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Mayor, commissioner announce plans to push forward with ‘Transportation User Fee’ – UPDATED

Mayor Hales, flanked by Commissioner Novick,
Police Chief Mike Reese, PBOT Director
Leah Treat and others at the press conference
this morning.
(Photo J. Maus/BikePortland)

This morning at Kenilworth Park, Portland Mayor Charlie Hales and Transportation Commissioner Steve Novick announced their plans to bring a vote on their street fee to City Council on June 4th.

The monthly ‘Transportation User Fee’ will be $11.56 per single-family household, $8.09 for low-income households and will rely on a calculation based on trip generation for businesses.

At the press conference, Commissioner Novick handed out a statement that read, “If it’s good enough for Oregon City, it’s good enough for Portland.” $11.56 is the exact same amount Oregon City charges their households and the mayor of that city was the first to address the crowd this morning. “It’s been very successful for us, and I presume it will be successful for Portland.”

The fact that 28 other cities already have some type of street fee has been a major selling point of this potentially controversial effort.

Buffered Bike Lane with a bike symbol and arrow pointing forward

Year: 2013
Brand: Kona
Model: Dew Plus
Color:Silver
Size:61cm
Serial: AJ20417798
Stolen in Portland, OR 97215
Stolen:2014-05-16
Stolen From: 60th & SE Stark.
Owner: Kevin Clock
OwnerEmail: kjclock(replace with at sign)outlook.com
Reward: Case of PBR
Description: Pretty standard. Reflectors had been removed. Had Blackburn LEDs on handle bars and seat stem.
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: T14005364
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

How can Portland get to 25 percent biking? New web game lets you try

The existing condition.
(Click to enlarge, or click here to play the spreadsheet-based game.)

The City of Portland’s official goal for 16 years from today is for one in four commutes to happen by bicycle, up from 6 percent today.

As many people have observed, that’s a tall order. But an ingenious new web game from two local planning pros lets you put your own hand to it.

Ben, Liam and Campbell McLeod roll out of their driveway in Sellwood on their way to school this morning.
(Photos J. Maus/BikePortland)

This morning I joined Ben McLeod and his two sons, Liam (9) and Campbell (7) for their ride to school. They live in Sellwood, just a few blocks east of Sellwood Park, and the boys go to Cedarwood School in Lair Hill. The trip is just about four miles and it includes some of the best and worst biking conditions that Portland has to offer.

20s Bikeway Project advisory committee
meeting last night.
(Photos J. Maus/BikePortland)

The Portland Bureau of Transportation has closed the book (for now) on the public process for their $2.4 million federally funded 20s Bikeway Project. For the past nine months, the city has convened an advisory committee whose goal was to develop a plan for the north-south route. At the group’s final meeting in southeast Portland last night, members agreed to support PBOT’s current proposal which utilizes a mix of bike lanes, buffered bike lanes, and neighborhood greenway treatments on a corridor bound by 26th and 32nd Avenues from the Springwater Corridor to NE Lombard Street.

In Washington County, bike skeptic Bob Terry defeated
light-rail advocate Elizabeth Furse.
(Photos from campaign websites)

The cultural divide between Portland’s increasingly low-car-friendly inner suburban voters and its more auto-oriented exurban voters was visible in many of last night’s elections.

In Milwaukie, an inner Southeast suburb that a few years ago was locked in a battle over light rail, about 54 percent of voters turned down a chance for a protest vote. They also helped send their relatively liberal former mayor, who pushed light rail through, back to a seat on the conservative Clackamas County Commission.

Year: 2013
Brand: Giant
Model: City Escape
Color:gray
Size:medium
Serial:C3351139
Photo: http://imgur.com/DDrYzTv
Stolen in Portland, OR 97232
Stolen:2014-05-20
Stolen From: Portland Convention Center, Tuesday May 20th.
Neighborhood: Rose Quarter / Lloyd
Owner: Stephen Baker
OwnerEmail: bakes34@hotmail.com
Reward: $50
Description: Gray Giant City Escape, size medium. Has a holder for a U-lock on the vertical beam under the seat, as well as clips for front and back lights (though the lights were not on them when stolen), has fenders and a panier rack, round mirror on left handlebar. (Thief cut through the lock.)
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

