(Photo: Jonathan Maus/BikePortland)
Armless rider Michael Trimble launches GoFundMe to help pay for bike repairs
(Photo: Jonathan Maus/BikePortland)
(Photo: Jonathan Maus/BikePortland)
First look: New intersection treatment at NE 9th and Emerson
(Photos: Jonathan Maus/BikePortland)
Unhappy anniversary: The bike/walk spending increase bill is dead
A bill that would have increased spending on bicycling and walking infrastructure on the 50th anniversary of Oregon’s legendary “Bike Bill” has died in committee.
Jobs of the Week: Ride with GPS, Nomad Cycles, Northeast Community Center, Velotech
If you are looking for a foot in the door or a change of pace in the local cycling scene, you’ve come to the right place!
Learn more about each opportunity via the links below…
– Bike Mechanic – Nomad Cycles
– Bike Camp Counselor – Northeast Community Center
– Shipping Specialist – Velotech, Inc.
Job: Rails Developer – Ride with GPS
Job Title
Rails Developer
Company / Organization
Ride with GPS
Job Description
We are looking for an experienced rails or other backend MVC framework developer to join our growing team of cyclists working to help riders go on better rides, more often. Our core API powering both our website and mobile apps is based on rails (with a healthy dose of microservices for good measure), and we are looking for an experienced engineer who can hit the ground running. While rails experience is not required, the right person should have extensive experience with high traffic or other complicated, highly available web sites written using a modern MVC framework like Rails, Django, etc. More details available here: https://ridewithgps.com/careers/rails_developer
How to Apply
Review the job description at https://ridewithgps.com/careers/rails_developer then email careers@ridewithgps.com with a cover letter (in email body is fine) and resume attached. Please include information on your relationship to cycling, mapping, technology or other relevant interests. We look forward to talking with you!
Riders take note: River View Cemetery is sacred ground, not a training ground
Better bike lanes confirmed for key stretch of ‘Dirty 30’
(Photo: Jonathan Maus/BikePortland)
Oregon’s Highway 30 is an extremely important part of the cycling network, so we watch very closely for any opportunity to make it better.
You might recall last fall when we shared a hopeful story about how the stretch of what many locals call “Dirty 30” for its often debris-filled bike lanes could see cycling upgrades as part of a major Oregon Department of Transportation repaving project.
Now we’ve gotten our first-ever look at plans that confirm what the bike lanes will look like…
ODOT is already waffling on 82nd Avenue funding promise
OHSU’s new loaner bike program looks to hook riders
(Photo: Kiel Johnson/Go By Bike)
Bicycling is like a drug for many people: Once they try it they get hooked and can’t live without it. Oregon Health Sciences University (OHSU) is so convinced of this phenomenon — and of the benefits of cycling in general — they’re willing to loan people a bike at no cost in the hopes it leads to addiction.
Working in partnership with Go By Bike, the shop that runs OHSU’s massive bike valet under the Portland Aerial Tram, the program has secured a fleet of 22 loaner bikes. Any student, staffer, or contractor with an OHSU badge can take part in the program. Bikes are loaned for 30 days and the only requirement for participants is that they log bike trips at least twice a week via the internal MyCommute system.
OHSU Program Manager Jenny Cadigan says there are about 20,000 commuters eligible. She estimates between April and September they’ll work with over 100 people in the loaner bike program.
104 businesses sign letter asking for protected bike lanes on Hawthorne Blvd
(Photo: Jonathan Maus/BikePortland)
A project poised to repave and restripe a popular section of Southeast Hawthorne Blvd without bike lanes is set to begin next month and an activist who’s spent over a year pushing for them hasn’t given up hope.
Last week we received an email from Ben Manker-Seale, the owner of Focus Group Vintage on Hawthorne and 34th. It included a letter in support of protected bike lanes on Hawthorne Blvd signed by over 100 other Hawthorne Blvd businesses (see full list below). The legwork behind the list was Zach Katz, founder of Healthier Hawthorne, a grassroots group that has pushed the Portland Bureau of Transportation to install bike lanes on the street since April 2020. Katz has raised nearly $13,000 via GoFundMe to pay for a possible lawsuit against PBOT for their decision to not stripe bike lanes as part of the Hawthorne Pave & Paint project.