This. This is the correct, science-backed, responsible framing. Wish more news outlets did it like the CBC.

VelopA's Paleto is a great example of future-ready design: a modular system that can be configured for everything from bike parking and mobility hubs to scooter storage, cargo bikes, maintenance facilities and more— with options like green roofs, integrated lighting and EV charging: buff.ly/clxGvJ2

Prop 13 lets aging strip malls dodge taxes, ~ $6.5-11.5B, in annual subsidies—while new homes are hit with up to $157k in fees. Tax commercial property fairly, cut housing fees with the revenue, & @mnolangray.bsky.social says California could add 260k+ homes/yr www.ocregister.com/2026/06/21/n...

A possibly worthwhile point of clarification: the 'models' discussed here are statistical fits to the last ~100 years of data (from NOAA Atlas 14). This is inevitably backwards looking and will be an underestimate of current probabilities of rainfall intensity in a changing climate.

Congrats we just made it impossible to come here for a PhD www.bostonglobe.com/2026/07/16/m...

Yet even the “big green” enviros continue to prevent the #1 action across the US that would both address GHG emissions AND address so many other issues (inflation, pop. decline, rising #’s of homeless). It’s called ”building apartments”!

It's World Emoji Day, so here's a friendly reminder that we have 🚷 and 🚳 but not

Trump just shrunk Bears Ears by 91% and Grand Staircase-Escalante by 90%. Bears Ears was the first national monument co-managed by tribes. Five tribes spent years building that partnership. It's been walked back. 100,000+ archeological sites now exposed to mining and drilling.

Many thanks to Councilor Morillo for raising awareness of this terrible tragedy, just a few blocks from my home. E Burnside is a dangerous road with dangerous crossings, and it’s been the focus of recent advocacy from multiple groups, including Kerns NA, Buckman CA, Strong Towns, and Better Blocks.

seattle'a single family homes have not been affordable for *decades* - it has nothing to do with hedge funds and wealthy corporations and everything to do with policies that prioritize existing homeowners over new condos and missing middle homes. zoning. construction costs. single stair bans. etc

An amazing quote from Lindsey Graham in this Atlantic story. It really captures an essential truth about politics that too few people ever really come to terms with. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

‘Inflation-adjusted, the current event is now larger than canal mania, railway mania, the roaring 20s, and the dotcom boom. And it occurred in about half the time of its predecessors, all of which led to sometimes serial busts.‘ paulkedrosky.com/ai-capex-boo...

The US House is considering a transportation bill that would cut transit funding massively. We estimate that it would cut transit funds by 23% compared to the current infrastructure law. Every state would lose millions of dollars in transit formula funding. Details: www.urban.org/urban-wire/h...

"Corridor zoning" amounts to jamming low-income residents into big, bland apartment buildings alongside stroads, where they can serve as a buffer, absorbing all the noise & air pollution cars produce, protecting the precious single-family homes that dominate everywhere around them. It's abominable.

✅ Building is out of context with surrounding neighborhood ✅ Not enough community input ✅ Aesthetic concerns ✅ We don't have the infrastructure ✅ Developer profits ✅ Affordable for whomst? ✅ Slippery slope that might lead to more housing

One of the things @modacitylife.com talks about in this pod is the benefits *for children* of being able to build a spatial map in their heads by moving through space on a bike, rather than than just: get in a car, see a blur in the windshield, get out in different place.

I made an animation which shows the effects of air pollution on pedestrians waiting to cross the road, along with what can be done to reduce its harmful effects: stepback.gregdev.com Thank you to @ianwalker.bsky.social for the inspiration for doing so during a conversation a couple of weeks' back!

100 years ago Oregon Electric ran 33 trains a day between Portland and Salem

Does replacing parking with bike-lanes hurt restaurant business? Of course not, as this new peer-reviewed STUDY of 15 years of Montreal data showed. ACTUALLY, downtown experienced significant restaurant growth after bike lanes were installed. @momentummag.bsky.social momentummag.com/do-bike-lane...

Portlanders have the best opportunity to honor what REAL leadership looks like. Rest in Power, Nutmeg ✊

"To lose her on a morning commute at an intersection the city has explicitly documented as dangerous for years is just an unmitigated tragedy, a systemic failure." Deaths like Louisa's occur because our leaders prioritize the convenience of drivers over the safety of pedestrians and cyclists.

