one of the most fuck ass charts I've ever made. I love census microdata

Working to change this. Send me you recommendations, flag for all me the critical zone map update opportunities, request a meeting. Let’s chat and fix this together in Portland.

One person is dead, another is in critical condition after 2 separate car crashes in PDX happening within minutes of each other on July 13 One of the crashes happened on Burnside & NE 24th. Here's the letter BikeLoud sent last week to @mayorkwilson.bsky.social @portlandcouncil.bsky.social & PBOT

21/ Councilors: read your own hand. You hold the only vote SB 1501 §5 requires. You hold a lease that runs to 2030, a signed stay covenant, a signed clawback, an accruing maintenance claim, and a Commissioner who just told the world the team’s future is Portland. You are not the hostage.

Outside the central city, Portland's Comp Plan explicitly limits apartment zoning to corridors, a relic of racist and classist practices from last century. It's past time for broad rezoning, such as Portland Neighbors Welcome's Inner Eastside for All portlandneighborswelcome.org/inner-eastsi...

Portland should have a couple dedicated bike expressways. Closed to cars, and all stopsigns along it face cross-traffic. Even just one, running east/west, and maybe one north/south would be cool. This sharrow and afterthought bike lane stuff we got going on is not enough for cross town trips.

Many thanks to Councilor Morillo for raising awareness of this terrible tragedy, just a few blocks from my home. E Burnside is a dangerous road with dangerous crossings, and it’s been the focus of recent advocacy from multiple groups, including Kerns NA, Buckman CA, Strong Towns, and Better Blocks.

So the journalist uncritically quoted police (spread their press release without verifying the facts) and then…advertised for the ballot measure to raid the Portland Clean Energy Fund for more police? Journalism is one of the few things holding our democracy together. This isn’t journalism.

Sound Transit confirms that it shattered its one-day ridership record on July 6 with the U.S. vs Belgium match. 309,000 riders pressed onto Link trains that day. 5.4 MILLION riders used Link during the entirety of June, easily clearing the previous monthly ridership record.

What's interesting here: The city auditor's office likely wouldn't have investigated this, and reaching this conclusion, if Rene Gonzalez hadn't sued them.

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I think the implication here that the mayor agreed to start lobbying the state for a fully publicly funded renovation before really ever attempting to negotiate with the blazers is quite damning

1/ OK! We analyzed all ~5,300 pages of public records on the Moda Center deal — every email, text, contract, and invoice produced so far. Before Portland commits ~$850M+ ($1.12B after interest), here’s what every Portlander should know. It’s not the story you’ve been told. 🧵

Oregon’s model multifamily zoning code regulates size with “FAR.” What do floor area ratios look like? I went to one of the very few small-lot neighborhoods where Portland has re-legalized apartments, right next to I-5 in NoPo. See alt text for their FAR

pretty classy response from @mitchgreen.bsky.social, and it's annoying he's not getting more credit from good governance types for actually asking tough questions about these blank checks the city's being asked to sign for these costly megaprojects www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

A recent column from Portland Business Journal featured a few words from Metro Chamber’s Andrew Hoan. A few parts stuck out to me. 🧵 (gift link!) www.bizjournals.com/portland/new...

new from me: why oregon needs transit oriented upzoning urbanpdx.blog/why-oregon-n...

A lot is discussed about the city's decision to buy Moda for $1 in 2024, but that was set in motion in 1995. The agreements signed by the team & city in '24 addresses relocation. The team cannot pursue relocation w/ NBA through Oct. 2030 w/o city approval efiles.portlandoregon.gov/recordhtml/1...

@councilormorillo.bsky.social "A lot of this discussion is that the building is not at all in first-class condition right now, so I don't really understand how they're not in violation of that, right now. Do they owe us a bunch of money, right now?" www.youtube.com/live/GF-Hf0N...

"We think that building housing is part of the solution. We think net zero is part of the solution. We think a car-light development is part of the solution. We think building a sense of place and community is part of the solution." -- leader of the Squamish nation www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/o...

No More Freeways began filing lawsuits over the Rose Quarter project in 2019. After many ODOT withdrawals, re-filings and delays our day in court has arrived. Our first trial begins on Monday at 9am in room 14B of the Multnomah County Courthouse!

There's a lot to think about in this map of which US states require front license plates, by @brilliantmaps.bsky.social. Link in thread below. 1/ thread

New Yorkers need affordable homes. New Yorkers need great public libraries. So we're building both. Today, we took the next step toward creating a brand-new library and more than 200 affordable homes at the New Utrecht Library site in Brooklyn. Because public land should serve the public.

Councilor Morillo makes the point: there are very real costs to firing people, then trying to rehire them later. There is a financial cost, a morale cost, a workload delay cost... and some of those folks may find other work or not want to come back because your process sucked and disrespected them!

