Much better than blowing it up.

New research finds that car touchscreens are so distracting that they induce "significant performance degradation" among drivers. Meanwhile, in-vehicle touchscreens remain completely unregulated in the US. doi.org/10.1145/3746...

I suffered significant hearing loss in my left ear from the crash I was involved in.

It's open, and it's an absolute triumph. I never thought we'd get our own little version of Amsterdam's famous Rijksmuseum tunnel! I had to see it to believe it. youtu.be/zKqKCWsSOcU

I’ve always been aware of how problematic car-centric culture and infrastructure are. But I never thought I would have to sacrifice my child to it.

I’m disappointed that we didn’t pass our amendment to redirect money from sweeps to upstream solutions like rental assistance, food assistance and immigrant and refugee support. But, I’m proud of the work that went into it and the absolute resolve in my colleague @councilormorillo.bsky.social

I think I’m the only Oregonian who doesn’t celebrate exploding whale day.

I agree with Jonathan Maus

Join FSS and partner organizations on Sunday November 16. To honor road traffic victims, hear from elected leaders, and explore solutions. Everyone is welcome

"Zohran Mamdani will be the first mayor of New York City in decades not to own a car" Will be exciting to see if he can implement his vision to pedestrianize areas in the congestion pricing zone and dedicate entire streets as combo busways + active transportation

Think about following @pdx-fss.bsky.social !

Portland! Please join Families for Safe Streets, Oregon Walks, 1000 Friends of Oregon, @bikeloudpdx.bsky.social , @thestreettrust.org @pbotinfo.bsky.social for 2025 World Day of Remembrance.

Please consider making a small donation to Portland Families for Safe Streets to help us shore up our presence and better advocate for safe streets and support victims. This is an all-volunteer organization comprised of road traffic victims. Pdxfamiliesforsafestreets.org

Families for Safe Streets PDX has a new website! Please check it out, share with your networks, and consider a small donation. All of our members have lost a loved one to road traffic violence or have been injured themselves. pdxfamiliesforsafestreets.org

This is nice

It's a glimpse into what Portland's bike network could be. If we had a network of facilities like this, so many of our city's ills would be cured!

3336 people were killed over a six year period by police chases in the USA... www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVFX...

Thanks for the shoutout @bikeloudpdx.bsky.social Ted and I will memorialize fatal crash sites on 82nd today. To honor victims and highlight how dangerous this street is. Giving space to non-vehicular modes makes streets safer. If you’d like join send a msg or meet at location mentioned below at 1:00

Reverence.

Working as a game designer, one of the first and most important lessons you learn is that you cannot shame players into playing the game the way you want. You must make the thing you want players to do the most practical and intuitive option. You get the behavior you design for.

Jonathan is a friend, we respectfully disagree. To praise an elected leader for shaming drivers enables (and condones) that elected to not do the hard work of leading & insisting on politically difficult choices to address the systemic transportation problems: Not my problem - that’s on the driver

Zohran Mamdani caught lying that he understood Plato’s allegory of the cave, yet when asked to explain it, he seemed to instead explain Baudrillard’s theory of Simulacra and Simulation where reality has been replaced by symbols and signs, which seems similar to Plato’s theory but is not the same

When assessing road safety, we rely exclusively on fatalities as the sole metric. To better understand road violence we need to start tracking and reporting on serious injury crashes with as much rigor.

"ISA [Intelligent Speed Assistance] has the potential to be one of the most transformative vehicle safety technologies in a generation and to save tens of thousands of lives." #StopSuperSpeeders usa.streetsblog.org/2025/10/27/h...

I’m getting ready to place a sign and create small memorials for every fatal crash on 82nd Ave in Portland dating back to 1/1/2016. I’m not sure if this project will be impactful. But it feels important to me

Instead of trying to green cars so much why don't we just invest in trains. city trains. under ground trains. above ground trains. trains between cities. trains between countries. TRAINS THE PEOPLE CRAVE TRAINS

Mark Z. Danielewski's novel, TOM'S CROSSING, is published today. Set in the Utah mountains, it's a chase story...and as close to the Great American Novel as you're ever going to get.

It's not about what this country can or can’t afford. It’s about priorities. [Cartoon by Jesse Duquette]

If you love birds and birding like me you will love this: m.youtube.com/watch?v=zl-w...

LAWSUIT UPDATE RE: NATIONAL GUARD IN PORTLAND: The Ninth Circuit just paused the three-judge panel’s order on our first TRO until Tuesday so they can complete their en banc vote. This means for now, both our TROs preventing National Guard deployment remain in effect.

I needed some good news today

LISTEN: Parents Against Speeding co-founder Tom speaks with Newstalk 1010 today about the reckless, horrible legislation coming to ban speed cameras across Ontario, and leave hundreds of thousands of kids defenceless against speeding drivers. www.iheart.com/podcast/962-...

*ALL* of the errands we did with a car are handled with an electric cargo bike, a bus pass, and an Amtrak ticket. Yes, even in winter. 🚲+🚌+🚅=🦅

BikePortland obtained via a public records request, letters from two law firms that intensely oppose the bus lanes. The firms represent Washman (which has two car washes on 82nd), Fubonn, and a strip mall owner. bikeportland.org/2025/10/16/t...

Cars. Ruin. Everything.

It's increasingly clear that the president lives in a constructed bubble of unreality designed by aides who are manipulating him in order to take control of US policy. Seems like an important story - wish media would cover it.

The Portland E-bike Rebate Program is finally here! 😍 Portland Oregon residents can get up to $1,600 off a new Standard Class 1 e-bike! portlandebikerebate.com #Ebikes #EMicromobility #OneLessCar

Chat GPT is the best therapist I’ve had - a reflection on both my past therapists and Chat GPT

EVs: "still commit cardinal sin of cars which is they are fundamentally private commodities that are existing in public space and they are separating people from the civic fabric." -Ashton Rohmer on The Brake podcast with @keawilson.bsky.social @usa.streetsblog.org open.spotify.com/episode/6Yvn...

Portland State U historian @catherinemcneur.bsky.social is doing a very cool series of local history posts on TikTok. Portland folks will be especially interested in them, but so might many others out there. This one is about the horseshoe courts in Laurelhurst Park. www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8SXnEWH/

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

Trump trying to send a DM to Pam Bondi but actually posting it on TruthSocial instead raises new questions about Joe Biden's mental acuity.

I am calling for a moratorium on new tote bags. We all have more than enough tote bags already. Stop giving me tote bags at conferences. I do not want or need any more tote bags.

I would LOVE to hear this kind of language from Tigard City Council! 🥰 #FundTheBus

A man in Washington, DC, plays the Imperial March from Star Wars while following patrolling soldiers. One of the soldiers threatens to call the police.

This means a lot to me

Sarah Risser @sarahmrisser.bsky.social, a local road safety advocate with Families for Safe Streets and recent guest of the @bikeportland.org pod, will be on Think Out Loud today talking about memorial road signs www.opb.org/article/2025...

The resurgence of Yacht Rock is notable

Which demographic consumes butter pecan ice cream?