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Welcome to the weekly video roundup! Sure, it’s an icy mess in Portland right now, but I have some videos to entertain you and cheer you up.
Our first video (above) is the latest from Col Collective, which features Italy’s Colle delle Finestre. (the descent is posted, too; it’s very relaxed, no narration)
After the two deaths on Southeast Division Street Tuesday night, family members who have lost loved ones due to traffic violence want Portland City Council to take action.
As we reported earlier this week, Kim Stone and Krisy Finney-Dunney — two of the founding members of the local chapter of Families for Safe Streets — are feeling Wednesday’s deaths with a particularly heavy heart. That’s because the two fatalities happened in the same intersections on Division that claimed the lives of their sons.
Led by Stone and Finney-Dunn, seven other women who have lost a family member have stepped forward with a demand that the City of Portland, “expedite major changes in order to slow speeds and increase safety for all on outer SE Division St.”
Here’s the full text of the letter (emphases theirs):
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Wahoo… the buffered lane marker was finally added to NW 19th this week.
This Monday December 12th, thousands of women across America — and the people who support them — will join in a general strike and boycott. The protest is based in New York City and it’s intended to be a show of solidarity against the, “normalization of sexual assault, racism, sexism, homophobia, xenophobia, unconstitutional behavior, and hate promoted by our incoming administration.”
We had three job listings posted this week.
Learn more about each one via the links below…
–> Customer Service Representative – Stages Cycling – Indoor
–> Shipping Specialist – Velotech
–> Mechanic FT – Western Bikeworks
With a bit of snow yesterday and rain overnight, Portland is a sheet of ice this morning. Are you still riding?
This is the time of year where some of us need the encouragement of others to get out and brave the elements. We’ve got a few group rides that might be just what you were looking for. Or, if you’d rather stay cozied up and off the bike this weekend, you can peruse some sales or party for a good cause.
Whatever you do, watch yourself out there. As the song goes, “The weather outside is frightful.”
Portland’s cycling’s ecosystem got a big injection of new life on Sunday when 411 kids received their very first bicycle.
It was all part of the Community Cycling Center’s 21st annual Holiday Bike Drive.