Allan
@arudwick.bsky.social
Dad on a bike,
Strong Towns PDX
Eliot, Portland, Oregon
Strong Towns PDX
Eliot, Portland, Oregon
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Reader who lives across street from where Mike Sloan died last night says PBOT crews are already on the scene filling the pothole police suspect led to his crash.
January 6, 2026 at 9:53 PM
Reader who lives across street from where Mike Sloan died last night says PBOT crews are already on the scene filling the pothole police suspect led to his crash.
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"I might need to haul something big one day", says the person with the pristine truck bed and an $850/month vehicle loan.
January 6, 2026 at 7:48 PM
"I might need to haul something big one day", says the person with the pristine truck bed and an $850/month vehicle loan.
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Billions of dollars to ODOT for continued endless polluting freeway expansions, while TriMet and other transit agencies across the state prepare for massive service cuts.
A profound public policy failure of Oregon government. #orpol #orleg
A profound public policy failure of Oregon government. #orpol #orleg
Go to trimet.org/servicecuts to learn more about the service cuts, share your feedback this month and help us shape the future of our transit service. The survey closes Jan. 31.
Planned Bus and MAX Service Cuts
Due to a growing budget gap, we must cut some TriMet service starting in November 2025.
trimet.org
January 5, 2026 at 8:03 PM
I totally found fenders and a rack in my shed and outfitted a co-worker. Hoping to convert him into a bike commuter full time
January 6, 2026 at 3:11 AM
I totally found fenders and a rack in my shed and outfitted a co-worker. Hoping to convert him into a bike commuter full time
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When TriMet announced the first round of service cuts last summer year they told us the worst was yet to come. Now that the second round has been announced, we get an even stronger taste of what they meant.
bikeportland.org/2026/01/05/t...
bikeportland.org/2026/01/05/t...
TriMet set to axe portion of MAX line in latest round of service cuts
TriMet wasn't kidding around.
bikeportland.org
January 5, 2026 at 8:35 PM
When TriMet announced the first round of service cuts last summer year they told us the worst was yet to come. Now that the second round has been announced, we get an even stronger taste of what they meant.
bikeportland.org/2026/01/05/t...
bikeportland.org/2026/01/05/t...
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Expect to see a lot of this classic Onion headline, from 23 years ago, over the coming weeks.
January 3, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Expect to see a lot of this classic Onion headline, from 23 years ago, over the coming weeks.
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Interview with Portland City Councilor Mitch Green about Trump’s attack on Venezuela and what Congress members need to do.
January 4, 2026 at 5:25 AM
Interview with Portland City Councilor Mitch Green about Trump’s attack on Venezuela and what Congress members need to do.
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Zohran’s remarks are in line with his background as someone who has spent genuine time with his Families for Safe Streets chapter. unconscionable that society asks victims of traffic violence to relive the awful trauma of the worst days of their lives over and over to beg policymakers for change
The mayor says something really important about something that's bugged me for a long time: that we force grieving families to relive their trauma over and over again as they lobby elected officials asking them to do the right thing. I am so glad to hear him say those days are over.
"I'm so sorry that we could not have done this earlier...to have saved the loved ones in your life. But I thank you fopr the work that you have done...to ensure that this pain not be felt by others who call this same city home." — Mayor Mamdani at McGuinness Blvd. presser youtube.com/shorts/uwAYI...
January 3, 2026 at 9:39 PM
Zohran’s remarks are in line with his background as someone who has spent genuine time with his Families for Safe Streets chapter. unconscionable that society asks victims of traffic violence to relive the awful trauma of the worst days of their lives over and over to beg policymakers for change
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Many don't realize that the most vulnerable or immune compromised depend on the rest getting vaccinated properly to keep diseases from spreading out of control. It's not just “my body, my choice” when it comes to saving lives.
January 2, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Many don't realize that the most vulnerable or immune compromised depend on the rest getting vaccinated properly to keep diseases from spreading out of control. It's not just “my body, my choice” when it comes to saving lives.
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What's to eat at PPS? ppsmenus.net is all up to date, *and* the 'Add to Google Calendar' stuff works right. Happy New Year!
cc @brianell.in @arudwick.bsky.social
cc @brianell.in @arudwick.bsky.social
PPS Menu Calendar Feeds
ppsmenus.net
January 1, 2026 at 7:33 PM
What's to eat at PPS? ppsmenus.net is all up to date, *and* the 'Add to Google Calendar' stuff works right. Happy New Year!
cc @brianell.in @arudwick.bsky.social
cc @brianell.in @arudwick.bsky.social
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To pay off stadium bonds, Chiefs-related new spending would need to be $2.7B a year — for a team whose total revenue is less than a quarter of that. Each and every Chiefs fan would need to spend an extra $4,000 per game for Kansas to break even.
How Kansas governor claims $4B Chiefs stadium subsidy will cost “no new taxes,” and whether this makes any damn sense
Judging from my email, the proposed Kansas City Chiefs stadium deal with the state of Kansas has set off a wave of cognitive dissonance among sports fans and taxpayers: Gov. Laura Kelly says that the ...
www.fieldofschemes.com
December 29, 2025 at 2:56 PM
To pay off stadium bonds, Chiefs-related new spending would need to be $2.7B a year — for a team whose total revenue is less than a quarter of that. Each and every Chiefs fan would need to spend an extra $4,000 per game for Kansas to break even.
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might be misremembering but the elevator gap stat that really blew my mind was that spain has more elevators than the US
December 31, 2025 at 3:15 AM
might be misremembering but the elevator gap stat that really blew my mind was that spain has more elevators than the US
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The Americas see about 3% of global elevator installations as of 2020. The U.S. & Canada: even less.
