Curb cuts are a great start! But repairing W. shouldn’t happen without safety upgrades, sidewalk widening, transit priority, and BAT lanes. This street is my neighborhood’s main street; it should be a welcoming, safe, and beautiful place instead of a suburban driver’s shortcut for Hwy. 26.

Portland Bureau of Transportation@pbotinfo.bsky.social · yesterday

This work will begin a multi-year effort to repair failing pavement on West Burnside Street between NW 24th Pl and 2nd Ave. The corridor is a designated Emergency Transportation Route for the city, serving ambulances & other first responders. Sign up for email updates: Portland.gov/WBurnsidePaving

Wife: The trash is overflowing. Can you-- Me: Well I can't take it out but here's what I'll say. We need a strong trash can. And I'm committed to reforming the kitchen so the trash doesn't pile up

I'm not the first person to say this, but the bike industry in the U.S. is really missing a huge opportunity by not aggressively defending and promoting e-bikes. I think this is largely the result of it being an industry built on recreational cycling and not transit riding.

Excited to share @portlandmercury.com 's climate issue, which is out online and in print today. The issue includes stories about personal climate grief and despair, Portland's culpability in the crisis, and the people who want to help. (Plus more!) www.portlandmercury.com/climate-issu...

Welcome to the Mercury’s Climate Issue - Portland Mercury

The climate crisis is upon us, and its impacts are both depressing and deeply harmful. Here in Portland, more and more of our summer days are spent avoiding wildfire smoke, extreme heat, or both. Even...

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PBOT plans to repave High Crash Corridor W Burnside w/out immediate safety upgrades due to ‘critical paving needs.’ Either PBOT doesn’t see loss of life as a critical safety need or they prioritize paving over safety. Human lives shouldn’t be sacrificed for driver convenience @pbotinfo.bsky.social

Join me, sports economists @jcbradbury.com & @victor-matheson.bsky.social with co-host @councilormorillo.bsky.social on the economics of publicly funded stadiums. The term sheet is coming with limited information provided to us on the Moda Center renovations. Let’s discuss. zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: The Economics of Publicly Financed Arenas with City Councilor Mitch Green and Angelita Morillo. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email abo...

The Moda Center remains top of mind as we approach the City’s August 12th vote on a term sheet, but how can we reach a fair deal for Portlanders? What are the potential costs and benefits of publicly ...

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Summer squash is underwhelming. Very little taste, relatively low in nutrition. It’s something to accommodate.

A small act of kindness toward someone vulnerable just went viral, proof that you do not need grand gestures to make a real difference. Sharing food, helping a hurt animal, aiding a stranger, this is

@pbotinfo.bsky.social is at this public works committee saying that no transformative elements on W Burnside rebuilt b/c the rebuild will be phased. I’ve played this game before. Repaving will happen, in 5 years when no one’s paying attention the transformative elements will get quietly cut.

Millicent Williams - director of PBOT was interviewed by OPB and said her goal was for Portland to be the penultimate city for biking in the entire country by 2030. Pretty sure she knows what ‘penultimate’ means.

When I see "Waymo saves lives" op-eds, I always do a quick search to see what the author has written extolling protected bike lanes. Or automatic speed cameras. Or road diets. The results are always the same: Nope. Nada. Zilch.

A coalition of Portland neighborhood associations and transportation advocacy groups are sounding the alarm about a recently-announced pavement resurfacing project on West Burnside Street.

Transportation Advocates and Neighborhood Groups Seek a “Better West Burnside” - Portland Mercury

A coalition of Portland neighborhood associations and transportation advocacy groups are sounding the alarm about a recently-announced pavement resurfacing project on West Burnside Street.  The projec...

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new political axis just dropped

I want 98% less discourse on naughty e-bike riders and 98% more discourse about e-bike camping setups that are this dope.

Momentum Magazine@momentummag.bsky.social · last mo.

