Bryan Wasetis
@bwasetis.bsky.social
Community, systems, and policy focused. Posts about equitable land use, transit, and housing. Opinions mine. ❤️
D2 Portland, OR 💚
he/him
D2 Portland, OR 💚
he/him
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Remember: if you destroy a trash can and a whole cooked roast falls out, this is fine. The roast is fresh and hot and ready to consume. Doing so will heal you completely, through the magic of Thanksgiving. A holiday miracle!
November 27, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Remember: if you destroy a trash can and a whole cooked roast falls out, this is fine. The roast is fresh and hot and ready to consume. Doing so will heal you completely, through the magic of Thanksgiving. A holiday miracle!
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The transit service cuts are going to be so horrific I cannot fathom. The next several years are going to be hell. We need a full time legislature. We need special sessions. They have to dig us out of the hell we are in. Reform the fucking tax system. No more budget cuts under wealth inequality.
November 26, 2025 at 6:38 AM
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This is the future liberals want
Almost every Safeway in San Francisco is planning a total rebuild into "housing over grocery." At least three recent proposals. Meanwhile, zero proposals from Safeway in the East Bay. sfyimby.com/2025/11/prel... sfyimby.com/2025/11/perm... sfyimby.com/2025/11/bern...
Preliminary Plans Filed For Safeway in Outer Richmond, San Francisco - San Francisco YIMBY
Preliminary plans have been filed for an eight-story apartment complex at 850 La Playa Street in San Francisco’s Richmond District. The project will...
sfyimby.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:50 PM
This is the future liberals want
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We warned you that self-driving cars would just create self-driving traffic jams, and here they are.
The car industry has no solution to the shortage of space in cities. Public transit, cycling, and walking are all part of the answer, but cars are not.
The car industry has no solution to the shortage of space in cities. Public transit, cycling, and walking are all part of the answer, but cars are not.
Waymo privatized another public street:
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
November 25, 2025 at 1:07 AM
We warned you that self-driving cars would just create self-driving traffic jams, and here they are.
The car industry has no solution to the shortage of space in cities. Public transit, cycling, and walking are all part of the answer, but cars are not.
The car industry has no solution to the shortage of space in cities. Public transit, cycling, and walking are all part of the answer, but cars are not.
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But look at this chart, from a CBO letter linked to in the article. People at top end of the income scale is getting a massive windfall, on the backs of people on the lower end. Oregon could and should plug the budget gap by taxing that windfall. Call it the Big Beautiful Surcharge. 3/
November 23, 2025 at 7:19 PM
But look at this chart, from a CBO letter linked to in the article. People at top end of the income scale is getting a massive windfall, on the backs of people on the lower end. Oregon could and should plug the budget gap by taxing that windfall. Call it the Big Beautiful Surcharge. 3/
Thank you, @councilorkanal.bsky.social ! I greatly appreciate your representation! 🙌👏👏👏
Councilor Sameer Kanal diagnosed the different sides of this issue as “status quo versus change.” He pointed out that half of Portlanders are renters, but they've been underrepresented in local leadership, and cast aside accordingly. Ryan seemed to take that as an affront to homeowners like himself.
November 20, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Thank you, @councilorkanal.bsky.social ! I greatly appreciate your representation! 🙌👏👏👏
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People be like “why is downtown dead” as if it doesn’t have some of the worst curb cuts in the city
November 14, 2025 at 6:19 AM
People be like “why is downtown dead” as if it doesn’t have some of the worst curb cuts in the city
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We say it every single year: Oregon desperately needs kicker reform. This money could be going to schools, building homes, transit, filling potholes, building sidewalks and bikeways, and so much more www.opb.org/article/2025...
Oregon confirms $1.4 billion ‘kicker’ tax refund coming next year
The announcement marks the sixth consecutive budget cycle that Oregon taxpayers have received a kicker payment, the fourth-largest since the late 1970s.
www.opb.org
November 7, 2025 at 9:25 PM
We say it every single year: Oregon desperately needs kicker reform. This money could be going to schools, building homes, transit, filling potholes, building sidewalks and bikeways, and so much more www.opb.org/article/2025...
💯 This is the way
I’m extremely excited to re-elect @drmitchpdx.bsky.social, @pnwpolicyangel.bsky.social, & Tiffany Koyama Lane next year over the loud & extremely annoying objections of Portland’s wealthy conservatives.