Please write your comment on proposed OMB federal funding changes. 👉We can't let science grants be decided by political appointees. 👉We can't let federal funding for Head Start for kids or Meals on Wheels for seniors be cut without being able to appeal. DEADLINE: JULY 13 🔗 ombcomment.netlify.app

Trump's so-called “reorganization” of the Forest Service is an attack on America’s public lands.   I spoke with folks in Everett about what these cuts would mean for WA state's wildfire preparedness & prevention.

he is not being covered as if he is a terminally unpopular lame duck because the media sees him attempting a coup and attempting to rig elections and think it would be more fun to help him do that than it would be to help stop him

This is a damning overview of ways that Waymos have obstructed emergency response San Francisco. "In at least four cases, officials reported that emergency vehicles encountered stalled or stopped Waymos while responding to life-threatening 'Code 3' calls." sfstandard.com/2026/07/10/w...

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I don’t think people really understand how bad the OMB proposed rule is going to be for state and local govt. We’re talking about putting a full third of state budgets under the explicit control of Russ Vought. (1/2) www.bondbuyer.com/news/cities-...

The war torn city of Kharkiv, Ukraine manages to run trolley buses. Why can’t we? Cc @trimet.org @mta.info

this whole thread is scandalous, but this piece is particularly egregious. do we have public bodies negotiating for the public good with public money, or is it just one big club and you ain't in it?

So cool. We already knew car tires were the leading source of plastic pollution on earth. Now we learn they cause Alzheimer's. New meaning to the word "carbrain." "Anyone who comes into contact with rubber tires may be exposing themselves to brain-altering chemicals." futurism.com/health-medic...

This morning a driver struck and killed Louisa Gag, a biking advocate and transportation planner. Gag had coauthored a Vision Zero Action plan: visionzeronetwork.org/wp-content/u...

I think this an underrated YIMBY angle: absent a lot more (revenue-generating) infill development, there's about to be a tidal wave of suburban bankruptcies and/or significant service scalebacks in the coming decades.

Proud of all of our UO Portland student teams for their award-winning work.

@trimet.org another idea to speed up busses (since I guess we're not really checking fares anyways). When visiting the Netherlands, this was honestly quite nice. Just get on and tap at either door.

The hating on quick-build bike lane networks by pro-bike academics and advocates is silly rage bait, so I hope they don’t discourage you. Absolutely support premium infrastructure, but establish networks now that get people riding now. open.substack.com/pub/speakeas...

There is an ongoing Cyclospora diarrhea outbreak in the US affecting multiple states and ongoing for several weeks. We still do not know what the contaminated food sources is. Really like this write up by @cmyeaton.bsky.social updating on the situation. www.foiclinical.com/posts/alert-...

I think we need to put all the traffic engineers on a plane and send them to the Netherlands. Why the hell do you have a raised roundabout on a Bike path?How much extra form work and concrete did this require?! I would be ashamed if I wasted taxpayers dollars this much.

THEY MADE CARTER SELL HIS FARM

Housing near Transit! You love to see it folks. CalTrain ridership is about to go through the ROOF! #PDX needs to take the same approach: allow up to 300 DU/Acre within 1 mile of @trimet.org MAX/FX stations. Boost ridership, and increase housing supply!

#MassTimber is maturing FAST This 11-story building is being developed at $245/SF in Oakland, CA thanks to mass timber economics. And this industry is just getting started at developing a true "industrial housing" pipeline thanks to design standardization. sfyimby.com/2026/07/foun...

McConnell is likely braindead and they’re hoping to conceal it through the August 3 special election deadline. It’s important to make the story so big that they can’t

This is also a story about car dependency

building a country around motornormativity was a massive economic and public health catastrophe

Portland Airport claiming this project is done while the MAX (light rail) station entrance is still under construction (and won't ever be fully covered from rain/snow) affirms that the port wants to you drive or rent a car and not take transit. www.oregonlive.com/travel/2026/...

We could have this all the time, routinely, but in the end we always prioritize cars.

YIMBYism is absolutely a precondition for decarbonizing the United States and it drives me insane that a lot of legacy climate orgs, particularly here in California, remain hostile to dense housing construction. www.sightline.org/apartments-a...

✅ "Get a car, loser!" ✅ "EVs will fix the problem of cars." ✅ "Bike lanes cause traffic." ✅ "Public Transit should pay for itself." Motorists hate to see other motorists, but don't want to support anything that will result in fewer motorists.

MX is going big on rail. $/mile of this *elevated* electric double-tracked costing $120M/mile (incl. rolling stock). At that cost, we could build above-grade electric rail between Seattle and Portland for the same price of the $20B+ we're spending on the I-5 Rose Quarter/Columbia River Crossing.

I think environmental protection laws should actually protect the environment instead of encouraging habitat-destroying urban sprawl.