But we've stuck with our own unique set of elevator codes, as if elevator companies still have no choice but to beat a path to our door.
Nope! "Everywhere else" is a bigger common market now.
But we've stuck with our own unique set of elevator codes, as if elevator companies still have no choice but to beat a path to our door.
Nope! "Everywhere else" is a bigger common market now.
December 31, 2025 at 2:57 AM
The Americas see about 3% of global elevator installations as of 2020. The U.S. & Canada: even less.
But we've stuck with our own unique set of elevator codes, as if elevator companies still have no choice but to beat a path to our door.
Nope! "Everywhere else" is a bigger common market now.
But we've stuck with our own unique set of elevator codes, as if elevator companies still have no choice but to beat a path to our door.
Nope! "Everywhere else" is a bigger common market now.
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I’m used to the thing where the bar plays “closing time” or whatever to get everybody to leave, but this afternoon a coffee shop on Killingsworth turned off all the lights and started absolutely blaring Mambo Number 5 to whisk folks out of their seats and honestly i dig the energy
December 31, 2025 at 12:02 AM
I’m used to the thing where the bar plays “closing time” or whatever to get everybody to leave, but this afternoon a coffee shop on Killingsworth turned off all the lights and started absolutely blaring Mambo Number 5 to whisk folks out of their seats and honestly i dig the energy
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Setting 🚦timing to the speed of cycling on one-way streets is an overlooked part of #invisibleurbanism #VisionZero
December 30, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Setting 🚦timing to the speed of cycling on one-way streets is an overlooked part of #invisibleurbanism #VisionZero
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"We’re not a staffed non-profit, we’re not getting paid, we’re not lobbyists. We’re everyday Portlanders who stubbornly care about the future of our neighborhood, our city, our planet."
“At the end of the day, No More Freeways is a grassroots movement that believes Portland will be a healthier, happier, more prosperous, more equitable, and more livable city if we stop spending billions of dollars widening freeways.”
- NMF co-founder @chrissmith.us
www.nomorefreewayspdx.com/donate
- NMF co-founder @chrissmith.us
www.nomorefreewayspdx.com/donate
December 30, 2025 at 7:05 AM
"We’re not a staffed non-profit, we’re not getting paid, we’re not lobbyists. We’re everyday Portlanders who stubbornly care about the future of our neighborhood, our city, our planet."
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To save Las Vegas, let's take the car sewer that is the Las Vegas Strip and turn it one of the world's great promenades. mnolangray.substack.com/p/to-save-la...
To Save Las Vegas, Pedestrianize the Strip
It’s time to go all in.
mnolangray.substack.com
December 29, 2025 at 6:41 PM
To save Las Vegas, let's take the car sewer that is the Las Vegas Strip and turn it one of the world's great promenades. mnolangray.substack.com/p/to-save-la...
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Councilor Morillo came down to our pedestrian plaza pop up @ SE7th & Sandy this fall, made a video to educate her followers about it, and advocated for more pedestrian plazas in Transportation Infrastructure Committee—that’s the kind of leadership PDX deserves!
Reflecting on my first year as a city councilor, and I’m so proud of what my team and I have accomplished, and we’re just getting started.
I banned rental price fixing, created fees for landlords who want to profit off detention facilities (like ICE)
secure.actblue.com/donate/angel...
I banned rental price fixing, created fees for landlords who want to profit off detention facilities (like ICE)
secure.actblue.com/donate/angel...
Donate to Angelita Morillo for Portland City Council in District 3!
Help give Portland the progressive leadership we deserve!
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December 29, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Councilor Morillo came down to our pedestrian plaza pop up @ SE7th & Sandy this fall, made a video to educate her followers about it, and advocated for more pedestrian plazas in Transportation Infrastructure Committee—that’s the kind of leadership PDX deserves!
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There’s a Silicon Valley billionaire freak out happening about a potential wealth tax ballot initiative in California.
I hope everybody understands—the only way to make billionaires pay a similar *income* tax rate as their secretaries is via taxing unrealized cap gains or wealth
I hope everybody understands—the only way to make billionaires pay a similar *income* tax rate as their secretaries is via taxing unrealized cap gains or wealth
December 29, 2025 at 12:07 AM
There’s a Silicon Valley billionaire freak out happening about a potential wealth tax ballot initiative in California.
I hope everybody understands—the only way to make billionaires pay a similar *income* tax rate as their secretaries is via taxing unrealized cap gains or wealth
I hope everybody understands—the only way to make billionaires pay a similar *income* tax rate as their secretaries is via taxing unrealized cap gains or wealth
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Majorly bummed after learn
Ing that MetroPaint, the Portland metro regional paint recycling and resale program, is closing. 🎨💔
Ing that MetroPaint, the Portland metro regional paint recycling and resale program, is closing. 🎨💔
December 28, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Majorly bummed after learn
Ing that MetroPaint, the Portland metro regional paint recycling and resale program, is closing. 🎨💔
Ing that MetroPaint, the Portland metro regional paint recycling and resale program, is closing. 🎨💔
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I did see this group crop up the other day: livenearfriends.com
Live Near Friends
Live right next door to friends and family. One of the best things you can do for your health and happiness.
livenearfriends.com
December 27, 2025 at 6:30 AM
I did see this group crop up the other day: livenearfriends.com
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December 27, 2025 at 1:45 AM
I spend $30ish a year to support one of the best urbanism/safe streets creators around, which seems like an absolute bargain. Plus, I got a cool sticker when I became a supporter! What are you waiting for?