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one other transit capital project idea is fx-style upgrades on portland-only frequent service lines: stop consolidation, TSP, new bus platforms but (critically) not doing the entire street rebuild that makes fx projects so expensive. the 15 and the 6 would be good candidates for this

maybe the worst part about private spaceflight is that the two biggest players in the space are such obnoxious pricks they've negatively polarized tons of people against the concept of rockets i think that's kinda sad

Portland does land value capture via TIF in a really stupid way, but we could flex this power to instead build out a proper metro system. Set up small districts around a new station, use most of the new tax revenue to pay back bonds that funded construction of said line.

Zohran just cited Minneapolis, Austin, and Auckland as cities that lowered housing costs via upzoning certified ball knowledge, Auckland is a deep YIMBY cut

I highly recommend folks go to this! It's been on my calendar for months!!

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artist imagines a utopian future where there is a pedestrian plaza on a side street off southeast division

if you’re being impacted by or mad about service cuts it’s really important to specifically tell your state legislators about it. doesn’t hurt to complain to trimet, city councilors, etc but the legislature has the power here and they need to know people are mad. tell your friends too!

when I wear my trimet hat every day for a week I’m not outfit repeating I’m doing political agitation

For those of you who speak Dutch, they have a great word to describe Novick. en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mierenn...

Xin Ding Dumpling House took a gamble on opening in Old Town, and three years later they're now opening their third location. Good for them. www.oregonlive.com/retail/2026/...

i have had the same tern gsd for six years now and it is still going very strong. incredible value.

Please LA, don't fucking let this guy make the runoff

Racoons

There will be a work session on June 9. Testimony is no longer being accepted, but there will be another public hearing in July where you will have an opportunity to push for something more ambitious, and another opportunity again when it goes to city council.

I am also at the Central City Code Amendments Project hearing. BPS staff proposals are so timid and ineffectual. Like, tweaking food cart rules is fine and good, but like... have they noticed how there's near zero homes being built? *ZERO NEW RESIDENTIAL PERMITS IN 2025*

well, it took a year and change, but Cambridge's first-in-the-nation project to upzone the entire city for 4-to-6 story residential has finally produced the kind of thing it was supposed to: 55 units, 20 percent affordable, replacing a single $3m home

Portland and congestion pricing: name a more iconic (potential) duo

I was at the Eagle in North Portland last week, and there was a horse outside???? Like a whole ass, living, breathing equestrian creature. Who tf brings a horse to a gay bar?

You can tell this is an older car cause it still uses Micro USB…

*slaps roof of bartmobile* you can fit so much public goodwill in this bad boy

This is an article of faith among building safety professionals in the US: Americans are simply careless and stupid compared to Europeans. We have nothing to learn from their low rate of fire deaths despite very different building rules – we are simply a different, less trustworthy species of human.

You know I got it

I'm honestly disappointed in everyone who's made a go of it. Like, folks, you're not gonna get him with a gun. Use some goddamn ingenuity. It's the year 2026

Someday someone is going to tell me how we need to preserve the Marquam Bridge because of its embodied carbon.

hot dogs!

Flashback to when the state leg defunded AMTRAK and SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL in order to bail out freeways, I testified out of frustration, Lieber told me to campaign for 120 if I was so upset about it Lieber needs to go

I lack the understanding of the law to know if amendment would impact speed cameras or red light cameras. I'm inclined to think no, as those are usually reviewed by a city staffer before a ticket is issued, not automated. So long as enforcement cameras are untouched then the amendment seems good

If you haven't already, donate $5 to his campaign to help unlock matching funds. Want more diverters on greenways? Then give 1 latte worth of cash to his campaign. It'll be matched 9:1!

watched this on my phone and the lads were looking over my shoulder. they waved and one of them said "i like that guy!" from the mouths of babes, folks, mullen 4 portland

Cop cars should be simple, visible, and approachable; not "cool". Police are civil servants, not mavericks. The vehicles they use and uniforms they wear should reflect that.

ARE YOU READY FOR A RUNOFF? Let's get this done in November 🔥

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Tammy Carpenter @oregontammy.bsky.social AHEAD by 150 votes in the most recent election data release! YES!!!!! #orpol #washingtoncounty

really devastated by the portland miller high life shortage. need to know what our city council is doing to address this crisis

This sort of bike lane technology isn’t legal in American yet… Call your local representatives today!

I already have a cargobike but I'm always tempted to take on a lil ebike-ification project when a cheap old cargobike comes up for sale. $400!? Hell yes!

I think I’m the first person on the Timeline to talk about OR HD31 and HD51 which seem positive. These are red house districts where the dem primary winners seem truly progressive. If there’s gonna be a blue wave in November, these could be very very good for Oregon

Once again begging and pleading Madison to build an S-Bahn system. They have the makings of a world class transit system, and all it would take to realize that is a ~3-1/2 mile tunnel through the isthmus to serve as the trunk of the system. Crayon here: www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/e...

this is what some of you look like in short sleeve button-up shirts

A perfectly straight line huh...? Routle - TriMet 05/20/2026 🟩 ⬛ ⬛ ⬛ ⬛ www.routle.city/trimet

lol

With just enough time left, I was able to bike to library to join the steady stream of people dropping off their ballots

could really go for a rudimentary paste that sustains my organic systems

I would never joke about something this serious