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New wayfinding signs will help guide neighbors to Gateway Green (PBOT)

This just in from PBOT…

Friends of Gateway Green achieves major milestone in increasing access to park.

Gateway Green wayfinding signs have been installed! Many thanks to Tom Badrick, Linda Robinson, and the army of community volunteers who saw this project through. Funding for preliminary planning and siting was provided by Prosper Portland. The signs were designed by Propel Studio. The last $5,000 to print and install the signs came from People for Bikes community engagement grant as part of PBOT’s Gateway to Opportunity project. Throughout these past 2 years, Friends of Gateway Green have been championing this effort to provide increased signage to help Portlanders more easily access Gateway Green Park by foot and bicycle. This was truly a team effort and we are so appreciative for all who made these 20 signs possible.

Pictures are courtesy of Tom Badrick.

Portland’s adaptive bike rental program will return in 2018

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Portlander Diedre Hall at the launch of the service in July.
(Photo: J. Maus/BikePortland)

After its initial run, the Portland Bureau of Transportation is calling their Adaptive Biketown program a success and plans to bring it back this spring.

The program launched in July of last year and ran through the end of October. According to PBOT stats released last month, there were 59 total rentals to 27 unique participants.

One of the people who used the service was Chris Pangilinan. He was profiled in a PBOT blog post and said the experience, “Opened up a whole new world for me to explore Portland, spend time with friends, and get exercise.” Here’s more from Panilinan via PBOT:

Chris surprised himself when he and his friend Jeff Mack rode all the way to Milwaukie and back (over 11 miles!). For Chris, being able to ride is “hugely important… It’s indescribable what the freedom is like to get on a bike if you’ve never been on one before. Most people take it for granted, because they grew up on one, but to go from wheelchairing and riding buses to actually riding a bike is just a whole new level. And I’m not even going to even try to describe it, because I can’t, you have to go do it yourself to understand!”

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The Monday Roundup: MAMILs not so bad, auto pollution reality, and more


Big plans: Berlin is the latest city to unveil a bold infrastructure plan that will vastly improve bicycling conditions. By 2025 the city will aim to build 62 miles of “cycle superhighways” and 100,000 new bike parking spots. Existing bike lanes will be “rigorously protected by bollards.”

Welcome to 2018! Hope everyone had a fruitful and fun holiday.

Here are the best stories we came across over the past week or so (keep in mind I haven’t kept up as carefully as usual since before Christmas).

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Job: Safe Routes To School Program Coordinator – Community Cycling Center (FILLED)

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Job Title *
Safe Routes To School Program Coordinator

Company/Organization *
Community Cycling Center

Job Description *

Start date: January 16th, 2018
Reports to: Ira Dixon, Program Manager
Status: Hourly, part-time (20 hrs/week) through June 2019
Location: Portland, OR
Compensation: $15.50-$17.00/hr
Benefits: PTO; Employee discount & Used Parts Allowance
Organizational Overview

We love Portland and bikes. So we put our two loves together over 20 years ago, creating a nonprofit organization on a mission to broaden access to bicycling and its benefits.

Our vision is to help build a vibrant community where people of all backgrounds use bicycles to stay healthy and connected. We believe that all Portlanders—regardless of income or background—should have the opportunity to experience the joy, freedom and health benefits of bicycling. This is the motivation behind everything we do.

In addition to delivering dynamic programs that benefit underserved communities, we operate a full-service bike shop in NE Portland that is staffed by highly experienced mechanics from diverse cycling backgrounds. Combined, our programs and shop services help riders build their skills and confidence; empower young people to ride to school and adults to ride to work; offer educational opportunities for teens to earn school credit; and support everyone in riding for health and recreation. We also collaborate with numerous community partners to generate pathways to employment and engagement within the growing bicycle movement by training new educators, leaders, advocates and mechanics.

Our goal is to help create a healthy, sustainable Portland for all community members.

The Community Cycling Center is an equal opportunity employer and strongly values diversity, equity and inclusion. Individuals with diverse backgrounds, abilities and experiences are encouraged to apply.
Job Summary

We believe there is a better way to deliver programming with our partner communities. We believe in asking the community themselves instead of prescribing solutions.

The Safe Routes to School Coordinator will work closely with the Collaborations Program Manager to deliver on the goals of the Regional Travel Options’ Community Centered Safe Routes to School grant. They will collaborate in and with the communities of Rosa Parks and Cesar Chavez Schools to assess current barriers to safe access to school and after-school programming. From the information gathered, they will help adapt and update curriculum to fit the needs of the community. They will then work with instructional staff to deliver biking, walking, and transit education and programming for youth and families of the schools.
Essential Functions

Please note that the percentage indicators below represent an estimate of how much time each week will be spent fulfilling these functions. In terms of importance, all areas are valued equally.

