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Job: Everything – Seven Corners Cycles

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Job Title
Everything…

Company/Organization
Seven Corners Cycles!

Job Description
Seven Corners Cycles has one opening for a full-time, seasonal sales/mechanic/phone-answering superhero. You MUST be client-focused. Not in the corporate buzzword kind of way, but in the “this is my natural self” kind of way. Seriously. You also need to possess a general mechanical aptitude that you can apply directly to bicycles. We expect that you can do bicycle work efficiently and happily. Finally, we expect you to ride bikes and love Taylor Swift. This makes you much more interesting to talk to.

We will require you to work a split schedule. You will probably have Monday and Wednesday off. Employment is guaranteed through the end of September, with the possibility of extension.

In return, you will be receive the following- free beer (21+), free soda (20-), free coffee, probably a bunch of free lunches, wholesale pricing on bike parts as long as we still like you, AND a competitive-ish hourly wage. Oh, AND you get to work next to Trevor Spahr all day, which requires no further explanation.

How to Apply
EMAIL your resume to 7cornerscycles@gmail.com. Please resist the urge to call!

THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST!

Path under construction will link Springwater system to central Gresham (photos)

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The new two-mile trail is funded mostly by regional flexible funds allocated by Metro at the request of east Multnomah County governments.
(Photos: M.Andersen/BikePortland)

Though it’s possible to get between central Gresham and the Springwater Corridor by bike lane, there’s never been a truly comfortable link between the two, or first-rate bike connection between Gresham’s central business district and the dense Rockwood area. That’s about to change.

Gresham is building a wide new paved path alongside the MAX tracks between the Cleveland Avenue station, at the eastern end of the Blue Line, and the Ruby Junction station where many TriMet trains stop their runs to go out of service.

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Multnomah County car registration is down 8% since 2007, and isn’t rebounding

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Why look back?
(Photo: J.Maus/BikePortland)

The Great Recession has left plenty of marks on the Portland area. Here’s one of the happier ones: so far, at least, a lot of the cars aren’t coming back.

The number of registered passenger vehicles in Multnomah County peaked in 2007, a review of 16 years of state records shows. After the economy began shrinking in early 2008, passenger vehicles per resident started a rapid slide, landing 9 percent lower by 2012. Finally, in 2013 and 2014, the local economy began a relatively rapid rebound out of one of the sharpest local downturns in the country.

But in those two years, the number of vehicles the average Multnomah County resident registers has edged back up just 1 percent.

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Community Cycling Center vows to continue New Columbia, Cully programs despite grant cuts

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The New Columbia Bike Hub opens in 2012, offering basic bike repair tools, assistance and equipment loans in the North Portland development.
(Photos: J.Maus/BikePortland)

In 2008, Portland’s nonprofit bike shop kicked off an initiative to be known for more than reliable used bikes and Christmastime giveaways. And it succeeded.

The Community Cycling Center‘s 2010 report Understanding Barriers to Bicycling, based on interviews with dozens of residents of the New Columbia and Hacienda low- and mixed-income housing developments, is regularly cited around the country as a key piece of research about the ways bicycling decisions vary by race and ethnicity.

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Citing environmental concerns, City says no to mountain biking at River View Natural Area

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Allowed until March 16th.
(Photo by J. Maus/BikePortland)

A memo released today by Commissioners Amanda Fritz and Nick Fish, laid out a new future for River View Natural Area.

And that future, we’re sorry to report, does not include mountain biking.

The City of Portland does not think that mountain bike riding is compatible with their conservation goals and says all biking at River View must cease on March 16th. This is a stunning blow to off-road bicycling advocates who had set their sights on River View as a key trail-riding area that would also feature a family-friendly skills course.

The memo references several environmental concerns that led to the decision, including endangered fish species that rely on the 146-acre parcel’s seven streams that flow into the Willamette River.

Here are the key parts of the memo:

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Momentum Magazine looking for contributor to Portland city guide

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Our friends up in Vancouver BC at the fabulous Momentum Magazine are looking for someone to put together their upcoming Portland City Guide feature. Check out the details below:

We’re looking for a someone to help us with gathering info for the text side of things, the what to do, where to ride, how to get a bike, where to eat/sleep, etc. To accompany, we’re also looking to gather some relevant images — a half dozen or so used at most. Our focus in the images isn’t 100% ‘bike’, more city travel and lifestyle imagery. And existing work is good, too, if recent.

Here are two good examples of how it plays out online — the print version takes up a page, sometimes two.

http://momentummag.com/city-guide-minneapolis-st-paul/
http://momentummag.com/city-guide-victoria/

If this sounds like something you or someone you know could do, get in touch with David Niddrie via email at photo@momentummag.com.

The Monday Roundup: Edmonton’s Freezeway, Uber for trucks & more

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Ice skating transportation.
(Image: Edmonton Freezeway)

Here are the bike-related links from around the world that caught our eyes this week:

Skate to work: Edmonton has released renderings of its Freezeway proposal: ice-skating route by winter, separated bikeway by summer.

Uber for trucks: It’s arrived. Can it reduce truck volumes and cut freight costs?

Belay that order: After Salt Lake City required that fast-food restaurants allow biking through late-night windows after their floors close, the State of Utah is considering overruling the city.

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Comment of the Week: The case against a bike path alongside I-84

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A rendering of a possible Sullivan’s Gulch Corridor.
(Rendering: Nick Falbo, Alta Planning + Design)

Biking on a flat off-road path is terrific. But biking on many first-rate streets might be better.

That’s the argument made on Wednesday by reader Terry D-M, at least. In the midst of the heated discussion over whether the Portland Bureau of Transportation needs an equity and inclusion manager, Terry offered a comment that seemed a little off-topic at first but eventually circled directly on point.

The job of an equity manager, Terry argued, would be to help people such as the members of the city’s volunteer Bicycle Advisory Committee escape the involuntary blinders that he thinks caused them to neglect infrastructure outside the central city in favor of (in his view) expensive luxuries like the long-planned Sullivan’s Gulch Corridor between the Rose Quarter and NE 21st.

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Thoughts on lawmakers who “just want to start a conversation”

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In light of Oregon House Representative John Davis’s bill that would mandate what type of clothes people would have to wear while riding a bicycle, I want to re-post some thoughts I published back in January 2011.

Back then, we were covering a very similar situation where Oregon legislator Mitch Greenlick wanted to “start a conversation” about bike safety by sponsoring a bill that would have made it illegal to carry a child of six years or younger on the back of a bike or in a trailer (yes, you read that right).

Here’s the post. It’s just as relevant today as it was back then…

Study first, then make new laws (if necessary)

Published January 2011

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Oregon lawmaker wants to punish people who bike without reflective clothing – UPDATED

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Rep. John Davis.

*Scroll down for update with comments from Rep. Davis.*

A member of the Oregon House has introduced a bill that would require all bicycle riders in Oregon to wear reflective clothing. Representative John Davis (R-District 26) introduced House Bill 3255 this morning.

According to the text of the bill, Davis wants anyone caught riding a bicycle, “on a highway or on premises open to the public” without wearing reflective clothing to be punished by a maximum fine of $250. The bill also dictates that the clothing is, “including but not limited to a reflective coat or reflective vest.” The new law would only apply to people riding bicycles at night (between sunset and sunrise).

The new offense, “Failure of a bicycle operator to wear reflective clothing,” would be a Class D traffic violation.

Similar bills have been introduced in California, Wyoming and South Dakota. In California, Senate Bill 192 mandates helmets for all ages and reflective clothing, but carries a maximum fine of just $25.

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