David Binnig
@binnig.bsky.social
Portlander. Transportation & housing hobbyist.
“The city that plans.” Good critique from Councilor Dunphy.
dunphy: "we have a tradition of beautiful PDFs" where we ask community members for advice, compile it into a document, and never look at it again
January 14, 2026 at 9:26 PM
“The city that plans.” Good critique from Councilor Dunphy.
Dunphy commits: “I will be voting for the hot dog thing.”
January 14, 2026 at 9:23 PM
Dunphy commits: “I will be voting for the hot dog thing.”
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dunphy commits to not seeking reelection for council president. wants to have conversations about getting to seven for the next president sooner rather than later
January 14, 2026 at 9:00 PM
dunphy commits to not seeking reelection for council president. wants to have conversations about getting to seven for the next president sooner rather than later
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Claudette Colvin, whose refusal to move seats on a segregated bus helped spark the civil rights movement, dies at 86.
January 13, 2026 at 9:49 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) — Claudette Colvin, whose refusal to move seats on a segregated bus helped spark the civil rights movement, dies at 86.
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I think we need to go back to the drawing board and consider the alternative replacement schemes that don't involve a dozen miles of new freeways and several rebuilt interchanges.
Willamette Week reports the price estimate for the Interstate Bridge Replacement has more than doubled to $13.6 billion. www.wweek.com/news/state/2...
Interstate Bridge Staff Hid Information About Ballooning Cost of Giant Highway Project
The estimated price tag more than doubled from $6 billion to $13.6 billion, but staff told a bistate panel Dec. 15 it didn’t have new numbers.
www.wweek.com
January 8, 2026 at 3:48 AM
I think we need to go back to the drawing board and consider the alternative replacement schemes that don't involve a dozen miles of new freeways and several rebuilt interchanges.
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@fischer.bsky.social and @ecosozialismus.bsky.social are doing public service liveposting about today's council president vote 🫡
January 7, 2026 at 8:17 PM
@fischer.bsky.social and @ecosozialismus.bsky.social are doing public service liveposting about today's council president vote 🫡
I told my kid we were going to watch the ball drop in NYC and it turned out she was expecting a meteor impact.
January 1, 2026 at 6:45 PM
I told my kid we were going to watch the ball drop in NYC and it turned out she was expecting a meteor impact.
I remember as a kid reading about the Vinland Map, a 1950s forgery purporting to be a pre-Columbian map showing that vikings had visited North America.
A decade later the L'Anse aux Meadows site proved they had—so it was a forged record of a true event.
A decade later the L'Anse aux Meadows site proved they had—so it was a forged record of a true event.
December 23, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I remember as a kid reading about the Vinland Map, a 1950s forgery purporting to be a pre-Columbian map showing that vikings had visited North America.
A decade later the L'Anse aux Meadows site proved they had—so it was a forged record of a true event.
A decade later the L'Anse aux Meadows site proved they had—so it was a forged record of a true event.
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portland’s residential infill project was a huge step towards ending exclusionary zoning but middle housing improvements are moving so fast in other cities that we’re starting to look conservative in comparison
Seattle Council Approves Eight-Unit Apartment Buildings Everywhere - PubliCola
By Erica C. Barnett Maybe calling them “stacked flats,” rather than “apartments,” was a stroke of genius. On Tuesday, the…
publicola.com
December 22, 2025 at 5:25 PM
portland’s residential infill project was a huge step towards ending exclusionary zoning but middle housing improvements are moving so fast in other cities that we’re starting to look conservative in comparison
James Madison on housing policy.
December 19, 2025 at 11:23 PM
James Madison on housing policy.
Interesting conversation in the Transportation & Infrastructure Committee meeting this morning about balancing the ways that PBOT’s public engagement processes can sometimes make it hard to act on changes from the status quo.
m.youtube.com/live/0FFzlXG...
m.youtube.com/live/0FFzlXG...
Portland City Council Transportation & Infrastructure Committee 12/15/25
YouTube video by eGov PDX
m.youtube.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Interesting conversation in the Transportation & Infrastructure Committee meeting this morning about balancing the ways that PBOT’s public engagement processes can sometimes make it hard to act on changes from the status quo.
m.youtube.com/live/0FFzlXG...
m.youtube.com/live/0FFzlXG...
A car is a calzone; a horse is toast.
December 13, 2025 at 5:09 AM
A car is a calzone; a horse is toast.
This county has a better vaccination rate than Sunnyside Environmental School.
More than 250 people who were exposed to measles, including dozens of unvaccinated school-aged children, are quarantining in South Carolina as the state wrestles to contain an outbreak that has sickened more than 110 people.
Hundreds Quarantined in South Carolina as Measles Outbreak Shows No Sign of Slowing
The outbreak shows no signs of slowing, likely because of the affected area’s “lower-than-hoped-for vaccination coverage,” a state health official said.
nyti.ms
December 12, 2025 at 4:26 PM
This county has a better vaccination rate than Sunnyside Environmental School.
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Look at the central city riverfront of Portland. It's just so shocking and embarrassing that we tolerate this.
December 11, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Look at the central city riverfront of Portland. It's just so shocking and embarrassing that we tolerate this.
Federalist 29 is interesting because Hamilton’s argument is that no would-be despot could be so stupid as to piss everyone off by sending the militia of one state to oppress another.