Outreach (15%)

Collect surveys and aggregate data on the current conditions of school access to inform our program development
Communicate regularly with school staff, service providers, parents, and student stakeholder groups
Support focus groups with stakeholders to better understand the conditions and barriers to active transportation

Program Development (15%)

Work closely with department leads to adapt existing programming and develop new programming to meet the needs of Rosa Parks and Chavez families
Work with partners to identify appropriate curriculum and activities for walking and transit programming
Package curriculum for delivery

Deliver Bicycle, Walking, and Transit Programming (70%)

Support hiring process for additional instructor(s)
Participate in the lesson planning and delivery of programming
Provide support for Instructors
Track outcomes and learning objectives
Participate in quarterly grant reporting

Qualifications & Characteristics

Required

Proficiency in Spanish and English; Ability to speak, read, and write Spanish and English
2 years of experience in service delivery or program coordination
2 years of experience in education with school age youth up to 12 years old from immigrant and/or Black/African-American families
Experience engaging the school community beyond the student
Oriented towards teamwork and community building
Love of bikes and active transportation
Demonstrated commitment to the progress of diversity, equity, and inclusion

Preferred

Lived experience with mixed income housing, Title 1 schools, immigration, and/or communities of color
Existing relationships with Rosa Parks and Cesar Chavez schools and communities or other North and Northeast School communities

How to Apply *
Please submit cover letter and resume with “PT SRTS Coordinator” as the subject title to jobs@communitycyclingcenter.org.

Please apply by 5:00pm Pacific Time on Wednesday, January 10th.

Is it icy where you are? Open thread for road conditions

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The approach to the Broadway Bridge from N Interstate. Brr.
(Photo: J. Maus/BikePortland)

Hi everyone. Hope you’re enjoying the holiday season.

Once again, the start of winter came with a flurry in Portland. While some people rejoiced at the festive mood made possible by a Christmas Eve snowfall, others probably saw it as just a hassle that made getting around town nearly impossible.

After last year’s drubbing from multiple snow and ice storms, the City of Portland vowed to be better prepared. They came out with a new Snow and Ice Plan and promised to be more attentive to street conditions. We’ve also noticed that the Office of Neighborhood Involvement wants to hear your stories, “on how lingering snow and ice impact the accessibility, livability, and safety of Winter Portland.”

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Catherine Ciarlo named manager of PBOT’s Active Transportation and Safety Division

Ciarlo at the Oregon Active Transportation Summit back in February.
(Photo: J. Maus/BikePortland)

Catherine Ciarlo, a familiar name in Portland planning and transportation circles, has been chosen to lead a key division within the Portland Bureau of Transportation.

PBOT announced Friday afternoon that Ciarlo is the new Active Transportation and Safety (ATS) Division Manager. She takes over the position left vacant in October when former division manager Margi Bradway left PBOT for a job at Metro.

The ATS division is one of five division in PBOT’s Policy, Planning & Projects group and is responsible for many of the programs we cover frequently here on BikePortland including: Safe Routes to School, Vision Zero, Sunday Parkways, SmartTrips, and more.

In an email about the hire sent to PBOT staff on Friday, PBOT Director Leah Treat said, “Catherine brings the creative and collaborative leadership PBOT needs to continue to support and invest in active transportation and safe travel for everyone on our streets. Her background in transportation policymaking and innovation in the private and public sector is the perfect combination to continue the strong momentum PBOT has established in our citywide Vision Zero effort.”

Ciarlo has been a senior project manager at the consulting firm of CH2M Hill since 2012. That job has kept her very close to PBOT thanks to current and recent contracts to work on Vision Zero, Safe Routes to School, and Central City in Motion. Prior to her consulting work, she served as Portland Mayor Sam Adams’ transportation policy director. Ciarlo is also a former member of the Portland Planning Commission and she was the executive director of The Street Trust (then the Bicycle Transportation Alliance) from 1998 to 2005.

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The Monday Roundup: Serious diversion, Elon’s rough week, ‘hostile’ bike racks and more

Hi everyone. Hope you’re enjoying a warm and festive interlude between Christmas and New Year’s — and surviving the first ice/snow of the season.

Here are the best stories we came across last week…

No slowin’ car culture: Road & Track Magazine has quite a driver-centric perspective on safety: Slow speeds kill more people, and traffic calming measures makes drivers frustrated and even more dangerous.

