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🎉🎉🎉 great work!
Is there some reason we don’t use brick paving much anymore in America?
Wow! 36 of you have already submitted written testimony in support of an Inner Eastside for All! Thank you! It is incredibly important for Council to hear why ordinary Portlanders support more homes for all our neighbors! www.portland.gov/council/docu...
I watched the first ep of Daypass from @notjustbikes. You‘ll see plenty of transit but also the world’s worst public toilet and some amazingly cool steampunk machines. nebula.tv/videos/daypa...
If local governments want to provide relief from high gas prices RIGHT NOW:
1. Quick build bike and scooter lanes that are languishing as plans. Call it temporary, just cut the process theatre and make it happen. Get staff to scope more.
2. Flex general funding to run more transit service.
And then the Portland fire marshal will override it on safety concerns.
First bill of its kind in the US! 👏👏
Int’l code harmonization, cut out of this, was opposed by one (1) interest group: the Big Four elevator companies whose outsize profits are protected by the US’s unique code.
Let’s win the whole loaf in Oregon in 2027 & build the accessible homes we’ll need
One Tesla battery pack could be used to power 100+ electric bikes 🚲
Things can change, sometimes for the better.
I've found you need to follow a good amount of people to keep your timeline busy but once I did that, it worked fine for me.
OR in second place.
Alas. Unintended consequences with one size fits all mandates. That’s how perfect becomes the enemy of good. 🫠
I would love if nw 10th and 11th could be dedicated to ped/bike/rail. I own property on that street. Car traffic is minimal and it would make bike/rail so easy/pleasant. Remove three lanes, keep one local access lane for existing garages.
The DOJ released evidence, which the FBI deemed credible, that the President of the United States sexually and physically assaulted a 13 year old girl AND she was afraid to talk about it because Trump would kill her—and it’s somehow not the biggest scandal in American history?
Cars have gotten wildly expensive (and big!). Gas is extremely expensive. Single family homes with attached garages are unattainable in most metros. Transit and bike infrastructure are needed everywhere.
That ramp seems over engineered and doubles the footprint of the thing. A small ramp with no rails would look much nicer.
This is what ecocide looks like.
It’s becoming a problem for single-stair reform as well. Portland’s fire marshal is insisting (unreasonably, IMO) that four-story single-stair buildings are not allowed if a street has overhead power lines, because they could impede aerial ladder access www.portland.gov/ppd/document...
I’d be willing to bet a lot of money that Jersey barriers are significantly cheaper than this paint and plastic.
It’s not hardening if it doesn’t damage the car when hit. This plastic garbage is just more car infrastructure that’ll need replacement in a few weeks.
This report is excellent, worth reading for any regulator or policy maker who wants to understand why we still aren’t building affordable units In Portland.
You don’t need a lot of car lanes and parking if no one drives.
Fire safety standards should be drafted by public servants who report to our elected representatives. Those public servants should conduct research and use cost-benefit analyses to evaluate proposed code provisions.
Our codes should NOT be written by influence peddlers who pay to play.
Today I learned here in Portland teachers are being asked to either take 3 furlough days or cut 170 full time teaching positions. My son is in a blended class of 4/5th graders because they didn’t have enough money for another teacher. Fuck off
Hey Maine - Yall might want to consider this candidate for your Democratic primary. Ya know, someoke who isn't a Nazi.
bar chart showing china importing no LNG from the US for the past 4 months and almost no crude oil.
The rest of the world will learn an important lesson from China. Build out your renewables so you aren't as dependent on imported fossil fuels and the whims of idiots.
"China’s imports of three major energy products from the US hit almost zero in June"
An image titled "The Podcast Charts" from Spotify, displaying a ranked list of the Top 10 Podcasts in the United States. The list is presented against a dark blue background with gold and green accents: The Joe Rogan Experience – Joe Rogan (indicated as trending up) The Daily – The New York Times (indicated as trending up) The Shawn Ryan Show – Shawn Ryan Show (indicated as trending up) Crime Junkie – audiochuck (indicated as trending up) The Tucker Carlson Show – Tucker Carlson Network (indicated as trending up) This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von – Theo Von (indicated as trending down) Up First from NPR – NPR (indicated as trending up) Good Hang with Amy Poehler – The Ringer (indicated as trending up) Huberman Lab – Scicomm Media (indicated as trending down) Candace – Candace Owens (indicated as trending up) Each entry includes the show's cover art, title, creator, a "Follow" and "Share" button, and a small green or red arrow indicating its current chart movement.
This is bleak.
This, along with repealing the Citizens United decision, are two important changes necessary to fix our awful two party political status quo.
zine showing how side yard setbacks are bad news for trees.
this is incredible. lalali chan and @houseourneighbors.bsky.social produced a zine based on slides from a presentation i did on why setbacks make for terrible neighborhoods and cities with less space for trees.
it's perfect
