Lower than 24 hours after Yi-Kang Hu was named Metropolis of Tigard’s new mayor, he was on the Metzger Elementary Faculty bike bus and celebrating Stroll and Roll to Faculty Day by chalking bike symbols on the pavement at an area park. Sure, Tigard’s new mayor rides a motorcycle — and never only for photo-ops.
A former Tigard metropolis councilor, Mayor Hu was voted into his new function Tuesday night time by fellow councilors after former Mayor Heidi Lueb resigned final month.
This morning I acquired a message from reader Shawne Martinez, a Tigard resident, member of the Tigard Transportation Advisory Committee and devoted local weather change and biking advocate. “Mayor Hu has attended many bike occasions and neighborhood rides. It’s nice to have a Mayor who will really be on a motorcycle usually!,” Martinez shared (I may hear the thrill oozing from his phrases).
Mayor Hu’s Instagram account (@YiForTigard) is stuffed with him on his Batch e-bike — from this morning’s Stroll and Roll festivities at Metzger Elementary, to a put up again in January after a chilly experience into work when he shared, “What a stunning morning for a motorcycle experience!” In October 2024, Mayor Hu posted a photograph of 1000’s of bicycles parked in Taipei, Taiwan and wrote: “For the previous few days, I’ve been touring across the metropolis solely by bus, subway, and prepare, and I completely love the clear, inexpensive, and stress-free expertise.”
Mayor Hu was born in Taiwan and immigrated to america together with his household as a baby. He’s a lawyer with a B.A. diploma from Reed Faculty, a Ph. D. from Oregon Well being Sciences College and a regulation diploma from Lewis & Clark Faculty. Hu will function mayor till the tip of 2026. Study extra about him on the Metropolis of Tigard web site.
