I was complaining to a fellow school bus driver today about my kids and she reminded me that, “At least they don’t smoke fentanyl on your bus.” (Yes I had some fentanyl smokers on my trimet bus. That sucked.)

Did I tell you I’m working as a school bus driver these days? I love my kids. They also drive me crazy.

I am truly honored to be the MC for this weekend's annual Walkstars dinner and party to benefit Oregon Walks. Let's take a walk together around the waterfront, enjoy drinks and dinner at OMSI's restaurant, then you can throw rotten tomatoes at me. oregonwalks.networkforgood.com/events/82714...

Decongestion pricing is quantitatively the best.

What % of houses in D2 have semi-permanent, non-seasonal string lights outside? How many also have Little Free Libraries?

This might be unpopular among my followers but so much of the Western USA doesn’t have much going on except range cattle, and I’m cool with it.

The Oregonian is reporting that Mayor Wilson had a meeting at The Olive Garden, along with three Councilors and a State Rep. How did 5 elected officials all think it was cool to spend money at a global restaurant chain, headquartered in Florida? www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

TBH I’m a little surprised that it took this long.

All cities are known for a thing by outsiders. It's what draws people to visit, move, invest in. What will Portland be known for 10 years from now? Actions we take now will define us for a generation.

If you build it, they will walk: -92% of US households own a car. 7% live in highly walkable neighborhoods. -Each 1% increase in walkability score leads to 0.5% increase in people actually walking. www.nationalgeographic.com/science/arti...

I wanna do this for the Fred Meyer at Gateway.

Decongestion pricing works: -Bus ridership has grown 21%, transit times down 10 mins -One million fewer vehicles, car trip times down 59% -$15 bill revenue estimate for transit maintenance -What works in London, Stockholm, Singapore works in the US www.fastcompany.com/91272434/a-m...

The Solution

I have, what I think is, a bangin' playlist for a Bike Bus. I've got another guest appearance this Friday on the James John Elementary Bike Bus and looking to update it. Any recs? Or should I just go through all of @coachbalto.bsky.social's videos for the best ones? music.apple.com/us/playlist/...

Can confirm, it works on FB!

New Year, same courtroom. Remember that police accountability law we Portlanders passed back in 2020? How about that lawsuit that the US Dept of Justice filed against the City of Portland over excessive police force? Well it looks like 2025 is going to be the year of action for them both.

Yeah it’s against election law to sprinkle your political lawn signs in the public right-of-way but the real crime is leaving those signs up through Christmas. It’s clear you don’t A) live in the district or B) don’t care about the district.

Major trigger here. I spent 3.5 years locked in permit hell with the City, one major component of which was $1.5mil in sidewalk improvements on a dead-end street, with both ends of the sidewalk ending in gravel. www.wweek.com/music/2024/1...

I sold a 275 gallon plastic tote yesterday to a cybertruck. Sure, I’m the weird one, because I’ve put these totes, full and empty, into the back of dozens of vehicles hundreds of times. But this bitcoin bro took 20 full minutes to strap it down in the bed. There were no lash points. Yes I’m hating.

Spatchcock

After a successful 2024, Portland: Neighbors Welcome has some exciting news to share. 🏘️ we're hiring staff (apply!) 🏘️ we're looking for new board members (apply!) 🏘️ please become a PNW member (thanks!) A letter from PNW Board President @amb.fyi: portlandneighborswelcome.org/blog/big-new...

I rode my cargo e-bike yesterday: to a meeting, to an appointment at a coffee shop, to the grocery store (Thanksgiving week’s worth), quick stop at hardware store. I’m telling you these things are game changers.

Now that I’m super unemployed, does anyone want to drink coffee/beer and play Magic?

*1000 times more fun

This is an interesting perspective. To provide resiliency to a potential Federal disintegration, wouldn’t it be great to rebalance taxes so we have more local control?

I’ve always wondered if those traffic signal boxes can play Quake

I say to myself as I take the car lane next to the bike lane on every trip recently.

This 🧵 outlines some ways in which we make have local work to do resisting Trump.

“What radicalized you?” Bro I was told to treat people the way I would want to be treated in kindergarten and it made sense idk what else there is to say

A new Multnomah County risk bonding ordinance being considered this week would require fossil fuel facility operators to provide financial assurance in the event of a catastrophic oil spill. Proponents want to prevent delays in state and federal funding, leaving taxpayers with the bill. #fossilfuels

I’m a Frog Ferry hater for almost every reason except kewl but now I’ll add GHG to the list of reasons I’m opposed.

Precedent setting? 🤔 We’ve got a bunch of Black Portlanders kicked out for the development of I-5, Memorial Coliseum, Emmanuel Hospital, heck even N Williams.

Portland made a mistake not voting for me bc I would have done this in my first week.

They’re not controversial views. They’re lies.

Zenith lies. We’ve known this. “Inspectors focused in part on a dock that Zenith has long leased and used to offload fossil and renewable fuel but hadn’t disclosed to regulators, department officials said.”

I started my campaign on nothing but small business and ended it on nothing but safe streets. Portland street safety is in shambles and PBOT needs better leadership. www.portlandmercury.com/news/2024/11...

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Charging my xbox controller now

7-9 am Exercise 10 am Campaign Team Check-In 10:30-12:00 Finalize Election Night Speech/Permutations 12-1:30 Lunch with Supporters 2-4:30 Calls to Supporters 5:30-7 Party A 7-? Party B

Me

I’ve never locked up a ghost bike before and I hope I never have to do it again.

I love mayonnaise

“In 2019, Helsinki had exactly three traffic fatalities — and none was a pedestrian or cyclist. For comparison, the capital of Finland has roughly as many residents as Las Vegas, a Vision Zero city where 304 people died on the road that same year.” www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

If you have any questions about your ballot dm me! Or chat or whatever we’re calling it here.

seattle is conducting a survey on if design review should stay or go. please fill out accordingly www.surveymonkey.com/r/designrevi...

I know it sounds quaint, but write to your two US Senators and tell them you support Sen. Ron Wyden's bill to add SIX new Supreme Court Justices and establish firm ethical rules.

“Paper of Record”

This is a good ad. And the way I could tell it was good was all the freaked out unhinged comments from MAGA women underneath the post