Someone (not pointing fingers) had edited the Portland City Council Wikipedia page to label Peacock as the majority. This person either has a vested interest in labeling the mod squad as an oppressed minority or is unable to understand that 6/12 is not greater than 50%.

Up and running by Spring 2027? LFG. bsky.app/profile/wwee...

In Portland, the Mayor has suggested using the "clean energy fund" to bribe our basketball team to not leave town. Meanwhile, our transit system is facing dire service cuts. opb.org/article/2026...

From 1980–2022, NYC urban area added ~700k housing units near rail stations. Other top performers on this front were DC, LA, SF & Chicago. Despite their rail networks, the Dallas, Miami & Atlanta areas added 5% or less of their housing in rail-adjacent neighborhood. www.urban.org/urban-wire/t...

Seattle's light rail & streetcar lines carried 4.8 million riders in April—a 44% increase above March, after Link Line 2 was extended to connect Seattle & Bellevue across Lake Washington. Seattle's light rail & streetcar lines are now the most-ridden in the nation, above LA, Boston, or San Diego.

Good morning, Portland! At today’s meeting, Council is considering second readings of a sister city ordinance, foie gras ban, and establishing our the Middle-Income Revolving Loan program. Follow along here while I post #LiveFromPDXCouncil26

The Portland Loo is a source of local pride. The entire city should be full of them by now. Instead.. we're deleting them!

The ROW between Vancouver's Union Station and Portland's Union Station is all at least double-tracked, with portions of it in St. Johns being QUAD-tracked. The fact that not a single person has been able to move on commuter rail on this existing infrastructure is beyond frustrating.

simply boggles the mind we can’t find a way to have hourly trains to Seattle and even more absurdly, four-an -hour commuters through-running from Oregon City to Vancouver Washington. I know all the reasons we don’t have this and they are all very dumb

The City Council of Vancouver, WA yesterday voted 6-0 to adopt their new comprehensive plan and zoning code www.columbian.com/news/2026/ju... To say it's ambitious would be an understatement. 1/5

Two people who were hired to gather signatures for a Portland ballot initiative that would use clean energy funds to hire police say they were trained to mislead the public about the proposal. At least one person has already detailed their concerns about the campaign in a state ethics complaint.

Previewed for a future Committee of the Whole meeting for late summer is consideration of a Moda center term sheet. I don’t know anything more about that, but I wanted to just restate that I will not be supportive a proposal to use PCEF for that project.

I’m literally crying.

this is incredible

"Let's be honest about the broader political moment here. PDX voters approved progressive programs like PCEF & Preschool for All. Almost immediately, powerful institutions start looking for ways to shrink them, redirect the money or to argue that they shouldn't have even existed in the first place."

helluva time for the oregon legislature to decide to defund trimet and force the agency to cut transit service

This week at Portland City Council, Loretta Smith and other the Portland Metro Chamber aligned city councilors are going to try to drain the newly established social housing fund. www.portland.gov/council/docu...

It’s very clear to me that having 6 progressive Councilors is not enough. We need a strong 7th vote. I will be looking in the districts for who that 7th can be and I will give recommendations as I meet the candidates.

You know what? Hell yeah. I’d love a Morillo Mullen Koyama-Lane trifecta

If the Business License Tax fund is unpalatable to fund these developments, and Social Housing fund is unpalatable, and Councilor Kanal has offered to co sponsor this new source with Councilor Smith or even GIVE it to her, then I can only conclude votes against this are to defund social housing.

If you, like I, live in District 2, EPG deserves to catch some hell. She talks a good progressive game but when the chips are down never seems to vote like it. Cosponsoring Clark 1 and then voting against Green 1 after it failed is inexcusable

Mayor Wilson says that it’s dehumanizing to say we need to ‘chop from the top’ when we describe where we look in the org chart to balance a budget. I disagree, but what is dehumanizing is chastising city workers for attending budget town halls as if they are not Portlanders, too.

Obviously there are a lot of reasons why antisemitism has become such a big force in US politics, but I think the fact that "socialist" ideas are so often transmitted through parasocial, online-mediated agitprop instead of mass organization makes the socialism of fools all but inevitable.

Councilors Smith, Pirtle Guiney, Ryan, Clark, Novick, and Zimmerman voted against Green 1 which created ongoing funding for Fire Station 22 near the CEI Hub and located in District 2 through management cuts. The amendment fails 6-6.

Some tenants in the adjacent building objected to the initial design. bikeportland.org/2026/05/18/g...

Portland Parks is piloting a free shuttle this summer to move people to, from, and within Forest Park. Lines: -East Portland CC > Lower Macleay -Parkrose TC > Lower Macleay -Charles Jordan CC > Washington Park (via Germantown/Skyline) -Inner-park loop (via Zoo, Pittock, Upper and Lower Macleay)