light blue Kona Dew 2005

Year: 2005
Brand: Kona
Model: Dew
Color:light blue
Size:54cm
Stolen in Portland, OR 87218
Stolen:2014-05-18
Stolen From: apartment at 46th and Killingsworth
Neighborhood: Cully
Owner: Robin Elkin
OwnerEmail: relkin(replace with at sign)cybermesa.com
Reward: $150.00
Description: light blue frame, rest black, black plastic fenders (front repaired with metal plate), computer w/o module, old blue cordura pannier, front brake boss repaired with stud, back rack bent for lock insertion, f + r flasher mounts.
Police record with: PDX police
Police reference#: T14005208
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

black Kona Honky Tonk 2013

Year: 2013
Brand: Kona
Model: Honky Tonk
Color:black
Size:56
Serial: F1309C4908
Photo: http://2k13.konaworld.com/bike.cfm?content=honky_tonk
Stolen in Portland, OR 97212
Stolen:2014-05-17
Stolen From: 13th NE Tillamook
Neighborhood: Near Irvington
Owner: Peter Danielson
OwnerEmail: peterdanielson86(replace with at sign)gmail.com
Reward: negotiable
Description: The bike is a black Kona Honky Tonk is very good condition with light scratches on the frame. There was a lock attachment mounted on the bike under the seat.
Police record with: Portland PD
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Portland’s bike festival is upon us – enter your Pedalpalooza rides by Friday

Four of the best weeks of biking you’ll see anywhere start June 5, but they only happen because people like you create them.

Pedalpalooza, Portland’s annual open-source festival of bike fun, is welcoming anyone’s additions to its calendar until 11:59 p.m. this Friday, May 23.

Anyone can keep adding rides after that, but they won’t be printed in the hard-copy calendar that appears in the Portland Mercury.

This year’s official poster, at right, is by local artist Gesine Krätzner. The festival is organized, as ever, by the volunteer group Shift in partnership with its fiscal agent Umbrella and with financial support from the Mercury, Stumptown Printers and the Portland Bureau of Transportation.

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Job Title
Finance Manager/Accountant

Company/Organization
NUTCASE HELMETS

Job Description
NUTCASE HELMETS, the Portland-based helmet company that makes fun, stylish, and functional helmets for a variety of outdoor recreational activities is seeking qualified applicants for a FULL-TIME Finance Manager/Accountant. The primary role of this position is to support the overall profitability and financial strength of this small entrepreneurial business with international and domestic sales.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

· Generate and analyze financial statements, budgets and cash flow projections
· Fulfill daily accounting/bookkeeping responsibilities as well as oversight of all accounting functions
· Recommend product and customer gross margin mix for variety of product lines
· Manage cash flow; balance inventory purchasing with sales needs
· Negotiate annual insurance policies, regularly evaluate and manage ongoing business relationships with bank, distributors, vendors, warehouses, etc
· Educate and communicate with owners and staff about financial strategies
Successful candidates should be highly motivated, independent, strategic thinkers and excellent communicators. Must be a team player: flexible but can hold your own ground when necessary. MBA and NetSuite software experience preferred. Good sense of humor required.

Nutcase offers:
· Competitive compensation
· Great office atmosphere (& snacks!)
· Accrued PTO and Health Insurance after 90 days
· Staff of interesting characters who work hard and play hard

How to Apply
Please send resume and cover letter to employment@nutcasehelmets.com. We look forward to hearing from you.

red Soma ES 2013

Year: 2013
Brand: Soma
Model: ES
Color:red
Size:54 inch
Serial: tsfbg01137
Photo: http://imgur.com/gVjaeKA
Stolen in Portland, OR
Stolen:2014-05-20
Stolen From: McMenamin’s Edgefield
Neighborhood: Gresham/Troutdale
Owner: Alex Cohen
OwnerEmail: cohenaj(A T)gmail.com
Description: Green/turquoise tape on handlebars; front and rear black fenders; Continental hardshell tires
Police record with: Troutdale PD
Police reference#: 14-440919
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Mayor, commissioner announce plans to push forward with ‘Transportation User Fee’ – UPDATED

Silver Kona Dew Plus 2013

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Ride Along with the McLeod Family: Sellwood to Lair Hill

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gray Giant City Escape 2013

light blue Kona Dew 2005

black Kona Honky Tonk 2013

Portland’s bike festival is upon us – enter your Pedalpalooza rides by Friday

Job: Finance Manager/Accountant – Nutcase Helmets – FILLED

red Soma ES 2013

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