4/25: Hello readers and friends. I'm still recovering from a surgery I had on 4/11, so I'm unable to attend events and do typical coverage. See this post for the latest update. I'll work as I can and I'm improving every day! Thanks for all your support 🙏. - Jonathan Maus, BikePortland Publisher and Editor

Job: Bicycle Delivery Riders – Jimmy John’s – Lloyd/Irvington

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Job Title

Bicycle Delivery Riders

Company / Organization

Jimmy John’s – Lloyd/Irvington

Job Description

The locally owned and operated Jimmy John’s in NE Portland (Lloyd District) is looking for Bike Delivery Drivers with a sense of urgency and a GREAT personality. We are a fun, outgoing but very hard working bunch that are focused on delivering the best sandwiches in the shortest amount of time (in-shop or delivery).

We have many shifts available:
M-F lunch rush shifts (2, 3 & 4 hour shifts…even 1 hour can be doable if that’s what you’re looking for)…so If you have 1 or 2 hours a day during our lunch rush (11:00am-1:00pm), we always need that type of help.
Evening shifts (5-9:30pm)
Weekends (all shifts)

Delivery Drivers’ primary responsibility is to deliver sandwiches to customers in the designated delivery area. Drivers are expected to check all products for accuracy against quality standards and delivery products to customers in a safe, courteous and timely manner. Drivers will also work as an in-shopper when no deliveries are scheduled. This is a part time position.

Duties and Responsibilities:
• Take phone orders and complete delivery tickets in a courteous and timely manner
• Deliver sandwich orders to customers in a safe, courteous and timely manner in established delivery area only
• Accepts payment from customers for orders
• Works with management at the end of the shift to reconcile cash from delivery sales
• Makes fast, accurate and consistent sandwiches
• Complies with all portion sizes, recipes, and all systems and procedures
• Maintains cleanliness and sanitation of the restaurant including all tables, floors, windows, beverage station, restroom, etc
• Greets customers and takes orders – operates cash register – collects payment from customer and makes change
• Executes blow away greetings and farewells
• Fills out system and procedures with 100% accuracy and integrity
• Maintains professional appearance at all times in compliance with the Jimmy John’s Dress Code
• Displays a positive and enthusiastic approach to all assignments
• Performs other related duties as required
• Acts and speaks in a professional manner
• Treats everyone they encounter with respect

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
Position requires bending, standing, pedaling and walking the entire workday. Must be at least 18 years of age, have an approved helmet, working brakes, safety lights & must follow all bicycle traffic laws of the city of Portland, OR.

Characteristics we’re looking for:
Outgoing & positive personality
A sense of urgency in everything you do
Lead by example
Self-Motivated

How to Apply

Apply in Person or APPLY ONLINE: https://jjpdx.wufoo.com/forms/jobs/

Weekend Event Guide: Historic Highway, criterium, Rough Stuff Ramble and more

The path on 17th Avenue makes a very fine connection between Portland and Milwaukie.
(Photo: J. Maus/BikePortland)

The weekend is right around the corner and we’ve got a few ride suggestions for you.

Just imagine, you could have never explored Milwaukie (a great city just south of us) or the Columbia River Gorge before this weekend — and by Monday you’ll be an experienced veteran.

Check out this week’s menu of rides and events below. And have a great time out there…

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NW Trail Alliance signs lease to manage 3,000-acre parcel north of Portland

Lease boundary map. Multnomah Channel and Sauvie Island are on the right.
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Portland-based nonprofit Northwest Trail Alliance has signed a lease agreement with Weyerhaeuser that allows them to manage nearly 3,000 acres of forested land between Highway 30 and Skyline Road just 15 miles north of Portland City Hall.

To put the size of the parcel into perspective, it’s roughly equivalent to a section of Forest Park between the Thurman gate in northwest Portland and the St. Johns Bridge.

This is literally and figuratively a very big deal.

Known as the Rocky Point parcel because it straddles Rocky Point Road, the land offers a trove of opportunities for both gravel and singletrack trail riding. The northern part of the property (about 20% of total land on the lease) is already a well-known spot for mountain biking with access via turnouts on Rocky Point Road; but the trails are informal, undeveloped — and due to forestry operations — access is often closed without warning.

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Job: Customer Service Representative – Stages Cycling

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Job Title

Customer Service Representative

Company / Organization

Stages Cycling

Job Description

ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Provide pre- and post- sales technical support for Stages Cycling products to domestic consumers, dealer accounts, and independent sales representatives.
• Provide timely and accurate sales support to our domestic consumers, dealer accounts, and assigned outside sales reps by entering orders, answering questions, and providing guidance on sales programs.
• Provide timely and accurate technical support to our domestic consumers, dealer accounts, and outside sales reps by answering questions, walking them through troubleshooting processes, and processing warranties as needed.
• Support consumers, dealer accounts, and assigned outside sales reps with technical and sales related questions with both pre- and post- sales of Stages products.
• Direct new dealer accounts to the sales representative in their region
• Communicate with customers via inbound and outbound phone calls
• Communicate with customers via internet contact
• Interact with other departments in Portland and Boulder office through appropriate channels
• Work directly with warranty team to achieve timely resolution as needed
• Respond to customer service “tickets” submitted via email, the website, and occasionally social media
• Maintain accurate customer data and product issue data in ticketing system
• Provide exceptional customer experience in all communications with customers
• Stay up to date on internal communication regarding our product updates, relevant competitor products, industry developments, internal processes, customer facing processes, warranty and other technical support processes, trouble-shooting techniques, and other relevant information
• Participate in Customer Service team meetings and trainings
• Other tasks and projects as assigned
*Designates non-essential job responsibilities

