“Modern apartments have a fire death rate … six times lower than older apartments… (or) single-family homes…” Aka why new single stair flats would be among the safest buildings in your city. www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-bu...

"Republicans run the entire government but can't keep it open" That's it. That's the whole story.

Pertinent to single-stair: new apartments (with sprinklers, compartmentation, and two stairs) are MUCH safer than older apartments with just two stairs, or houses. The safety difference isn't the stairs. See also www.pew.org/en/research-...

Grocery stores with housing on top should be allowed by right everywhere, and not subject to the whims of neighborhood NIMBYS

Everyone needs to read this and pass this on to friends and family, and especially if someone you know isn’t a natural-born citizen.

I just called and left a message at the governor's office.

Terrific overview of the state of #LVT (Land Value Tax) across the US from @pandpinst.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=bf9Z...

You can tell this is in the US because there are zero high-rises adjacent to these stations. @bart.gov needs self-permitting, land lease rights.

Reason #20341 for why we need single-stair reform + social housing. When landlords have a monopoly, they break the law without impunity. cc @councilorgreen.bsky.social @councilormorillo.bsky.social @councilorkanal.bsky.social

Canada is great. It's like America, but better. Better busses, stunning natural settings, walkable cities, diverse cultures, and cheaper goods. Oh, and you don't have to worry about being shot by an angsty teenager with an assault rifle!

Presidentialism was a mistake

this business model should be flatly illegal taking on a bunch of debt to buy a company and then burning the company to the ground to service that debt while paying yourselves huge fees is a purely destructive practice that has never once had a positive outcome ban it completely

"Over the past 15 years, electricity rates in [West Virginia] have risen almost twice as fast as the national average." Coal ain't cheap. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/b...

“In 2023, cars and their drivers killed 8,820 American pedestrians and bicyclists — 7,314 pedestrians and 1,166 cyclists. They injured another 136,281, an increase of over 5,300 injuries from 2022.” Put the responsibility where it belongs. Via @jalopnik.bsky.social www.jalopnik.com/1979666/defe...

The ability to transport goods directly INSIDE of a building saves time and money. No circling the block looking for parking. No unloading with a pallet jack or dolly. The Carla Cargo trailer is awesome! I made two storage unit runs with ours. #Micromobility #LastMile #CargoBikes #CargoTrailer #Bike

We are fighting for the freedom to have time to build, to create, to love, and to live lives not of just survival, but of fulfillment and joy.

Remember, Portland, memorize at least one phone number of someone that will mobilize on your behalf, and don't accept responsibility for what thugs do in the name of their leader. Keep your eyes open and your biometrics OFF.

Scenes from America this evening, Friday, September 26, 2025, as a long work week ends. Looks like people on the Sellwood Bridge, in Portland, OR, were at it again.

We keep each other safe. If you see ICE or if you know someone who’s been detained, call the PIRC hotline: 1-888-622-1510. Make sure you’re using the CLEAR model (Count, Location, Equipment, Activity, and Report Time) when you call.

It's here!!! First batch only open to Portland Community College students. bikeportland.org/2025/09/25/p...

Fantastic rally to end exclusionary zoning organized by @pnwelcome.bsky.social . Let's create an Inner Eastside with housing choices that work for everyone!

do not fear these people // i will see you motherfuckers in court are dual messages we really need to hear from more of the elites who have been targeted by this admin

shoutout to councilor kanal for pushing PBOT on planning for increased traffic from inner eastside upzoning: “[car free streets] should be one of the things that gets modeled in the future . . . I would love to see a greater level of imagination”

One Wednesday a month since April we've been catching a ride downtown on the City Bike Bus. We're gearing up for the last one of 2025 on Oct. 8! www.portland.gov/transportati...

