the new long distance Amtrak trains need to have a Karaoke bar car

Heritage unit

it's 4pm! done with my infrastructure day job. time for my infrastructure hobby

imagining an alternate history where MAX goes down the springwater corridor

just found out about this. 200 million to grade seperate some suburban arterial railroad crossing. sure whatever. we've completely lost the plot. there's no way the cost/benefit works out on this tualatinlife.com/featured/cit...

salem turning up #makemusicday2026

people who use "tax and spend" as a derogatory term to define politicians are just showing the world they don't understand what taxes are for... spending them is the entire point lmao

Honestly, this is just the beginning. As we get closer to the election stuff like this will ramp up. And on November 3rd, and the days following, it's going to be bad

San Rafael is the only city is Marin that has seen significant development proposals actually pencil, in part because of the downtown's form-based code, which has no density limit. Sites are being cleared and cranes are going up. So guess what the city is doing... www.marinij.com/2026/06/14/s...

Bellevue Homeowners Say Light Rail Noise on I-90 Ruining Area’s Peaceful Freeway Ambience: tinyurl.com/3yjv5fah

bike wedding!!

inaugural 2026 cherry hunterz ride was a big success. rode around town with a map of cherry trees in the public right of way and harvested until we dropped

this is my breakout year

work computer system is down..... what now

should i wear a full suit and tie to planning commission tomorrow or wool flannel

Riley O’Neil — who helped redesign roads to make them safer for pedestrians and cyclists in CDOT’s Complete Streets program — was killed on a part of Halsted lacking proper bike infrastructure, friends, advocates and a witness say. "Painted bike lanes don't stop anything" w/ @kwashburn.bsky.social

gf scored this art at a garage sale for 50¢

so true

An effective push back against GOP culture war tactics? Seems to me it should be.

walla walla is an interesting place

the bus. you've once again invented the bus.

going on a 6 hour drive this weekend. it's actually a lot like bikepacking except you have a car instead

found a bird in the stairwell???? and it's between me and the exit???? not sure what to do

Single Stair Flats and Vancouver "Villages" Now that rezoning notices are going out we can start to look at specific site examples. In this case, the commercial st "Village" near our office where there are a many lots that might be suitable for densification with a single-stair building.

i generally find government agencies pointing fingers at other agencies to be petty / a bad look, but kudos to TriMet for being willing to make explicit that state legislators are the ones whose inaction led to the service cuts the agency is about to enact.

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!

finally..... a train simulator with good visuals

Finally! An idea on how I can finally monetize this account! Anyone know what the TAM is for selling this image as a postcard?

the housing meatball

carry shit olympics

Cramped, Overpriced Corporate Store with No Parking or Anything On Your Shopping List Shutting Down Due to Safety Concerns: bit.ly/3tb5CPr

Danville PD impounding an e-motorcycle after catching a 12-year-old riding it around at 45 mph. They are *very* clear in the FB post that this is not an e-bike. I don't always have to hand it to the Danville PD, but I will in this instance.

There is a strong correlation between buildings with two stairs and architects who don't want to put the floor plans on ArchDaily. They know they suck and they don't want us to see them. www.archdaily.com/1041661/kaap...

Lmao who else is supposed to own a rental building?? You’ve only got like three private ownership options – private equity, family offices, and institutional investors. I don’t believe anybody smashing the repost button on this one even knows what any of these words mean.

check out the new velodrome tina kotek installed in front of the state capitol

whoever the next governor is will need to figure out how to pave roads and fix bridges with monopoly money

So you CAN get reparations you just have to be a reactionary white person who tries to overthrow the government because black votes shouldn’t count

When a democratic president is underwater on approval the media interviews republican voters and when a republican president is underwater the media interviews republican voters

cascadia HSR boosters when the state cuts matching funds for the amtrak cascades:

@amtrakcascades.wsdot.wa.gov yall gonna name the new trains? Idea: Columbia River Willamette River Cowlitz River Nisqually River Lake Washington Snohomish River

IT’S HERE! The first new Amtrak Cascades train set arrived in Seattle today!

very nice

When we took office, NYC had a $12B deficit. Today it’s zero. And we didn’t close that gap on the backs of working people. We closed it while funding parks, libraries, safer streets, & public housing. Call it Pothole Politics or Democratic Socialism: We are government that delivers for the people.

The OR GOP gubernatorial primary has now reached the “what are you going to do about the chemtrails” phase.

lmfao

maybe I'm crazy but I think it's a little wild we got a plaque for a medal of honor recipient because of his "actions against indians" right next to an engraved stone with a quote from a tribal chief.

so i guess we're cancelling the gas tax now???? t4america.org/2025/05/22/t...

first time on the venture cars and the seat haters are right. these suck lol. zero lumbar support. headrest digs into my shoulders (am tall)