Oh Elon: Tesla CEO Elon Musk had quite a week. He bashed public transit, sparked a Twitter rebellion that ended up in The Guardian, and then got into a childish and superficial criticism of a very respected expert on the topic. Here’s aforementioned expert Jarrett Walker summing it all up.

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Jobs of the Week: Community Cycling Center, OBRA, Ride with GPS, Trisports, Velotech

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December has proven to be a busy month for local bike industry job openings. We’ve got some great opportunities in the latest roundup.

Learn more about each one via the links below…

–> Promotional Email Coordinator – Velotech

–> Retail Manager – Community Cycling Center

–> Assistant Camp Manager – Community Cycling Center

–> Bicycle Mechanic – Community Cycling Center

–> Sales Associate – Trisports

–> Customer Service Manager – Velotech

–> Customer Advocate – Ride with GPS

–> Executive Director – Oregon Bicycle Racing Association (OBRA)

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Job: Bicycle Mechanic – Community Cycling Center (FILLED)

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Job Title *
Bicycle Mechanic

Company/Organization *
Community Cycling Center

Job Description *
Reports to: General Manager
Status: Full Time; however, work days vary
Location: Portland, OR
Compensation: $14.50 to start
Benefits: Health, dental and vision within 30 days, PTO after 90 days, access to 401k, Labor and Used Parts Allowance

Organizational Overview
We love Portland and bikes. So we put our two loves together over 20 years ago, creating a nonprofit organization on a mission to broaden access to bicycling and its benefits.

Our vision is to help build a vibrant community where people of all backgrounds use bicycles to stay healthy and connected. We believe that all Portlanders—regardless of income or background—should have the opportunity to experience the joy, freedom, and health benefits of bicycling. This is the motivation behind everything we do.

In addition to delivering dynamic programs that benefit underserved communities, we operate a full-service bike shop in NE Portland that is staffed by highly experienced mechanics from diverse cycling backgrounds. Combined, our programs and shop services help riders build their skills and confidence; empower young people to ride to school and adults to ride to work; offer educational opportunities for teens to earn school credit; and support everyone in riding for health and recreation. We also collaborate with numerous community partners to generate pathways to employment and engagement within the growing bicycle movement by training new educators, leaders, advocates and mechanics.

Our goal is to help create a healthy, sustainable Portland for all community members.

The Community Cycling Center is an equal opportunity employer and strongly values diversity, equity and inclusion. Individuals with diverse backgrounds, abilities and experiences are encouraged to apply.

General Position Summary
The Bicycle Mechanic is responsible for supporting the mission of the Community Cycling Center. This includes assessing, repairing, and refurbishing bicycles, assisting customers with choosing parts and accessories, as well as supporting our programs team. Under the supervision of the shop management team, the Bicycle Mechanic will work to consistently and efficiently deliver on the demands presented by our customers and programming efforts. This position will require technical proficiency, attention to detail, the ability to multitask, and to act as an ambassador for the Community Cycling Center.

Responsibilities
Assess and repair bicycles for customers; repair bicycles for retail sale and for use in our programs
Educate customers about the operation and maintenance of bicycles; assist with the purchase of bikes, parts, and accessories
Contribute to the retail environment–answer phones, restock shelves, and maintain a safe, clean, and organized work space
Work cooperatively with the rest of the team to meet the goals set forth by the shop management team
Moving and lifting bicycles up to 50 lbs. is a regular part of this job; however, reasonable accommodation can be made
Support fundraising efforts. This is an essential part of everyone’s job
Be a public supporter of the Community Cycling Center and represent the organization with positivity and consistency
Qualifications & Characteristics
Required

Ideal candidate has 5+ years of experience working in a high volume bike shop
Consistent attention to quality and detail
Ability to meet quantitative production and service goals as outlined by shop management
Effective communication
Ability to work in a collaborative environment
Commitment to and respect for equity, sustainability, and diversity
Preferred

Proficiency in Spanish
Familiarity with Lightspeed POS
Proficiency in ASL

How to Apply *
Send your resume, cover letter, and (3) references to Jobs@CommunityCyclingCenter.org. Please put “Bicycle Mechanic” in the subject line. No phone calls, please.

The Community Cycling Center is an equal opportunity employer. Individuals with diverse abilities and experiences are encouraged to apply.

