If I wasn’t wearing a seatbelt I’m sure the crash would have killed me. It didn’t help Henry

The protected bike lane a former commissioner once tried to remove is now getting treated to a $550,000 upgrade and will be planted with flowers in time for the Bloom Tour in May. bikeportland.org/2026/03/10/b...

No, they should channel their anger into getting challengers lined up to primary incumbents who refuse to fight like our futures aren’t on the line.

If you shop at Amazon you are supporting ICE.

South Minneapolis 1970. Kids on trikes and bikes. Parents not really paying attention.

Visiting my parents in Minneapolis. My sweet 87-year-old mom has been having nightmares of ICE forcibly abducting her out of her home.

Thousands are at Powderhorn Park in south Minneapolis rallying against ICE. Video by Alex Kormann

Minneapolis Public Schools is offering an on-line option to protect their community because their community is not safe, it’s endangered by ICE. If you aren’t following @sahanjournal.bsky.social the reporting is outstanding

The first car manufacturer to come out with a super-basic model without the monster ‘infotainment center’ that has actual dials and sliders, normal fucking headlights, a straightforward instrument cluster, etc for under $20k but ESP under $15k will be basically printing money.

Several companies with MAJOR NEW ICE CONTRACTS added to the map of ICE enablers this week. Details below 🧵 View map from browser, not app. Key on bottom (mobile) or side (computer). Click on pins for more info. Happy to answer any questions in comments.

Hey @erinbiba.bsky.social all aboard!!

„We need more carless drivers then driverless cars.“ a Dutch said it.

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