brand new road btw. someone didn't check the general construction sheets

no tax on tips no tax on teachers no tax on first responders no tax on veterans no tax on law enforcement no tax on dog owners no tax on sports fans no tax on Pepsi drinkers no tax on Geminis no tax on people born on weekends no tax on blondes no tax on anybody with a middle name

There is no news anymore, only content.

for the longest time i thought the role of chambers of commerce and other business advocacy organizations was to promote the area and get more investments made in town as of late, it seems their role is more to convince everyone that downtown is covered in poop and filled with crime all the time

a few more pictures from the bike ride

Rewatch Who Framed Roger Rabbit. That’s it. That’s the post. …. Ok it’s not quite the whole post. The movie doesn’t have to be based on a provable conspiracy, since those are really hard to prove, & it’s a movie with cartoons! But there’s plenty of evidence of dark money attacking public transit.

bike riiide

check it ouuuut

finally got approved for the Amtrak credit card. things are looking up

need this in salem

I get the feeling that this is what drivers think "traffic" was like 200 years ago

"Chevron executive says Americans should drive less" is just chef's kiss

Like many thriving cities, Utrecht has wide streets with fast-moving, multi-lane car & truck traffic. The key difference is, Utrecht leaders have built safe ways for people walking & biking to cross these streets, and pleasant, separated lanes to travel without a car. Worth trying in your city?

"As Mr. Vance was detailing the impasse in negotiations, President Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio were at a sports arena in Miami for UFC 327, watching a video montage of past fights." www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04...

We need to allow our urban 'single family' neighbourhoods to evolve. Our vision: Accessible, zero emission, bright, social, bike oriented, #singlestair homes - allowed on individual residential lots - everywhere.

baby's first watercolor painting please clap

bicycle on da ODOT whip

does anyone want my drivetrain grease gumball

horrible. right hook claims another. www.salemreporter.com/2026/04/07/s...

This piece is exceptional, and it applies to Portland too. Our economy is being choked by the lack of housing options. We @pnwelcome.bsky.social are doing everything we can to unlock growth and opportunity again. financialpost.com/news/economy...

is tonight the night i remove my fenders for the season

big dumper bobblehead on the train

Travel writer Rick Steves on Washington's newly signed "Millionaires Tax"

strongtownspdx.substack.com/p/the-quick-... charging predominantly per acre seems smart to me since serving a huge area is why we have too many roads that are too expensive to maintain in the first place

Every time you use OpenAI, Google Gemini, Grok, or any of the other popular AI slop generators, you help in your own small part to make places like Memphis, TN unlivable for certain populations that reside nearby datacenters - even people miles away are subjected to infrasound pollution. #FuckAI

so i guess in Redmond you can bring your big ass golden retriever inside cafes and the dog gets a treat for trying to jump up onto the counter

is the i-90 floating bridge considered a "moored boat" or a pier with a big road on it? either way trains going 55 mph on it are pretty neato

i got the ferry boat chicken tenders

experiencing the L8 firsthand

adding to my collection of DOT swag

tal go

Fuck Elizabeth Warren. My condo is a home. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/b...

Awkward 😬

Peak Portland racism is complaining about how hard it is to pronounce a word where the pronunciation is spelled on the fucking sign. Handwringing about which Custer this park was named for does not change one fact: it's stolen land. www.wweek.com/culture/2026...

remember that one time a train derailed in Ohio and literally nobody died but it was a news story for like a full week and Pete Buttigieg had to personally answer for it?

most of our state highways looked like this before the gas tax the ones that didn't, didn't exist yet.

going for a bike ride

A minor car issue creating chaos for miles is not an isolated event. It happens all the time. This is how traffic gets created.

The Portland MBA dorks are surveying Oregonian "entrepreneurs" to report to Gov Kotek. It would be a shame if more proletarians took this survey and answered based on their needs and desires rather than those of business owners. www.research.net/r/OregonPros...

14 story buildings are cool and good but we're only getting 14 story half block wide buildings because we don't allow anything else

SALEM MENTIONED!!!!

just found this really interesting website lol noparkinginnewberg.com

just found this really interesting website lol noparkinginnewberg.com

high schoolers should have to take a class on how to read city/county/state budgets. "how can the x municipality have a shortage in the road fund!! we're spending 9000000 million dollars on trees [grant obligations]!!!! just move the restricted tree dollars to fund road maintenance!"

i feel like the idea that "taxes pay for public services i enjoy" loses a lot of value when the federal deficit is eyewateringly high and the value of money loses all meaning

Advocates for right-sizing the replacement of I-5 between Washington and Oregon are poised for a big win, if only because there is no way for the two states to pay for the full $14.4 billion (!) project.

making the best of the unseasonably warm weather

If bike/ped advocates and the trucking industry can surmount our differences to work on Oregon's transportation funding crisis, maybe lawmakers could try it sometime..? Our rare alignment highlights the severity of the crisis, and urgent need for leadership. Read our joint op-ed on @oregonian.com