It is Friday once again and that means at least one thing at BikePortland: JOB CREATION. Each Friday we feature on the front page the job listings sent in during the week. This week’s item is an Information Technology position with the Bicycle Transportation Alliance. If you know your VPN from your OSX and your … Read more
Job Title Technology Resources Manager This position has been filled. Company/Organization Bicycle Transportation Alliance Job Description Reporting To: Finance & HR Director Rate of Pay: DOE Status: Full-time, salaried with benefits Location: Portland, OR Posting Expiration: Until filled Start Date: Immediate Vision Statement: Bicycling transforms communities by reinventing transportation and offering solutions that help solve … Read more
Job Title Bike Safety Education Instructor This position has been filled. Company/Organization Bicycle Transportation Alliance Job Description Reporting To: Programs Manager Status: Non-exempt, temporary, part-time (20-30 hours per week) Location: Portland, OR Start Date: April 19th, 2010 End Date: June 11th, 2010 Posting Expiration: April 2nd, 2010 Vision Statement: Bicycling transforms communities by reinventing transportation … Read more
Rob Sadowsky, photographed in Washington D.C. last week.(Photo © J Maus) It’s been a big day for bikes in Portland. This morning City Council unanimously passed a funding plan that will give a $20 million “kickstart” to building bike boulevards identified in the 2030 Bike Plan. A few hours later, the Bicycle Transportation Alliance (BTA) … Read more
Rob Sadowsky, the new leader of Oregon’s largest bike advocacy organization.(Photo © J. Maus) The Bicycle Transportation Alliance has announced that Rob Sadowsky will be their new executive director. Sadowsky comes to the BTA from Chicago, where he is currently the executive director of the Active Transportation Alliance (formerly known as the Chicagoland Bicycle Federation).
Bringing control of speed limits to the local level is one law the BTA is considering.(Photo © J. Maus) At their Member Forum last week, the Bicycle Transportation Alliance shared a list of nine proposals they’re evaluating for the 2011 legislative session. Here’s their draft list of topics currently under consideration: Vehicular Homicide Local control … Read more
A breakout group at a BTA Advocacy Forum held in August.(Photo © J. Maus) Tonight from 5:30 to 7:30 in Northwest Portland, the Bicycle Transportation Alliance will hold the first of seven Member Forums. The BTA says this members-only event will allow their staff and board to discuss the issues that are “relevant and important … Read more
From Wweek.com. Power to the Pedal is the title of the cover story in this week’s Willamette Week newspaper. The story was written by Nigel Jaquiss (who won a Pulitzer for investigative reporting in 2005) and it focuses on how the Bicycle Transportation Alliance figures into the current state of bicycle advocacy in Portland. The … Read more
Graphic from the Too Po’ Fo’ Alice event website. As a reaction to the high price of tickets for the BTA’s Alice Awards & Auction fundraising gala, a group of well-meaning Portland bike activists have announced their own version — the “Too Po’ Fo’ Alice Potluck.” On the event’s Facebook page, organizer of the potluck, … Read more
Job Title Bicycle Safety Education Instructor, Eugene Company/Organization Bicycle Transportation Alliance This position has been filled. Job Description Job Title: Bike Safety Education Instructor Reporting To: Program Manager Pay Rate: $14.00 per hour Status: Seasonal, part-time, non-exempt Location: Primarily the Eugene area with occasional trainings in Portland Job Timeline: March 7th through June 30th with … Read more
Poyourow at Build It launch.(Photo © J. Maus) Portland Mercury News Editor Matt Davis reported last night that Michelle Poyourow of the Bicycle Transportation Alliance is rumored to be leaving the organization soon. Here’s the opening of that story: “Rumors are swirling that the lead local advocate for the Bicycle Transportation Alliance will soon announce … Read more
Gerik Kransky(Photo: OLCV) The Portland-based Bicycle Transportation Alliance (BTA) has hired Gerik Kransky to be their new Advocacy Campaign Manager. Kransky, age 30, was previously outreach director for the non-profit land use group 1000 Friends of Oregon and has also worked with SOLV and the Oregon Chapter of the Sierra Club. Back in October, Kransky … Read more
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