Before we jump off into another weekend of great riding, how about some inspiration from the last one?
Multnomah County and Metro recently worked together to construct a nice new piece of the 40-Mile Loop on NE Marine Drive in Troutdale. And it’s not the only sign of progress for riding in this area — which happens to be a popular gateway to the Historic Columbia River Highway.
Go By Bike Manager & Advocate
Go By Bike
Go By Bike’s mission is to create the best start and finish to people’s bike trip. We are looking for a bike valet manager who can also help us improve the parts in between. The manager will be responsible for ensuring the valet is running smoothly and managing and supporting valet staff. They will also be charged working to build coalitions around new active transportation projects in Portland.
This is a year-round permanent position for which we are seeking a long-term commitment. We are looking for someone who is committed to making Portland a place where riding a bike is available to everyone. The position is for someone who is self motivated, dependable, and has a flexible schedule.
Go By Bike Responsibilities:
-Each week visit the valet at least two times in the morning and two times in the afternoon
-Cover for staff when they are sick or on vacation
-Manage staff scheduling for the bike valet, hire and train new staff, and do staff check in’s. Cover shifts until all shifts are filled.
-Run payroll every other week
-Purchase shop supplies and keep shop clean and organized
-Perform monthly deep cleans
-Ensure bike share bikes are being checked monthly and system is working properly
-Attend monthly OHSU transportation meetings to update OHSU on valet activities
-Ensure we are fulfilling OHSU contract requirements
-Assist customers in after hour bike retrieval
-Work to increase shop repairs and sales
-Contact new potential bike valet locations
-Expected to work 30 hours a week
Bike Advocate Responsibilities:
-Coordinate with PBOT staff on upcoming projects and make list of projects where support is needed
-Knock on doors and talk to residents and businesses along route and build coalition of support for projects
-Lead and promote weekly slow roll ride on Green Loop
-Attend project open houses and invite coalition to attend
-Design and hand out window and yard signs of support for project
-Coordinate with PBOT staff and other advocacy organizations on how to improve advocacy
Compensation: $25,000/year salaried.
Two weeks off in summer and one week off in winter plus holidays.
Please write a cover letter explaining why you would like the position and what you would hope to achieve with it. Please describe how you would handle the unpredicatbility of covering shifts during our hours of 6am to 8pm mon-fri and how this fits in with your 2-5 year goals.
Send a resume and cover letter to gobybikeshop@gmail.com
Columbia County will get another bicycling boost thanks to Travel Oregon and the City of St. Helens.
Bike Mechanic wanted
Bike Gallery
The Bike Gallery is now hiring for an experienced bike mechanic. We have both FT & PT positions available.
Service technicians must be highly skilled in the maintenance and repair of a wide variety of bicycle makes, models, and component parts. It is also an expectation that service technicians will keep current with new technology and changes in equipment design. Prefer 2 years experience & UBI certification. A positive attitude and willingness to work hard are also important qualifications.
Other Qualifications:
– strong customer service skills
– ability to work as a part of a team
Both permanent and seasonal positions are available. Permanent full-time employees are offered a full benefit package that includes medical/dental/vision insurance & 401(k) with a match as well as Aflac and Flex spending accounts.
Send resume to BGresumes@bikegallery.com
Editor’s note: This piece by former BikePortland news editor Michael Andersen is cross-posted from Sightline Institute. If you’d like to get involved in shifting tens of millions of dollars from parking garages to other ideas like protected bike lanes, affordable housing or bus improvements, there’s an important 15-minute public comment period coming up Monday, 9:10 a.m. at Tigard City Hall.
The people planning the Portland area’s next light-rail line seem to be steering away from a scenario where taxpayers pour $100 million of precious public-transit funding into a series of giant parking garages.
But unless the public speaks up in the next month, it’s possible that a handful of elected officials will push to build the garages along the “Southwest Corridor” through Southwest Portland, Tigard and Tualatin anyway—despite a mountain of evidence that spending the money on bus service, infrastructure for walking and biking, and transit-oriented affordable housing would do far more to improve mobility, reduce auto dependence and cut pollution.
NOTE: This is an unedited news release written and published by the Portland Bureau of Transportation.
Everyone’s podcasting these days… including your local police officers.
The Portland Police Bureau launched a new podcast today. The ‘Talking Beat’ aims to provide, “Thoughtful conversations that… will inform and provide you with a small glimpse of the work performed by Portland police officers as well as issues affecting public safety in our city.” Among the first three episodes unveiled today included a discussion about transportation issues.
Traffic Division Sgt. Ty Engstrom and Ofc. Chris Johnson joined the host for a wide-ranging chat that included topics like distracted driving, visibility of walkers (or lack thereof), why people are allowed to speed without being cited, and more. (You might recall that Sgt. Engstrom was recently featured in our story about stop sign enforcement at Ladd Circle.)
Below are a few salient excerpts:
A notoriously high-stress intersection in southwest Portland with a dubious crash history will get a $2.1 million update that will include new traffic signals, crosswalks, bike lanes and medians.
Weekend Sales Associate
West End Bikes
West End Bikes is looking for a Part-Time Sales Associate. Candidates must have retail sales experience and be able to work Saturdays and Sundays. The ideal candidate will have Bike Shop sales experience as well.
Send a cover letter and your resume to sales@westendbikespdx.com
The Oregon Department of Transportation is in desperate need of new leadership. Thankfully, the Oregon Transportation Commission is moving full steam ahead in their search for a new director.
The OTC’s search committee — led by Vice Chair Bob Van Brocklin, a lawyer with Stoel Rives LLP — has published a draft version of the job description and will accept public comment on it until this Thursday, May 9th. Below are a few salient excerpts from the description:
The OTC seeks a new chief executive that will manage ODOT through significant change…
For the past 12 months Portland resident Kevin Hyland has worked 40 hours a week on a big dream: He wants to bring the UCI Road World Championships to Portland in 2026.