Really great reporting on "jaywalking" laws, and reasons more and more places are reconsidering them. www.kcur.org/history/2026...

that little girl has every right to be on the sidewalk of her own damn city. she lives here. i don't want to hear any shit about how she shouldn't have been down there. she is a citizen of portland oregon and she is entitled to use of our public sidewalks at all times

I recorded this today, in Portland, Oregon, at a huge march to the ICE facility in SW. The crowd was full of cyclists who had ridden there in memory of Alex Pretti; members of several labor unions; and ordinary citizens of every age, including this little girl. So of course ICE deployed tear gas.

☎️ Say NO to cuts to Safe Routes to School by calling the key Oregon decision-makers listed here... Governor Kotek and the Joint Transportation Committee are considering taking funds from Safe Routes to School (SRTS) to fill other gaps in ODOT's budget.

As clergy pray, arrests begin

Jury duty! For some reason I’ve been assigned to East County Courthouse (15 min bike + 24 min MAX) instead of the downtown courthouse (12 min bike).

Why yes, I do enjoy watching mini sidewalk-obstructing spy delivery robots getting smashed by trains. (Also, TIL what a clanker is, what a perfect derisive name for them.)

Driver Perfectly Describes Pedestrian They Couldn't See.

We could fill a lot of potholes for $13 billion.

Local advocacy is more important than ever. It's overwhelming to think about how to fix [motions to everything] but I can make it safer for seniors to cross the street, for kids to bike to school, for people to have places to meet in public space... all of which build and strengthen our democracy.

Had to get up way too early for a day off this morning but got to enjoy a crisp morning ride with very little traffic and Big Pink reflecting the apricot light of sunrise to top it off.

Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose. From the 1948 introduction by Lionel Trilling to “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” published in 1884.

Thanks Cathy! I love not needing to drive to do all the things my cargo bike allows: carrying kids, getting groceries, bike moves, and yes, taking a giant inflatable flamingo to the dock for summer swims.

This is me. Every time I’m tempted to speed because I’m running late I think about how bad I would feel if I injured someone, so I keep poking along at 35 on Barbur Boulevard because that’s the posted speed and tell myself that next time I will leave earlier (spoiler alert: I won’t).

Yup, first thing that came to my mind when I saw the ACLU opposes ignition interlock devices because “equity.” Low-income people are also at higher risk of being killed in traffic crashes.

Translation: - Louis Sarkozy, according to you, to have fewer collisions we need to eliminate traffic signals? - I would be more radical - Eliminate traffic laws? - More radical! - Eliminate cars? - MOAR RADIC… Wait what???

The rakes (+ my two little helpers, not pictured) were way more effective at clearing storm drains than that little stick.

Hell of a time to realize my boots aren’t actually waterproof.

@bikeloudpdx.bsky.social The bike lane sweeper getting some love from France

Come to my ride to @thewaroncars.bsky.social at Powell’s on Thursday!

Now to get Portland Fire & Rescue on this page too.

This video from Portland is a metaphor for what is going on in America. ICE trying so hard to get Americans to cross a line and if they don't, dragging them across the line and violently attacking.

Come work for Oregon Walks!

Call The Oregonian, I’m bringing people back to the city, our tax flight problem is solved!!!

Parking removal community meeting

The testimony submitted to the Oregon v Trump case includes a September 21 email by Portland Police Bureau Sergeant Andrew Braun describing the behavior of three right-wing "counterprotestors": Rhein Amacher, Chelly Bouferrache, and Katie Daviscourt.

I think about this sometimes. In San Francisco I took transit a lot, but here we mostly only take it to go downtown, and not even always for that. Medical appointments that take 15 min on a bike would take 30 minimum on transit (26 of which are walking!), or 42 min to minimize walking to 5 minutes.

I was sent this by a Georgian this morning. 2025 premiums vs 2026 premiums for someone making $65k a year. Republicans in Washington did this. This is what I'm fighting to stop. This is what’s at stake in this shutdown fight.

Trump’s deployment of troops to Portland is a dangerous escalation of authoritarianism. Now is the time to find our own ways of standing up and fighting back to preserve our democracy. Fellow vets: we need you to muster. And those serving: you can refuse an unlawful order as you may receive it.

Thank you for being prepared to protect Portlanders 🙏🏾

“many people get struck and killed in places without sidewalks” <- The lesson here is that we need more sidewalks, not that people shouldn’t walk in those places. What if it’s the only way they can get to their destination?

Is this the first time in history a sitting Portland City Council member has corked an intersection during a bike ride? Cc: @councilorgreen.bsky.social A group rode/walked to City Hall today ahead of the council discussion on Vision Zero, led by @councilortkl.bsky.social.

COVID vaccine availability: another high profile case where Oregon health policy is botched. What are we doing here? Will there ever be effective management that delivers basic health services effectively? @robnosse.bsky.social

From my guest lecture last week.

you wouldn’t believe how many legislators were certain that rural areas were subsidizing Portland area transit when in fact STIF very much is sending money the other direction for small town veterans and seniors to catch the one bus that runs to a nearby hospital for dialysis or whatever else

If you don’t have robust public transit, providing transportation options to the ~30% of Oregonians who don’t drive *is* a pressing transportation need!

"moving from a less walkable (25th percentile) city to a more walkable city (75th percentile) increased walking by 1,100 daily steps, on average. These changes hold across different genders, ages and body mass index values, and are sustained over 3 months." www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A 90,000 CHF fine for going about 16 mph over the speed limit. Anything 15mph or more over the limit in urban areas can draw a fine + 3 months of loss of license. Time for income-based fines in the US (and for any speeding to be ticketable!).

Au pays du racket et du matraquage des automobilistes il aurait eu 135€. france3-regions.franceinfo.fr/bourgogne-fr...

Opinion: ODOT’s crisis is a spending problem, not a revenue problem

Among all the terrible stuff in this bill, some good news: we successfully got Republicans to back off their provision to strip gender-affirming care in their budget bill. It's not included in the final text, and will not be voted on.

Prioritizing Youth Mobility Is Prioritizing Adult Relaxing.

If you’re not a Bike Portland subscriber yet go do it now! Invaluable to have local transportation reporting at our fingertips.

Reading frustrating opinion pieces is more satisfying with a red pen in hand

Seriously. My two worst times on the bus: 1) the guy who sat next to me and, um, made up and down hand motions under the newspaper that was over his lap, and 2) the guy making lewd gestures at the stop who then tried to sit by me. I don’t think the 6’ men are facing this kind of nonsense.

HOLY SHIT. The ban on any federal funding gender-affirming care includes stripping ACA plans of covering it as the essential care it is. I have an ACA plan. I live in a blue state, but I am about to lose access to treatments I need. We told you this was coming www.advocate.com/politics/ant...

Starting the day off right with a cup of tea and all the posts about yesterday’s marathon budget session at council. It’s nice to be able to read about politics and not leave with a feeling of doom and gloom.