It just makes me sick, man

"I'm testifying remotely because I couldn't get work off on such short notice. I didn't expect you to defund Amtrak and Safe Routes to School on a Tuesday morning with hours of notice." - Jordan Lewis in testimony at OR Leg just now

lots of reasons to dislike this, but one particularly concerning issue raised by @aortarail.org is that we’re cutting funds that we use to access federal matches for the amtrak cascades line, making the real lost funding even larger

Portland’s central library got a $15 million renovation & I guess no one asked about the antiquated bike racks.

“It would also cut $17 million from Safe Routes to School, which funds infrastructure to make walking and biking to school safer for children” www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

Dear business owners, Please, we're begging you: Stop with the artsy bike racks. We don't want them. They don't work. Thanks but not thanks. Just get those basic, city-issued, blue staple racks from PBOT and we'll love you and spend more money at your store. 🙏🏻 - Your bike riding customers.

Barnes & Noble is a good example of a retailer that should be lured to Downtown. They have been in the central city for decades and nationally they're expanding. www.koin.com/news/busines...

I’m not a skateboarder, but I’m very excited for this project, that will effectively extend and reinvigorate Waterfront Park

A very different from Portland, but equally successful, streetcar model: usa.streetsblog.org/2026/02/25/k...

Cruel Owner Chains Bike Outside In Freezing Weather

Tough to classify anything I do as important, but I appreciate the sentiment

Waymo's insistence that that it uses remote "assistants" rather than drivers seems to be all about liability — not semantics. Illuminating post from Junko Yoshida: junkoyoshidaparis.substack.com/p/why-does-w...

Family Lets Cars Come Inside House During Snowstorm https://theonion.com/family-lets-cars-come-inside-house-during-snowstorm-1819577405/

Pass Inner Eastside for All, and building code reform plz

Wait what theconversation.com/the-worlds-2...

The message from the DOJ is unmistakable: Justice is no longer the objective. Retribution is.

"The reason [the IBR] is stalled and is so expensive is because you're not transportation and for some you're claiming that you are. Every social justice group wants to be part of transportation and they just aren't." - OR House Rep Shelly Boshart Davis speaking on the IBR project on DOGE Podcast

cool job alert

There is a stark and likely deadly divide between the approaches of Tesla and Waymo and I wish it would be acknowledged loudly in every conversation on AV. gizmodo.com/tesla-robota...

The future of the CEI hub is more important than the future of the Moda Center.

@chrissmith.us says in order to investigate a Lombard street car, there would need to be support for dense housing etc along the line somewhere. I’m kinda curious if there are any other clusters of opportunity, in addition to what’s gone in at St. John’s and university park areas already

What an extraordinary legacy www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

Look, you don't need to take my word for it. @pdxcityclub.bsky.social studied it last year. I'm very much a skeptic, but they've actually done a nice balanced job of summarizing the pros/cons costs/benefits. City Club says "explore" PB and recommends a pilot. This proposal locks it in permanently.

Read this in draft—it’s great!

instead of elected trimet board members i'd rather see some existing local electeds appointed to serve on the board, and/or change it so that Metro, and not the Governor, are the ones nominating candidates for the Senate to approve.

I love this!!

I find this funny as hell. I5RQ selected for an infrastructure accelerator! americafwd.org/wp-content/u...

Looking forward to diving into this!

@nextportland.bsky.social is rising from the ashes!

Just off a call w Jeffrey Tumlin, who was the Director of Transportation of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency 2019-2024... when robotaxis came to town. He says Oregon is at risk of copying CA's failure by letting Waymo come in w/o local regulations. HB 4085 is really bad folks!!

PBOT is sounding very balanced on AVs. They clearly think robotaxis are the Next Big Thing (to replace Uber/Lyft rideshare) w tons of upside, but they have major concerns.

Happy for the former Ravens intern.

HB 4007, a bill currently being considered in the legislature, creates much-needed regulations that classify e-bikes and other powered devices, helping ensure everyone, including young riders, can travel safely. Stay tuned for updates on how you can support this bill as it makes is way to passage.

New paper finds that US bike deaths have "trended toward lower-density suburban areas" rather than central cities Those killed tend to be poor and non-white. Lesson: The suburbanization of poverty could be contributing to the surging number of cyclist fatalities. doi.org/10.1016/j.jc...

cannot recommend highly enough

This is also why rides like the weekly PSU Farmers’ Market are so important — it’s not just about going to the market, it’s the community built along the way. I never would have met Sandra if not for @hamirami.bsky.social starting #PDXMarketRides and for @chrissmith.us carrying the torch.

Why don’t we have new articles of impeachment filed daily in the House?

Group ride to the market every Saturday the market is open! Details for the next one, Saturday at 10am as always: www.shift2bikes.org/calendar/eve...

The annual Portland Winter Light Festival kicks off February 6! With many events, installations and performances in the central city, Portland Streetcar service will once again be free to ride after 5pm each night of the festival—February 6, 7, 13 and 14.

In a statement to BikePortland this morning, Councilor Mitch Green called a bill in the legislature that aims to preempt local regulation of robotaxis, "appalling." bikeportland.org/2026/02/05/a...

🧵 (1/4) On Transit Equity Day I want to make sure we're telling a fuller story of the fight for justice and better transit. 100 years before Rosa Parks, there was Elizabeth Jennings Graham and months before Rosa, there was Claudette Colvin.

Today is the official start of the Oregon Legislature's short session. We're excited to have legislation on this session's crowded agenda that will shape the future of micromobility in our state. What HB 4007 the 'Safe Rides' Bill Does...

@1000oregon.bsky.social has a nice call-to-action set up to support two ODOT reform bills up for consideration in this year's legislative session: us17.campaign-archive.com?e=841469aa1c...

If our "environmental protection" frameworks can stop an affordable housing project but can't stop a detention center or a highway expansion we really need to start talk about ripping things up root and branch.

I'm at a legislative town hall, and Sen. Frederick is still gung ho about IBR despite the ballooning costs. Rep. Sanchez voted for bonding for the project but supposedly wasn't happy about it. 🙄

Last night, Automatic Noodle won the Octavia Butler Award!! I'm so honored and happy!!! 🤖❤️🎉 www.instagram.com/p/DUI5pCokno...

in particular, two things I’d focus on are: - how do help get people with in person, non-office jobs outside downtown get to work? - how do you get people working from home to take non commuting trips by bike?

Portland’s east waterfront after we demolish I5 next year

New study of e-cargo bikes: "Most participants felt more respected by motorists, more secure, more powerful, and more entitled as road users when e-cargo cycling [compared to traditional biking]." doi.org/10.1080/2380...