound westbound on Glen Echo and Teters was driving north on McLoughlin.
Bike thieves, interrupted
Here are two tales of bike thefts that didn’t go quite as planned.
The first, sent in by a reader named Armando, comes from an all-too familiar spot — the loggia of the Portland Building. Here’s a photo of the suspect:
Keeping kids warm and dry on the bike
Marion Rice and daughter Gleneden
This article was written by our Family Biking columnist Marion Rice. For previous articles in this series, and for links to other articles and photos on family biking, check out the Family Biking Page.
Tonight (or online): Tell Metro where to spend $28 million in federal funds
Imagine the Willamette Greenway
Trail extending the Esplanade
to St. Johns.
(Photo: Scott Mizee/npGreenway)
Trail extending the Esplanade
to St. Johns.
(Photo: Scott Mizee/npGreenway)
It’s that time of year again when Metro seeks your comments on how they should spend millions of dollars in federal funds through their regional flexible funding program (also known as MTIP, the Metropolitian Transportation Improvement Program).
A key part of that process is gathering public comment so decision makers at Metro can make the most informed choices on how to spend $21.6 million. Sounds like a lot of money right? Well, the rub is that Metro has received applications for projects totaling $57.8 million — so that means they need your help to whittle down the list (JPACT, a Metro advisory committee has thankfully set a minimum of $7.2 million that must be spent on bike/ped projects).
Bureau of Planning: We need more time to look at 7 Corners
The Bureau of Planning has canceled a community workshop that would have began a discussion about a preferred strategy to tackle a re-design of the 7 Corners intersection (where SE Division, Ladd, 20th, and 21st streets converge).
PUMP announces annual Bike Swap Meet
The Portland United Mountain Pedalers have just announced their annual Bike Swap Meet event. Details and flyer are below…
The Pigeons have landed: Legendary Chinese bicycles now available in Portland
The Flying Pigeon (starts at $350) was an institution during China’s biking heyday. Now they’re available in Portland.
(Photos: Joe Doebele)
(Photos: Joe Doebele)
Preview party will welcome Madsen SUBs to Portland [Updated]
Get to know the Madsen SUB.
The Hollywood Bike Gallery store will host a preview party to welcome the newest addition to Portland’s growing cargo and utility-bike family — the Madsen Cycles Urban Utility Bicycle.
Advisory: ODOT crews working at Interstate/Greeley
ODOT maintenance crews have begun excavation work in preparation of the Brett Jarolimek memorial that will be installed at N. Interstate and Greeley.
Crews are installing paving stones and doing a general clean-up. ODOT wants everyone to be aware that their trucks will be in the vicinity as the work continues through this week.
The bike lane remains open, but please use caution when coming down that hill.