Who knows, maybe we’ll fuck around & pick up a few more seats & get a true progressive majority.
Who knows, maybe we’ll fuck around & pick up a few more seats & get a true progressive majority.
It’s a great night to be a socialist!
It’s a great night if you believe in the power of the working class!
It’s a great night to commit yourself to the project of building a city that works for the many and not the few!
Join us: portlanddsa.org/join-us/
It’s a great night if you believe in the power of the working class!
It’s a great night to commit yourself to the project of building a city that works for the many and not the few!
Join us: portlanddsa.org/join-us/
November 5, 2025 at 6:39 AM
💯 This is the way
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May those who engage now, never grow complacent again. Build community, find community. We all have a place in the movement for real change.
November 5, 2025 at 4:55 AM
May those who engage now, never grow complacent again. Build community, find community. We all have a place in the movement for real change.
YESSS 🙌🙌😭
JUST IN: Mamdani, a democratic socialist and state assemblymember, will make history as the first Muslim and South Asian person — as well as the youngest in over a century — to serve as New York City mayor.
Mamdani wins New York City mayoral race, in a historic victory for progressives
Mamdani, a democratic socialist and state assemblymember, will make history as the first Muslim and South Asian person — as well as the youngest in over a century — to serve as New York City mayor.
n.pr
November 5, 2025 at 2:43 AM
YESSS 🙌🙌😭
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Portland's ruling class has a bizarre theory that the way to revitalize troubled locations is to remove seating, bathrooms, and open spaces, then add boulders and hideous fencing. You see it at Central Library, Firefighter Memorial, etc.
Meanwhile in Europe...
Meanwhile in Europe...
I just arrived in Barcelona. One of the first things I noticed (and love): So many public places to sit down!
Such a contrast with the hostile architecture that's widespread in US cities.
Such a contrast with the hostile architecture that's widespread in US cities.
November 1, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Portland's ruling class has a bizarre theory that the way to revitalize troubled locations is to remove seating, bathrooms, and open spaces, then add boulders and hideous fencing. You see it at Central Library, Firefighter Memorial, etc.
Meanwhile in Europe...
Meanwhile in Europe...
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Want to build streets for people? All people, even marginalized folks who cannot afford cars?
Put bus lanes on 82nd @trimet.org
Keep diverters on greenways @pbotinfo.bsky.social
Invest in connecting communities instead of more freeways @oregondot.bsky.social
Work to move people, not cars.
Put bus lanes on 82nd @trimet.org
Keep diverters on greenways @pbotinfo.bsky.social
Invest in connecting communities instead of more freeways @oregondot.bsky.social
Work to move people, not cars.
"The single most important behaviour, design or regulation for creating streets conducive to walking and cycling, was physical separation between the modes"
We've got a new study out, learning from a broad mixture of street users, planners and designers
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
We've got a new study out, learning from a broad mixture of street users, planners and designers
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
October 26, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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There are more square feet of parking per car than there is square foot of housing per human.
October 22, 2025 at 12:38 AM
There are more square feet of parking per car than there is square foot of housing per human.
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WELL HOW ABOUT THAT
"A millionaire levy in Massachusetts has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing significant high-profile departures from the state."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
"A millionaire levy in Massachusetts has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing significant high-profile departures from the state."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
October 21, 2025 at 3:22 PM
WELL HOW ABOUT THAT
"A millionaire levy in Massachusetts has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing significant high-profile departures from the state."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
"A millionaire levy in Massachusetts has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing significant high-profile departures from the state."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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New posters just dropped in downtown Portland, now in color! 🐸🐸🐸
October 15, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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Open your street up for car-free trick-or-treating, potlucks, games, jack-o-lantern carving, or a Día de los Muertos celebration!🎃🚲🧙♀️
Make sure to apply for a Block Party permit from @pbotinfo.bsky.social at least 15 days before your fall event here: www.portland.gov/transportati...
Make sure to apply for a Block Party permit from @pbotinfo.bsky.social at least 15 days before your fall event here: www.portland.gov/transportati...
October 9, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Open your street up for car-free trick-or-treating, potlucks, games, jack-o-lantern carving, or a Día de los Muertos celebration!🎃🚲🧙♀️
Make sure to apply for a Block Party permit from @pbotinfo.bsky.social at least 15 days before your fall event here: www.portland.gov/transportati...