Job: Assistant Camp Manager – Community Cycling Center – FILLED

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Job Title *
Assistant Camp Manager

Company/Organization *
Community Cycling Center

Job Description *
Reports to: Camp Manager
Status: Full Time, Hourly
Location: Portland, OR
Compensation: $15.50 – $17.00 /hr
Benefits: Includes health & dental. See below for complete list

Organizational Overview
We love Portland and bikes. So we put our two loves together over 20 years ago, creating a nonprofit organization on a mission to broaden access to bicycling and its benefits.

Our vision is to help build a vibrant community where people of all backgrounds use bicycles to stay healthy and connected. We believe that all Portlanders—regardless of income or background—should have the opportunity to experience the joy, freedom and health benefits of bicycling. This is the motivation behind everything we do.

In addition to delivering dynamic programs that benefit underserved communities, we operate a full-service bike shop in NE Portland that is staffed by highly experienced mechanics from diverse cycling backgrounds. Combined, our programs and shop services help riders build their skills and confidence; empower young people to ride to school and adults to ride to work; offer educational opportunities for teens to earn school credit; and support everyone in riding for health and recreation. We also collaborate with numerous community partners to generate pathways to employment and engagement within the growing bicycle movement by training new educators, leaders, advocates, and mechanics.

Our goal is to help create a healthy, sustainable Portland for all community members.

The Community Cycling Center is an equal opportunity employer and strongly values diversity, equity, and inclusion. Individuals with diverse backgrounds, abilities and experiences are encouraged to apply.

General Position Summary
Bike Camp is a summer educational program that allows young people to experience the independence and empowerment that comes from an adventure on two wheels. The Assistant Camp Manager is critical to the success of camp – the job is challenging and rewarding with the goal of maximizing camp registrations, developing the program, and providing solid support by responding to various situations that arise during a day at camp. This person will fill a variety of needs including managing registration, supporting families in their registration needs, and supervising staff in the summer. During the off season, the workload will shift towards reviewing the previous season and working to set up and improve the program for the following season. The ideal candidate would have experience in Bike Camp or other comparable youth programs, possess excellent customer service skills, be flexible and detail-oriented, and have supervisory experience.

Responsibilities
Please note that the percentage indicators below represent an estimate of how much time each week will be spent fulfilling these functions. In terms of importance, all areas are valued equally.

Registration lead for Bike Camp (20%)

— Online registration support and customer service for registering families
— Collaborate with the Communications & Marketing Manager to utilize website and social media to meet minimum fill rates
— Maintain the Bike Camp website

Pre- and Post-Camp Program Support (25%)

— Assist with program and curriculum development
— Assist Camp Manager with staff hiring and training
— Plan and procure materials for camp, including office supplies, camp merchandise, and educational tools
— Create and manage instructor schedule including substitute instructors
— Wrap up and review camp season with Camp Manager and Supervisor

Camp support (35%)

— Proactively support and supervise Bike Camp instructors
— Support weekly instructor check-ins and staff evaluations
— Act as main point of contact with participating families
— Act as Camp Manager or instructor as needed
— Scholarship Camp Program (10%)

— Act as the main contact for onsite scholarship participants and their family
— Support off-site scholarship camp program
— Support pre- and post-camp information tracking for grant purposes
— Other Organizational Support (10%)

Off season work may include projects supporting other departments in addition to Bike Camp work (October – February)

Qualifications & Characteristics

Required

— Strong customer service and communications skills through phone, email, and in person
— 2-3 years of experience with Bike Camp or comparable youth development, camp, and/or education program
— Skill with work planning, lesson planning, curriculum development, and creation of manuals
— Independent and creative problem solver
— Strong computer skills, including Microsoft Office programs and basic HTML
— Ability to work a flexible schedule (position will mostly work during normal business hours, but it may include work in the evening or on weekends a few times during the year)
— An enthusiasm for our programs and an understanding of mission-based, nonprofit work
— Demonstrated enthusiasm for our culture that values and respects diversity, equity, and inclusion
— Driver’s License required
— Criminal background check required
— Valid CPR/First Aid certification required prior to the first day of camp
— Preferred
— Spanish proficiency
— Educational experience with youth in Title 1 schools, mixed income housing, communities of color, and/or immigrant communities
— Experience leading group bike rides with either adults or youths
— Experience with Salesforce, WordPress, and/or Adobe Illustrator
— Basic knowledge of bicycles and their components

How to Apply *
Please submit a cover letter, resume, and three professional references by email with “Assistant Camp Manager” as the subject line to Jobs@CommunityCyclingCenter.org.

This announcement was originally posted on December 18th, 2017.

This position will be open until filled. We plan on scheduling interviews beginning January 3rd.