Nearly 90% of high school students in Matsuyama travel by bike each day, an astonishing rate that eclipses that of Amsterdam and Copenhagen. Despite a challenging terrain and climate, thanks to its strong cycling culture, riding for teens has become both a rite of passage and a practical necessity.🧵

Krakow building a Metro with 29 stations, 29km (18 miles) at $3.5B ($120M/km). That's about 1/3rd of what Seattle's Light Rail extension to West Seattle/Ballard ($649.5M/km), and 1/10th the cost of the BART to San Jose extension ($1270.8/km) according to @alonlevy.bsky.social Transit Costs Project.

if we are going to have online magazines for Abundance, i think a wealthy patron should fund an online magazine for electoral reform — specifically for furthering the twin causes of proportional representation and democratic revival. seems like a comparatively neglected space

Oregon has no excuse.

The federal government has censored the work of dozens of scientists, including work by my lab, on the impacts of climate change on Acadia National Park. Signs have been removed from Cadillac and Great Meadow. They’re also removing signs about the Wabanaki’s sacred connections to Cadillac.

Personally, I would much rather we eliminate single-family zoning so we can have cities full of row-homes, plexes, and #SingleStair apartments connected by bike paths & regional rail. Instead, we're pushing anyone who doesn't make over $100K to live in RV's. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Great to see @theverge.com give a big shout-out for #BikeBuses (ft. @bikeshopgirl.bsky.social )! youtu.be/ypUGjGWo_hg?...

NEW // School Board Directors Are Begging Seattle to Allow More Housing By Ryan Packer via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/09/22/s...

Watching a panel on "urbanism as climate action." This is a huge, burgeoning field/idea/movement, but the desiccated boomer counsels who decide where climate funding goes are *clueless* about it and so it has to seek funding elsewhere.

The tariffs are the least popular thing Trump is doing. It's a unilateral trillion-dollar tax hike on Americans that raises prices on items they buy every day.

This is a wild parallel, honestly. And now I’m looking forward to the Restoring Our Bench to Ensure a Return To Sanity Act. Immortalize Roberts by naming what I hope will be his greatest accomplishment—forcing Congress to add more (dozens more?!) to SCOTUS—after him.

We need an environmental movement that builds things* *bollards, concrete barriers, vegetated buffers

Canada lapping us in housing production, and this is just the start. @mark-carney.bsky.social's gov is pouring billions into affordable housing, modular/mass-timber housing production: www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/news... Carney's new motto should be "BUILD BABY BUILD!"

Ready to go live on @kbooradio.bsky.social to talk about @braidedriverpdx.bsky.social and how to make Portland’s CEI Hub safe.

Their feelings are very delicate

This morning the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee is going over the expansion of street plazas, fee schedules, etc. I also invited special guests from Depave and PDX Urban Gardens to present on creative uses of public space. Tune in below! www.portland.gov/auditor/coun...

Fun story this morning. I spoke with Curtis Evans, the retired Marine in the viral photo below who took part in the anti-ICE protest at Broadview. He's a thoughtful guy, well read and with a dry sense of humor. Story @taskandpurpose.com taskandpurpose.com/news/marine-...

Why your next car should be an electric cargo bike

“The appetite for a less car-dominated community is here in the States.”

Hoboken has had 0 deaths for past 7 years! It’s possible to reach Vision Zero @councilorkanal.bsky.social @councilorgreen.bsky.social @councilordunphy.bsky.social

Elon Musk did this

I have a major piece in Bloomberg Citylab today. Should the US let transit fail, as Pennsylvania is already doing? And if not, what are the arguments we need to let it succeed? www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Just wrapped up at #TeslaTakedown here in Arlington, VA! So many honks!

Student housing for the University of California system pays for itself and the UC system is not bound by local zoning. There is no good reason not to build enough to accommodate every single student and staff member who wants it.

Folks often think that sales tax can make up for unproductive land use. However, our friends at Urban3 have found that unproductive developments like big box stores and shopping centers are still no match for mixed-use buildings and traditional downtowns, even counting sales tax.

This summer, 40 Stockholm streets have gone car-free. Deputy Mayor: “Change makes people nervous, and they don’t like when it feels forced. So, [we] frame these road closures like a fun little experiment that can go away if people don’t like them.” Source: www.politico.eu/newsletter/g...