Make sure to apply for a Block Party permit from @pbotinfo.bsky.social at least 15 days before your fall event here: www.portland.gov/transportati...
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When newly-elected Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson started converting car lanes to bike lanes in 2009, pundits claimed it was political suicide. In 2018, he stepped down after three terms as the longest-serving mayor in the city's history. So what can this tale teach us about so-called "bikelash"?🧵
October 6, 2025 at 12:41 AM
When newly-elected Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson started converting car lanes to bike lanes in 2009, pundits claimed it was political suicide. In 2018, he stepped down after three terms as the longest-serving mayor in the city's history. So what can this tale teach us about so-called "bikelash"?🧵
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Today is World Homeless Day, and after years reporting on this crisis, I'll just say: homelessness is neither inevitable nor intractable. It's the result of choices—political, economic, moral—that can be unmade.
And this: how we treat the unhoused is a bellwether for the violence we will tolerate.
And this: how we treat the unhoused is a bellwether for the violence we will tolerate.
October 10, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Today is World Homeless Day, and after years reporting on this crisis, I'll just say: homelessness is neither inevitable nor intractable. It's the result of choices—political, economic, moral—that can be unmade.
And this: how we treat the unhoused is a bellwether for the violence we will tolerate.
And this: how we treat the unhoused is a bellwether for the violence we will tolerate.
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“When streets became calmer & safer, more people felt comfortable trying a bike commute for the first time. Families began pedaling to the park…Local businesses saw new life…And cycling stopped feeling like a niche activity—it became part of everyday Parisian life.”
Via @momentummag.bsky.social
Via @momentummag.bsky.social
New Study Shows How Paris Pedaled Its Way to a Cycling Revolution
Cycling through central Paris meant weaving between buses and scooters—a bold choice reserved for the fearless few.
momentummag.com
October 8, 2025 at 12:15 PM
“When streets became calmer & safer, more people felt comfortable trying a bike commute for the first time. Families began pedaling to the park…Local businesses saw new life…And cycling stopped feeling like a niche activity—it became part of everyday Parisian life.”
Via @momentummag.bsky.social
Via @momentummag.bsky.social
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"The single most important behaviour, design or regulation for creating streets conducive to walking and cycling, was physical separation between the modes"
We've got a new study out, learning from a broad mixture of street users, planners and designers
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
We've got a new study out, learning from a broad mixture of street users, planners and designers
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
October 7, 2025 at 7:18 AM
"The single most important behaviour, design or regulation for creating streets conducive to walking and cycling, was physical separation between the modes"
We've got a new study out, learning from a broad mixture of street users, planners and designers
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
We've got a new study out, learning from a broad mixture of street users, planners and designers
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Your regular reminder that robustly funding public agencies to develop in-house capacity instead of outsourcing to consultants saves money and time.
Doing everything with consultants has so many drawbacks. I would love to work for a government agency that is staffed to do capital work itself for a while. Just to see how much of a difference it makes.
You know how much time I spend just getting contractors and consultants to agree to do things?
You know how much time I spend just getting contractors and consultants to agree to do things?
October 7, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Your regular reminder that robustly funding public agencies to develop in-house capacity instead of outsourcing to consultants saves money and time.
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> Effective October 1, you can reach Portland Street Response by calling 911 or 503-823-7773 from 6 a.m. to midnight, seven days a week. Both lines will be answered by trained 911 call takers.
Portland Street Response adds new phone number, expands hours
Portland Street Response is announcing several changes – including a new number and new hours – to improve the program's ability to assist people experiencing mental health and behavioral health crise...
www.portland.gov
October 6, 2025 at 5:25 PM
> Effective October 1, you can reach Portland Street Response by calling 911 or 503-823-7773 from 6 a.m. to midnight, seven days a week. Both lines will be answered by trained 911 call takers.
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This episode made me think about how telling parents to monitor kids screen time is another example of expecting individuals to solve a societal problem - if we want to get kids off their phones we have to build a world where they have other options.
New episode up! We talked with researcher Tim Gill about how we need to make our cities safe for children, not cars. "Children are basically living very captive and kind of contained lives, and that's just not healthy."
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September 30, 2025 at 2:00 PM
This episode made me think about how telling parents to monitor kids screen time is another example of expecting individuals to solve a societal problem - if we want to get kids off their phones we have to build a world where they have other options.