QUALIFICATIONS AND EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
• Knowledge of and experience with common bicycle drivetrains and components, especially in regard to bottom bracket standards.
• Able to walk customers through mechanical troubleshooting processes in manner that enables them to perform troubleshooting effectively.
• Able to empathize with frustrated or emotional customers in a manner that calms them down and works towards a productive solution.
• High level of organizational skills.
• High level of flexibility and creative problem solving.
• Ability to work independently and self-manage duties and tasks.
• Ability to use customer management and order processing systems, with training.
• High level of communication and interpersonal skills, including high-volume telephone and written correspondence.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively with customers or employees of Foundation Fitness/Stages Cycling.
• Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts and percentages. Ability to apply concepts of basic math.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

PREFERRED SKILLS
Experience with Customer Service communicating via phone and email, Knowledge of bikes and bike parts, Experience with word, Spreadsheet, and inventory software.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY
This position does not have any supervisory responsibility

WORK ENVIRONMENT
This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Foundation Fitness will make reasonable accommodations requested.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to sit or stand; use hands to finger or handle objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; talk and hear; read and see near objects. The employee must occasionally lift or move office products and supplies, up to 20 pounds.

POSITION TYPE/EXPECTED HOURS OF WORK
This is a full-time in-office position. Core office hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. This position may require overtime.

TRAVEL
Travel is not required for this role.

ADDITIONAL NOTES
We offer a competitive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, 401(k) matching, Flexible Spending Account, Paid vacation and holidays, free access to our fitness center, and product discounts.
We encourage all interested applicants to apply and welcome applicants of any race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability or genetics. We are committed to evaluating candidates based on job qualifications. We will make reasonable accommodations as requested.

How to Apply

Apply through our Career Portal: https://workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/default/mdf/recruitment/recruitment.html?cid=76fae983-265f-42c9-a457-2ef38025ecc6&ccId=19000101_000001&type=MP&lang=en_US

Portland bikepacker finds and saves man stranded in remote Oregon Outback

An ambulance kicks up dust en route to help a man who was stranded in the remote Oregon Outback. A Portlander who happened to be biking by erected his tent to give him shade.
(Photo: Tomas Quinones)

Portlander Tomas Quinones loves to find adventure on his bike. While out on a bikepacking trip in a remote section of southern Oregon last week, he found a lot more than he ever bargained for.

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Bill’s passage will lead to more oversight of TriMet crashes

Familes for Safe Streets advocate Darla Sturdy (right) stands with Governor Kate Brown and House Rep. Barbara Smith Warner following the vote on SB 1053.
(Photo courtesy Darla Sturdy).

The dogged determination of one advocate has forced TriMet to create a new committee to review all injury and fatal crashes involving their vehicles.

Darla Sturdy, a volunteer with Families for Safe Streets, turned anguish over her son’s death in 2003 into activism that has now led to passage of two bills through the Oregon Legislature. In 2007 she passed a bill requiring TriMet to study and create recommendations for how to make dozens of light-rail crossings safer. That bill became law four years after her 16-year-old son Aaron Sturdy-Wagner was killed while biking through one of them.

And on June 30th of this year, Sturdy’s bill passed just one hour before the end of the session. Senate Bill 1053 establishes a seven-member TriMet Crash Advisory Committee. Originally intended to be completely independent of TriMet with members appointed by the Oregon Transportation Commission, the final bill allows the agency’s general manager to appoint the members. The bill also mandates that committee members must come from a wide variety of experiences and professional expertise including: a disability rights advocate, a biking and walking advocate, a government agency staffer, a vision zero expert from Portland, and a TriMet board member.

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Weekend Event Guide: E.T., OUCH, RACC, AVC and more

The Gorge looked fine as ever last weekend.
(Photo: J. Maus/BikePortland)

Grab these summer days and squeeze real hard because you never know how long they’ll last. And another thing… it’s going to be hot this weekend so plan accordingly (as in remember the water and sunscreen!).

Check out this week’s menu of ride and event suggestions below…

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Robert Van Brocklin named head of Oregon Transportation Commission

Robert Van Brocklin.

The Governor-appointed body that oversees the Oregon Department of Transportation has a new leader.

ODOT announced today that Robert Van Brocklin will be chair of the Oregon Transportation Commission. Brocklin will fill the spot of current Chair Tammy Baney whose term ends August 31st.

Van Brocklin is a Portland resident who formerly worked as a managing partner for Stoel Rives LLP, Oregon’s largest law firm. He has also worked for the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation and was the Director of Government Affairs for the City of Portland. Van Brocklin joined the OTC in November 2017.

One of the many organizations Van Brocklin has been involved with is the Portland Business Alliance where he currently serves as a member of their Board of Directors.

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