there is literally one proven policy to reduce traffic congestion long-term. it’s congestion pricing. and Trump just spent a whole year trying to illegally scrap it in New York City

This project is a short-term fix to address critical pavement failures on NW 23rd Avenue. It will improve conditions on the Neighborhood Main Street until the Montgomery Park Streetcar Extension can address the street’s structural issues & broader streetscape needs. www.portland.gov/transportati...

Routle - TriMet 04/19/2026 🟥 🟩 ⬛ ⬛ ⬛ https://www.routle.city/trimet hint: reflects Broadway Bridge closure 😆

Tomorrow's engineers aren't learning about induced demand. "3 [of 7] textbooks omitted the idea entirely, whereas the others offered only partial coverage." "The engineering textbooks reviewed here leave students unprepared to understand induced travel." journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Years ago Vancouver WA didn’t want light rail from Portland. Now they’re (understandably) upset the new plan has only station instead of two www.opb.org/article/2026...

Things bike helmets will protect you from: -Head injuries from a slow speed fall -Light rain -Being blamed for not wearing a helmet if you get hit by someone driving 5,000 lbs of metal and glass Things bike helmets won't protect you from: -Everything else 🤷🏻‍♀️

We need automatic parking citations in PDX!

Get the truck that fits the streets, not make the streets fit the truck

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Every day, we stand on the shoulders of the people who came before us. One of the reasons Portland is such a livable city is because of visionaries like Roger Shiels, who passed away last month. His lasting impact can be felt across the city:

ODOT is guilty of every single one of these www.pew.org/en/research-...

The Broadway Bridge has been closed since October while crews replaced the bridge deck and installed new streetcar tracks. Read more at www.oregonlive.com/commuting/20...

Three takeaways from @nytimes.com "inside the room" account. 1) Previous US admins mostly resisted being conned by Netanyahu. Trump was a complete sucker. 2) Vance and, to lesser degree, Marco playing "we always knew this was bad idea" card. 3) Trump is an idiot. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/u...

Impeach Trump.

We lost a civic treasure… www.oregonlive.com/news/2026/04...

When you see Kiel Johnson from @bikeloudpdx.bsky.social at Bike Happy Hour tonight (he's hosting!), say congratulations. Today (4/1/26) is 14th anniversary of his Go By Bike bike valet under the Aerial Tram, which he opened on this day in 2012. (Photos from 4/23/2012)

green with envy with all of you in Seattle celebrating the new transit line opening today. Reminder that Portland hasn’t added new high capacity transit since 2015, has no plans to do so in the future, is facing massive service cuts and plans to spend billions doubling the width of I-5

It’s the people that spend money. Not the cars. #UrbanTruth

Ever wonder how DOTs can add highway lanes without going through the onerous environmental review process under NEPA? So long as the agency already owns the right of way it's expanding into, the widening is likely exempt. There's a USDOT memo speaking to this specific categorical exception.

The City Club Ross Island report is complete (pdxcityclub.org/wp-content/u...) and will be presented to the membership on April 9th for approval: pdxcityclub.org/event/ross-i...

Gas is up to almost $5 in parts of Chicago, and it's going to get worse. So now is a good time to start looking into a way of carrying people and things that's dramatically cheaper - a cargo ebike! My fuel cost for 2 years was around $6, with only $29 a month total running cost

https://cityobservatory.org/portland-economys-strong-report-card-brookings-metro-monitor/ not-so-doom-loop

E-biking shouldn't require a driver's license. "E-bikes don’t pose greater risks than conventional bicycles. On average, e-bike crashes are equally as likely and severe as conventional bike crashes. And research from Denmark even shows e-bike riders are more likely to follow traffic laws."

March 18 is Transit Employee Appreciation Day! Join us in thanking your streetcar operator today for keeping Portland moving!

Are you a non-profit or public agency who could use a transit display for your clients, staff or the public? I have the tech, and Metro has some $$$ to make it happen! DM for details!

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.

Gov. Bob Ferguson is holding a press conference tomorrow morning on the Interstate Bridge Replacement, ahead of expected cost estimate updates on what will be the most expensive highway project in Pacific Northwest history.

Hey #AAG2026 people! Get the conference in style by coming to my talk co-authored with @drtaragoddard.com and learning all about kinetic pollution! 💥 🚙 💨 🗓️ Tuesday 17 Mar 8:30 AM (!) 📍 Union Square 15 & 16, 4th Floor, Hilton, Tower 3 #TransportSky #BikeSky @aag-tgsg.bsky.social

We celebrate clever people creating clever graphics to make clever points to help cities make more clever city-building decisions.

STUDIES SHOW this is the #UrbanTruth in MANY cities. Opposition to bike-lanes & angry defence of on-street parking on shopping streets is based on a wrong assumption about how customers are, or could be, getting there. Or it’s just about where the shop owner wants to park. Bike-lanes mean business.

This NACTO/USDOT report addresses how to downsize fire trucks in cities. nacto.org/wp-content/u...

“We are incredibly happy with the passage of the bill, which is the culmination of a multiyear effort by The Street Trust and the Oregon Micromobility Network,” Huber says.

An offensive push-poll from my congresswoman @repdexteror.bsky.social! "Are you paying more for gas?" Yes or No. No way to convey how we feel about paying more for gas! My answer is: "Yes, but not enough!" You represent most of Portland, Congresswoman! Not everyone here is a motorist!

Until recently it was universally understood, all across the political spectrum, that giving adolescent boys vast powers of destruction is not a good idea.

Congratulations to @thestreettrust.org and Oregon Micromobility Network on passing HB 4007! Just got the newsletter summarizing the bill and its success www.oregonmicromobility.org

Oh no

“Electrification has been touted as a silver bullet: an easy solution that alleviates the GHG burden from car owners worldwide. This isn’t the case. Extensive vehicle electrification only lowers emissions by a portion of what’s needed.” Via @wrirosscities.bsky.social itdp.org/2021/12/09/w...

If local governments want to provide relief from high gas prices RIGHT NOW: 1. Quick build bike and scooter lanes that are languishing as plans. Call it temporary, just cut the process theatre and make it happen. Get staff to scope more. 2. Flex general funding to run more transit service.

Portland’s light rail system hasn’t expanded in ten years, has no plans to do so in the future btw But don’t worry we’ve got billions lined up to spend on continued freeway expansions!

This is a largely a fault of different parts of the city not speaking to each other. The bike lane has been planned since 2018; the building went through the design review process in 2020. There's no good reason why the bike lane wasn't been as part of the Public Works Permit for the building.

Can anyone tell me what the bike industry and/or People For Bikes are doing about the way e-bikes are being blamed for havoc caused by people riding electric motorcycles?!!? WAY MORE THAN HALF THE STORIES ABOUT DEATHS CAUSED BY E-BIKES DO NOT INVOLVE E-BIKES. THIS IS KIND OF IMPORTANT.

There’s no shortage of professionally licensed traffic engineers who will tell you that decommissioning I-5 is impossible, but also can’t explain how Vancouver BC functions (almost too well, given housing demand) with no freeway running through the center of the city

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“Traffic models are frequently full of faulty assumptions, and rarely understand actual human behaviour in the context of change and choices. Never let a traffic model tell you what to do. Decide what you WANT to happen, and design how to get there.” — @brenttoderian.bsky.social #UrbanTruth

It would be one thing if the policy behind the desired result of the ballot measure was actually exciting or a worthwhile investment. It's not- it's just a blank check for ODOT to keep building roads.

CityNerd identifies Eastbank I-5 as one of the top 10 candidates nationwide for a freeway teardown! www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiNp...