ben fryback
@bfryback.bsky.social
Transportation Engineer (In Training)
posts and thoughts are my own
Salem, OR
posts and thoughts are my own
Salem, OR
what a novel idea
Just replace the bridge, the direct approaches, and give us light rail. None of the extra bullshit. We don’t need to completely rebuild interchanges and add lanes for miles on either side.
January 8, 2026 at 6:43 AM
what a novel idea
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DHS tweeted this yesterday. Little more than 24 hours later, ICE agents just shot and killed a legal observer in Minneapolis.
January 7, 2026 at 5:08 PM
DHS tweeted this yesterday. Little more than 24 hours later, ICE agents just shot and killed a legal observer in Minneapolis.
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A young couple stopped to film an ICE raid and they shot the driver in the head, while her wife and dog watched her die. An American citizen in resistance. They have released these masked cowards on our streets and they’re killing is.
January 7, 2026 at 9:14 PM
A young couple stopped to film an ICE raid and they shot the driver in the head, while her wife and dog watched her die. An American citizen in resistance. They have released these masked cowards on our streets and they’re killing is.
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Eyewitness accounts and video evidence show ICE agents in Minneapolis needlessly shooting at an SUV killing a woman driver and then preventing her from receiving potential life-saving aid in what can only be described as murder.
ICE agent shoots and kills woman in Minneapolis
This incident occurred after Homeland Security sent more than 2,000 ICE agents to the Twin Cities in the "largest DHS operation ever."
www.kare11.com
January 7, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Eyewitness accounts and video evidence show ICE agents in Minneapolis needlessly shooting at an SUV killing a woman driver and then preventing her from receiving potential life-saving aid in what can only be described as murder.
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Any one of us could be shot or kidnapped because an ICE agent doesn’t like the look of us. Are you prepared to be murdered in cold blood while “news” sources repeat the claim you were “weaponizing your vehicle” trying to leave your driveway? They want you to accept that. They want to make it normal
January 7, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Any one of us could be shot or kidnapped because an ICE agent doesn’t like the look of us. Are you prepared to be murdered in cold blood while “news” sources repeat the claim you were “weaponizing your vehicle” trying to leave your driveway? They want you to accept that. They want to make it normal
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This is Trump’s masked ICE agent, who shot the woman in Minneapolis, fleeing from the scene about 90 seconds after the shooting.
You can hear a witness yelling, “Don’t let the murderer leave.”
You can hear a witness yelling, “Don’t let the murderer leave.”
January 7, 2026 at 7:17 PM
This is Trump’s masked ICE agent, who shot the woman in Minneapolis, fleeing from the scene about 90 seconds after the shooting.
You can hear a witness yelling, “Don’t let the murderer leave.”
You can hear a witness yelling, “Don’t let the murderer leave.”
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NEWS: In a heartbreaking video, after ICE shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis, a woman who was in the same SUV cries out: “They killed my wife. I don’t know what to do."
“We stopped to videotape, and they shot her in the head,” the distraught woman sobs.
www.advocate.com/news/minneso...
“We stopped to videotape, and they shot her in the head,” the distraught woman sobs.
www.advocate.com/news/minneso...
Distraught woman says ICE killed her wife in video after deadly Minneapolis shooting
“They killed my wife,” the distraught woman says, adding, “They shot her in the head.”
www.advocate.com
January 7, 2026 at 8:55 PM
NEWS: In a heartbreaking video, after ICE shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis, a woman who was in the same SUV cries out: “They killed my wife. I don’t know what to do."
“We stopped to videotape, and they shot her in the head,” the distraught woman sobs.
www.advocate.com/news/minneso...
“We stopped to videotape, and they shot her in the head,” the distraught woman sobs.
www.advocate.com/news/minneso...
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I think Stephen Miller should absolutely continue to crash out while calling this woman a domestic terrorist.
The murdered woman's glove compartment is filled with stuffed animals.
January 7, 2026 at 8:34 PM
I think Stephen Miller should absolutely continue to crash out while calling this woman a domestic terrorist.
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on principle for my own sanity i try and avoid watching any videos, but my god, the photo of the bloody airbag next to a glove compartment overflowing with children's toys needs to be seen to understand what sort of atrocity went down in south minneapolis today
ICE officer fatally shoots driver through car window in Minneapolis
minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/07/i...
minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/07/i...
ICE officer fatally shoots driver through car window in Minneapolis • Minnesota Reformer
The driver then slowly backs up and appears to be leaving, when another officer fires three shots.
minnesotareformer.com
January 7, 2026 at 8:14 PM
on principle for my own sanity i try and avoid watching any videos, but my god, the photo of the bloody airbag next to a glove compartment overflowing with children's toys needs to be seen to understand what sort of atrocity went down in south minneapolis today
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NEW: Second video shows ICE shooting in Minneapolis. A woman, a U.S. citizen, was killed
January 7, 2026 at 6:19 PM
NEW: Second video shows ICE shooting in Minneapolis. A woman, a U.S. citizen, was killed
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Oregon’s Democratic state legislature did this.
TriMet Announces Steep Service Cuts to Close Budget Gap
The upshot? Twenty bus routes altered, another 15 eliminated, and a light-rail line that will stop at its halfway point, requiring a transfer to get from Clackamas Town Center to downtown Portland.
www.wweek.com
January 7, 2026 at 3:24 AM
Oregon’s Democratic state legislature did this.
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This should be seen for what it is: a huge victory for MAGA, which has long railed against mass transit, with Oregon Democrats enabling it. Just a catastrophe all around.
Oregon’s Democratic state legislature did this.
TriMet Announces Steep Service Cuts to Close Budget Gap
The upshot? Twenty bus routes altered, another 15 eliminated, and a light-rail line that will stop at its halfway point, requiring a transfer to get from Clackamas Town Center to downtown Portland.
www.wweek.com
January 7, 2026 at 3:30 AM
This should be seen for what it is: a huge victory for MAGA, which has long railed against mass transit, with Oregon Democrats enabling it. Just a catastrophe all around.
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The legislature did a grave disservice when we failed to secure long term funding for transit service. I'm heartbroken to read the scale of cuts TriMet is now proposing. I hope you'll hold me accountable to prioritizing working with my colleagues to find a solution. #orpol
https://loom.ly/pmos-0k
https://loom.ly/pmos-0k
TriMet Announces Steep Service Cuts to Close Budget Gap
The upshot? Twenty bus routes altered, another 15 eliminated, and a light-rail line that will stop at its halfway point, requiring a transfer to get from Clackamas Town Center to downtown Portland.
www.wweek.com
January 6, 2026 at 7:19 PM
The legislature did a grave disservice when we failed to secure long term funding for transit service. I'm heartbroken to read the scale of cuts TriMet is now proposing. I hope you'll hold me accountable to prioritizing working with my colleagues to find a solution. #orpol
https://loom.ly/pmos-0k
https://loom.ly/pmos-0k
16 year old driver turns right, kills person crossing the street with their pickup truck, in broad daylight
"freak accident" says the media
katu.com/news/local/n...
"freak accident" says the media
katu.com/news/local/n...
No charges expected for 16-year-old driver who struck and killed pedestrian in Woodburn
A accident occurred on Jan. 4 when a 49-year-old woman, Maria Mejia-Romero, was fatally struck by a vehicle in Woodburn.
katu.com
January 6, 2026 at 4:38 PM
16 year old driver turns right, kills person crossing the street with their pickup truck, in broad daylight
"freak accident" says the media
katu.com/news/local/n...
"freak accident" says the media
katu.com/news/local/n...
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30% of Oregonians cannot or will not be a driver.
However, 100% of Oregonians will, at some point, be a pedestrian.
Drastic transit cuts--including half of a MAX line--should be a five-alarm fire, but it barely made a dent in the news cycle compared to a 6¢/gallon gas tax increase.
