Happened August 29th. Got the video via public records request. TriMet ran the plates and passed it on to their enforcement folks. They suspect the car was stolen.

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

TIL some folks would take the drivers test nearly a dozen times in one day just to try all the answers in hope they pass. Sigh. It's great to see Oregon DMV change the rules and connect testing standards to road safety. bikeportland.org/2025/09/25/o...

F*** this. F*** ICE.

Been getting a lot of questions about this. Hope this post clears things up a bit. bikeportland.org/2025/09/25/w...

Have spent hours dealing with situation. Another thing I don't think a lot of folks understand about my role in the community is that I become something of a mediator of intra-community disputes. Have been several over the years. Complicated & sensitive to deal with. sigh.

It's definitely worth noting that PBOT made significant upgrades to NE Broadway and Weidler this summer. But is it worth riding? bikeportland.org/2025/09/23/i...

The only way I can understand how Oregon Republican lawmakers have approached the transportation bill debate is that they hate Democrats more than they love our state. And that is a very sad place for us to be.

What image pops up in your head when you hear someone ranting about, "those Portland cyclists"?

Frustrating to see these ugly barricades in use on the new NE Broadway. PBOT installed them because some drivers were using bike lane as a right turn lane (I warned abt this in my initial coverage fwiw). Really hope a better looking solution is in the works. How new infra looks, matters.

One benefit of standard, in-street bike lanes versus parking-protected bike lanes, is that delivery truck drivers can use curbside lane and it doesn't block the bikeway. This is NE Broadway BTW.

Starting to feel like fall around here.

"We've got a lot of urgent work to do [on city council], but one of those is to do vibes cultivation. We need to continue to cultivate good vibes for the city and plazas are right at the center of that for me." - City Councilor Mitch Green at council meeting just now

What I love about Jarrett's writing is that he makes his points by letting clearly stated facts do the talking for him, without coming off as a biased advocate pushing an agenda. This is key to a big tent approach that wins over skeptics and creates more support.

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...

Really disappointed by NPR coverage of Charlie Kirk. Someone could hear it and have no idea what Kirk believed and stood for. I don't understand how you can cover him without at least some reference to his vile views and the impact they had. NPR not meeting the moment.

Here we go: “One Washington lawmaker is even suggesting that the project may need to be ended or dramatically narrowed, and has contacted the Trump administration to suggest pulling back previously awarded federal funding.” oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/09/22/i...

If you’re an Oregon journalist who talks w R sources, please ask them to respond to this. Inexcusable dangerous propaganda w zero equivalent on the left.

Vice Chair of Council's Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Angelita Morillo, represented Portland on the trip bikeportland.org/2025/09/19/d...

I'm fascinated by folks who are just so committed to hating Portland/hating gov't that they can twist everything they see into a negative that validates their point of view. Imagine looking at this median on Division and being this mad at a few pieces of trash & not being able to access a driveway.

A lot has changed in the six years since the Rose Lane Project first launched, but the political will for faster, more frequent buses remains. bikeportland.org/2025/09/19/c...

really glad to see @peopleforbikes.bsky.social address this issue. And I had no idea they were onto the "e-moto" word. That's what I've been using too. www.peopleforbikes.org/news/the-e-b...

Don't miss the part where Councilor Dan Ryan tries to make the point that when police stopped enforcing traffic laws in 2020-21 it correlated w a spike in crimes, then Councilor Morillo name-dropped my reporting to refute him.

Bike town hall is always a fun, nerdy thing to do. It's just so Portland! bikeportland.org/2025/09/18/w...

The area counted, a 213-block district that runs roughly from SW Harrison to the Broadway Bridge and from Naito Parkway to SW 11th, saw solid growth in the number of people walking for the six months between March and August of this year. bikeportland.org/2025/09/18/f...

oh no! Mayor Wilson has lost the PDX Real vote 🤣🤣

yes these are just administrative changes. But I think it was an important step for vision zero in Portland going forward. Don't miss the part where Councilor Morillo name-drops BikePortland reporting and where Councilor Kanal emerges as the strongest transportation champion of the night.