December 11, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Federalist 29 is interesting because Hamilton’s argument is that no would-be despot could be so stupid as to piss everyone off by sending the militia of one state to oppress another.
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raymond lee, our new city administrator, seems like about as good a pick as anyone could have expected: detail oriented, and with experience working in other cities that have more history with the city administrator position
novick coming in hot in the city administrator hearing asking about city employees feeling like they’re not allowed to communicate with city councilors
December 10, 2025 at 8:52 PM
raymond lee, our new city administrator, seems like about as good a pick as anyone could have expected: detail oriented, and with experience working in other cities that have more history with the city administrator position
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It's time once again for my annual #treebybike post. This is the 12/19/42 cover of @newyorker.com, so one full year after the attack on Pearl Harbor. This would be the first real Christmas alone, or without a family member, for millions in the US. Gas and tire rationing had begun earlier that year.🗃️
December 8, 2025 at 3:38 PM
It's time once again for my annual #treebybike post. This is the 12/19/42 cover of @newyorker.com, so one full year after the attack on Pearl Harbor. This would be the first real Christmas alone, or without a family member, for millions in the US. Gas and tire rationing had begun earlier that year.🗃️
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it passed unanimously last night! 🎊
- 3-4 story apartments will be more widely legal, esp. on smaller lots in neighborhoods already served by roads/pipes
- builders will have new incentives for accessible & affordable homes
- OR will have the first statewide model zoning code in the nation
- 3-4 story apartments will be more widely legal, esp. on smaller lots in neighborhoods already served by roads/pipes
- builders will have new incentives for accessible & affordable homes
- OR will have the first statewide model zoning code in the nation
Today, 2.5 years after an OR bill promised “transformational” changes to state housing policy, the new OHNA rules get a vote.
@andersem.bsky.social breaks down what’s inside the blueprint: www.sightline.org/2025/12/03/n...
@andersem.bsky.social breaks down what’s inside the blueprint: www.sightline.org/2025/12/03/n...
New Oregon Rules Will Re-Legalize Neighborhood Apartments | Sightline Institute
Over time, the state zoning standards make space for tens of thousands more homes in Oregon cities.
www.sightline.org
December 5, 2025 at 3:04 PM
it passed unanimously last night! 🎊
- 3-4 story apartments will be more widely legal, esp. on smaller lots in neighborhoods already served by roads/pipes
- builders will have new incentives for accessible & affordable homes
- OR will have the first statewide model zoning code in the nation
- 3-4 story apartments will be more widely legal, esp. on smaller lots in neighborhoods already served by roads/pipes
- builders will have new incentives for accessible & affordable homes
- OR will have the first statewide model zoning code in the nation
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If we had invested in Section 8 vouchers instead of 100% affordable buildings, flat market rents wouldn't lead to the inefficiency (empty homes) @jonathanmbach.bsky.social flags here.
Instead, when subsidies required per household fell, we'd automatically shift to subsidizing more households.
Instead, when subsidies required per household fell, we'd automatically shift to subsidizing more households.
December 2, 2025 at 4:43 PM
If we had invested in Section 8 vouchers instead of 100% affordable buildings, flat market rents wouldn't lead to the inefficiency (empty homes) @jonathanmbach.bsky.social flags here.
Instead, when subsidies required per household fell, we'd automatically shift to subsidizing more households.
Instead, when subsidies required per household fell, we'd automatically shift to subsidizing more households.
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- why are we charging per parking spots for patios outside of parking meter districts?
- why are the code requirements for patios so extreme so that so few existing patios can meet them without expensive upgrades?
- why are the code requirements for patios so extreme so that so few existing patios can meet them without expensive upgrades?
December 2, 2025 at 4:03 PM
- why are we charging per parking spots for patios outside of parking meter districts?
- why are the code requirements for patios so extreme so that so few existing patios can meet them without expensive upgrades?
- why are the code requirements for patios so extreme so that so few existing patios can meet them without expensive upgrades?
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"Grey was a therapist, an activist, and an inspiration and support to many Portlanders over the decades. She would post activist posters on fence outside her office so people passing by on the sidewalk could learn from their messages." - Lois Leveen
bikeportland.org/2025/12/01/w...
bikeportland.org/2025/12/01/w...
Woman killed on Cesar Chavez was on daily walk, just two blocks from her home
Grey Wolfe is remembered as a mother, counselor, and activist.
bikeportland.org
December 1, 2025 at 9:53 PM
"Grey was a therapist, an activist, and an inspiration and support to many Portlanders over the decades. She would post activist posters on fence outside her office so people passing by on the sidewalk could learn from their messages." - Lois Leveen
bikeportland.org/2025/12/01/w...
bikeportland.org/2025/12/01/w...
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For the love of God, please read and share this FAQ on what powers local government has over the ICE permit
November 29, 2025 at 11:48 PM
For the love of God, please read and share this FAQ on what powers local government has over the ICE permit
First impression of the Portland Art Museum reopening is that it needs more bike parking.
November 20, 2025 at 6:42 PM
First impression of the Portland Art Museum reopening is that it needs more bike parking.
A lot going on in city council tonight but I appreciated Councilor Kanal saying “we can’t say nothing is worth doing unless it solves the problem entirely.”
November 20, 2025 at 5:13 AM
A lot going on in city council tonight but I appreciated Councilor Kanal saying “we can’t say nothing is worth doing unless it solves the problem entirely.”
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November 14, 2025 at 10:22 PM