However, 100% of Oregonians will, at some point, be a pedestrian.
Drastic transit cuts--including half of a MAX line--should be a five-alarm fire, but it barely made a dent in the news cycle compared to a 6¢/gallon gas tax increase.
you ever notice how transit cuts in the biggest city in the state aren’t talked about as a political risk for the governor, despite being vastly worse for transit riders than an unnoticeable gas tax increase is for drivers?
January 6, 2026 at 12:52 AM
30% of Oregonians cannot or will not be a driver.
However, 100% of Oregonians will, at some point, be a pedestrian.
Drastic transit cuts--including half of a MAX line--should be a five-alarm fire, but it barely made a dent in the news cycle compared to a 6¢/gallon gas tax increase.
However, 100% of Oregonians will, at some point, be a pedestrian.
Drastic transit cuts--including half of a MAX line--should be a five-alarm fire, but it barely made a dent in the news cycle compared to a 6¢/gallon gas tax increase.
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you ever notice how transit cuts in the biggest city in the state aren’t talked about as a political risk for the governor, despite being vastly worse for transit riders than an unnoticeable gas tax increase is for drivers?
January 5, 2026 at 11:38 PM
you ever notice how transit cuts in the biggest city in the state aren’t talked about as a political risk for the governor, despite being vastly worse for transit riders than an unnoticeable gas tax increase is for drivers?
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vote for democrats, they didn't sign off on invading venezuela but they would have if trump asked them
January 4, 2026 at 5:37 PM
vote for democrats, they didn't sign off on invading venezuela but they would have if trump asked them
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This is such a great speech. Cities are wonderful and its great to see someone truly believing in that finally in charge here again
"A city that values the pursuits that create beauty and community, whether or not they ever turn into careers. A city that thinks you should have time to read a book and lay on the grass looking up at the clouds." -Katie Wilson
January 4, 2026 at 2:58 AM
This is such a great speech. Cities are wonderful and its great to see someone truly believing in that finally in charge here again
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Sept 1 1939: The Führer announces that Poland is a clear danger to the nation, and that "In order to put an end to this lunacy I have no other choice than to meet force with force. Since 5:45 a.m. we have been returning fire, and from now on bombs will be met by bombs."
January 3, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Sept 1 1939: The Führer announces that Poland is a clear danger to the nation, and that "In order to put an end to this lunacy I have no other choice than to meet force with force. Since 5:45 a.m. we have been returning fire, and from now on bombs will be met by bombs."
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short vent about transit schedule coordination
Pre-pandemic, the WES had a reliable 7 minute transfer with Cherriots' 1x express service at Wilsonville. This meant someone could reliably take transit between Beaverton and Salem during commute hours.
short vent about transit schedule coordination
Pre-pandemic, the WES had a reliable 7 minute transfer with Cherriots' 1x express service at Wilsonville. This meant someone could reliably take transit between Beaverton and Salem during commute hours.
January 2, 2026 at 6:57 AM
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short vent about transit schedule coordination
Pre-pandemic, the WES had a reliable 7 minute transfer with Cherriots' 1x express service at Wilsonville. This meant someone could reliably take transit between Beaverton and Salem during commute hours.
short vent about transit schedule coordination
Pre-pandemic, the WES had a reliable 7 minute transfer with Cherriots' 1x express service at Wilsonville. This meant someone could reliably take transit between Beaverton and Salem during commute hours.
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everyone loudly celebrating the free transit service tonight when taking it would require me catching the last bus home leaving at 12:07 feels like a particularly poignant demonstration of the tradeoffs between advocacy for fareless versus frequent service
January 1, 2026 at 1:32 AM
everyone loudly celebrating the free transit service tonight when taking it would require me catching the last bus home leaving at 12:07 feels like a particularly poignant demonstration of the tradeoffs between advocacy for fareless versus frequent service
Biking through floodwaters
High water conditions on U.S. 101 in Tillamook Dec. 9, 2025
www.flickr.com
December 30, 2025 at 5:54 PM