Imagine towing your own tiny camper behind your bike, then unfolding it into a comfortable place to sleep wherever the ride ends. What once sounded like a novelty is quickly becoming a real option for cyclists looking to travel farther while carrying less. momentummag.com/the-best-bic...

the minnesota 15, indicted by the federal government for their work against ICE, leave the federal courthouse in downtown minneapolis after their first appearances and are joined by supporters waiting outside

I am once again asking you to consider how AVs affect sprawl, congestion and emissions. This study of Boston found that AVs would increase total driving ~40% & reduce transit use by ~10%. (Many people would switch to AVs from transit and/or move away from the CBD.) papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Unfortunately, politicians and sports broadcasters keep convincing gullible citizens that stadium deals are economic drivers for the region. We keep getting scammed. www.currentaffairs.org/news/taxpaye...

Taxpayer-Funded Sports Stadiums Are a Massive Scam

With daily life getting more expensive for working-class people, why are sports owners still being handed subsidies for publicly-funded stadiums?

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Too big by every possible measure.

Mayor Mamdani at the Knicks Ceremony: “We as the city are often forced to come together in the moments in tragedy, what a blessing it is to come together in a moment of joy.” Made me cry, because it’s true.

Stating the obvious: everything Trump accuses the democrats of (rigging elections among too many other things to list) he himself is doing. Aggressively.

Maridee was a 76-year old Vashon Island resident who rides with Rainbow Riders and was in attendance at a trans-support rally at City Hall just last month, as highlighted in this article. We've truly lost a great member of the community.

Trans rights supporters rally in Seattle, march on City Hall

Saturday's march came after the Seattle LGBTQ Commission announced it had written a letter asking city leaders to do more to help transgender people.

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If you think buying an electric car is an effective way to address the climate crisis or environmental degradation you’ve been duped by the auto industry. The only real solution is getting as many cars as reasonable off the road and ensuring active and public transit systems are at potential.

No More Freeways began filing lawsuits over the Rose Quarter project in 2019. After many ODOT withdrawals, re-filings and delays our day in court has arrived. Our first trial begins on Monday at 9am in room 14B of the Multnomah County Courthouse!

The evolutionary purpose of grief is saving life. Not only do we stifle its full expression by enforcing emotionally flat social conformity, we don't encourage the wielding of grief to inspire harm reduction NEARLY enough. We're meant to SAVE lives by exposing our whole heart through the tears.

Joe: I am a 73 year-old retired mechanic in Forsberg, Nebraska. My 3 biggest problems are Iran's uranium enrichment capability, the casting of Helen in Christopher Nolan's "Odyssey," and the ability of Tennesseeans to check out "Roots" from a library 1000 media outlets: can we please talk at length

I don't know that this sentiment is growing so much as I think vehicle occupants are too often overlooked when we talk about fatalities & serious injuries. 1/2

Henryz_mom@sarahmrisser.bsky.social · 4mo ago

There seems to be a growing sentiment that it is somehow more traumatic or more fatal if you are killed in road traffic outside of a vehicle. As if the violent death is all around easier if the victim is in a car. And that justice is served for people killed or injured inside vehicles. Guys. No.

2/2 My casual comparison of law enforcement-reported serious traffic injuries v. trauma registry data (medical experts) suggest cops are even less accurate at assessing serious injury for vehicle occupants than for bike/ped.

There seems to be a growing sentiment that it is somehow more traumatic or more fatal if you are killed in road traffic outside of a vehicle. As if the violent death is all around easier if the victim is in a car. And that justice is served for people killed or injured inside vehicles. Guys. No.

It's an effort to bring people together in a beautiful place during anxious times and a way to honor National Poetry Month bikeportland.org/2026/04/07/v...

View 'Poetry Along the Columbia River Gorge' by bike this weekend

The poetry and art exhibit is the work of a longtime Gorge cycling advocate.

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The rest of the world should probably collectively stand up to the U.S. right now, tbh