The idea that the I-5 freeway expansion project between Portland & Vancouver has always been sold as a "bridge replacement" when the bridge is a tiny part of it is something I will never let them forget. And if they weren't so greedy and would have just focused on the bridge, it'd be built by now!

Really trying to get quicker and better at short-form videos of stories I share on the blog. You might have read the post on this earlier today, but here's a little different take in video form. bikeportland.org/2025/09/17/d...

If these bollards were plastic, the driver would have caused so much more mayhem. These little LEGO dudes are heroes!! I'm going to roll over & put a medal around them ASAP. Seriously, please leave flowers nearby and think good thoughts for their recovery. We should give them a fresh paint job too.

This unification of activists happens when Portlanders face threats that present themselves on the street — an environment where bicycles are often more adaptable, powerful, and effective than feet or cars. bikeportland.org/2025/09/17/a...

hope you like the new house ad on @bikeportland.org 😁 Seriously. A local news source that's been independent and a publisher/editor/guy whose worked extremely hard for 20 years to serve our community. Maybe time to become a paid subscriber? Just a thought. bikeportland.org/subscribe

“Teach your kids to listen for high speed cars, look toward it and safely distance themselves to stay clear. There have been too many of these lately.” - Woodlawn resident after seeing driver plow thru n’hood park 🤬🤬🤬

Councilor Kanal understands that our community is stronger when we understand how other issues intersect streets/transportation — and that we need to unite around shared values to be able to thwart all the bullshit coming from DC right now.

Make driving more expensive by charging folks to park and to obtain special permits. Then work with folks who live in the impacted neighborhood and use the parking revenue to make walking and biking safer. Seems like a common sense policy to me. bikeportland.org/2025/09/16/p...

WaPo was one of last major media companies I was paying monthly for. Was.

Local media and some stakeholders freaked out about this project before it launched. It got so bad I had to publish a story to set the record straight. I wonder if any local media will share the city's report showing it worked well and even spurred our economy. bikeportland.org/2025/09/16/c...

"The federal government... sees the country in wholly partisan terms... Charlie Kirk’s assassination should remind us of the actual diversity of the nation, and of the cost of polarization that demonizes the other side." - @kenklippenstein.bsky.social www.kenklippenstein.com/p/exclusive-...

Feels a bit strange to have a parade with popsicles for an event about Vision Zero, but here we are. Councilor Tiffany Koyama Lane is organizing this prior to City Council meeting Weds at 6:00 pm where her VZ resolution will be heard and voted on. bikeportland.org/events/visio...

it's been clear for a long time now!

Portland has spent billions on housing, with very little to show for it. Let's stop reinventing the wheel and instead learn from the successes and failures of other cities around the world to create something that actually works for Portland.

Proud of this new service. This is the only calendar in the region that (attempts to!) list all advocacy-related meetings and events — all in one place! It's like the Shift calendar for wonks.

Have been thinking a lot lately about how to best use the BikePortland platform in this moment. Shit is getting grim and I didn’t build my platform to sit back and stay in my lane when shit hits the fan.

Photo gallery from Sunday Parkways downtown is up! bikeportland.org/2025/09/14/s...

Office hours have begun! Just finished w my first visitor... a local bike bus leader who wanted to invite me to join them and share a few things about what he's working on.

Point of clarification: Trump issued an executive order requiring this at all public buildings and Kotek referred to that order in her press release. So she was forced into this by federal mandate.

The people (@amb.fyi) asked for it so now you’ve got it. Presenting the GIF of my eye roll in the @bikeportland.org interview

i really try and give folks benefit of the doubt. I just cannot fathom this decision from Kotek. Just can't. Again. Let's be against violence without lionizing someone who clearly should not be celebrated by elected officials.

bike happy hour is the gift that keeps on giving. thanks for coming out @councilorkanal.bsky.social