Awful and clearly moved there on purpose. How about a new City ordinance?
"No property owner shall allow leaves from their property to be raked, blown, or otherwise moved into any marked bicycle lane near or adjacent to their property."
@mitchgreen.bsky.social @councilorkanal.bsky.social
"No property owner shall allow leaves from their property to be raked, blown, or otherwise moved into any marked bicycle lane near or adjacent to their property."
@mitchgreen.bsky.social @councilorkanal.bsky.social
I have written a lot about the perils of poorly maintained (and leaf-filled) bike lanes. That didn’t stop me from wiping out in one just now, falling on my face and scraping up my knee pretty badly. This is a truly hazardous situation, @pbotinfo.bsky.social. When are you going to do something?
November 20, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Awful and clearly moved there on purpose. How about a new City ordinance?
"No property owner shall allow leaves from their property to be raked, blown, or otherwise moved into any marked bicycle lane near or adjacent to their property."
@mitchgreen.bsky.social @councilorkanal.bsky.social
"No property owner shall allow leaves from their property to be raked, blown, or otherwise moved into any marked bicycle lane near or adjacent to their property."
@mitchgreen.bsky.social @councilorkanal.bsky.social
Shoutout to the City of Portland for running its water fountains well into fall. Nice stops for a long walk on a warm night.
November 16, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Shoutout to the City of Portland for running its water fountains well into fall. Nice stops for a long walk on a warm night.
Perfect fall day in the gorge talking e-bikes with the incomparable Megan Ramey @bikabout.com and the Oregon Micromobility Network through @thestreettrust.org.
October 30, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Perfect fall day in the gorge talking e-bikes with the incomparable Megan Ramey @bikabout.com and the Oregon Micromobility Network through @thestreettrust.org.
It's almost as if we shouldn't have capped our property taxes at 3% annual growth over 1995 values. Excellent thread.
🍎There are 4 levels to the test. Level 1 is akin to getting D or F. Oregon has HUGE numbers of kids at Level 1 across all grades, including 49% of 8th graders in math. Half of all eighth graders are getting a D or an F in math? In what world is this NOT a massive emergency, OR?
October 5, 2025 at 6:10 AM
It's almost as if we shouldn't have capped our property taxes at 3% annual growth over 1995 values. Excellent thread.
Middle schoolers lining up to pet reptiles on the Friday morning Tubman bike bus
September 29, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Middle schoolers lining up to pet reptiles on the Friday morning Tubman bike bus
Oregon law prohibits parking within 20 feet of intersections (ORS 811.550(17)), but @pbotinfo.bsky.social doesn't enforce it, leaving situations like this at NE 15th Avenue, a block from an elementary school, where there have been two recent injury crashes caused by an RV blocking a stop sign.
September 29, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Oregon law prohibits parking within 20 feet of intersections (ORS 811.550(17)), but @pbotinfo.bsky.social doesn't enforce it, leaving situations like this at NE 15th Avenue, a block from an elementary school, where there have been two recent injury crashes caused by an RV blocking a stop sign.
Excellent article about the urgent need to significantly restrict car traffic on neighborhood greenways. The bike bus and e-bike revolutions are underway, and the only thing that can stop them is cities failing to protect riders.
"If neighborhood greenways are to live up to their promise, they must be places where fewer than 500 cars a day are allowed."
bikeportland.org/2025/09/05/g...
bikeportland.org/2025/09/05/g...
Guest opinion: Greenways won't be truly safe until they're built that way
"It took me years to let my own kids ride independently, because what every parent fears happened to us."
bikeportland.org
September 5, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Excellent article about the urgent need to significantly restrict car traffic on neighborhood greenways. The bike bus and e-bike revolutions are underway, and the only thing that can stop them is cities failing to protect riders.
Good energy on the Tubman bike bus again this morning!
August 28, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Good energy on the Tubman bike bus again this morning!
Spotted today on N Williams: a delivery truck parked blocking the vehicle lane rather than the bike lane. Didn’t think it was possible!
August 20, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Spotted today on N Williams: a delivery truck parked blocking the vehicle lane rather than the bike lane. Didn’t think it was possible!
PPS plans to require students who live as far SE as Sullivan's Gulch (green dot) to attend Jefferson HS more than 3 miles away (yellow line) rather than Grant HS a few blocks away (blue line). How does this align with what I assume are district goals of encouraging kids to walk and bike to school?
August 20, 2025 at 5:24 AM
PPS plans to require students who live as far SE as Sullivan's Gulch (green dot) to attend Jefferson HS more than 3 miles away (yellow line) rather than Grant HS a few blocks away (blue line). How does this align with what I assume are district goals of encouraging kids to walk and bike to school?
@biketownpdx.bsky.social first generation Nike bike going strong in Canada
May 10, 2025 at 3:16 PM
@biketownpdx.bsky.social first generation Nike bike going strong in Canada
Hey @pbotinfo.bsky.social can we get some help with this gravel on NW Cornell? Makes people choose between a flat tire and riding in traffic
May 10, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Hey @pbotinfo.bsky.social can we get some help with this gravel on NW Cornell? Makes people choose between a flat tire and riding in traffic
Thou shalt not pickleball
May 9, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Thou shalt not pickleball
No, Microsoft Outlook, I didn't change my name to Christmas, and don't not want to add "tmas" to my name every time I sign an email. I thought the robots were getting smarter?
May 9, 2025 at 10:14 PM
No, Microsoft Outlook, I didn't change my name to Christmas, and don't not want to add "tmas" to my name every time I sign an email. I thought the robots were getting smarter?
One of these EVs qualifies for a federal tax credit
May 7, 2025 at 2:37 AM
One of these EVs qualifies for a federal tax credit
Dirty Highway 30 living up to its name today, with plenty of gravel, glass and this screw that impaled my back tire. Bike lane debris is as bad as I’ve seen it lately. Anybody know how best to request a sweep from ODOT and @pbotinfo.bsky.social ? Marine Drive out to Kelley Point pretty bad too.
April 6, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Dirty Highway 30 living up to its name today, with plenty of gravel, glass and this screw that impaled my back tire. Bike lane debris is as bad as I’ve seen it lately. Anybody know how best to request a sweep from ODOT and @pbotinfo.bsky.social ? Marine Drive out to Kelley Point pretty bad too.
Google mistakenly saying Class 3 e-bikes aren't allowed in bike lanes is yet another example of negligent misinformation, but at least gives me some hope I won't be out of a job anytime soon.
March 7, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Google mistakenly saying Class 3 e-bikes aren't allowed in bike lanes is yet another example of negligent misinformation, but at least gives me some hope I won't be out of a job anytime soon.
Not wide enough for bike lanes, says PBOT
January 3, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Not wide enough for bike lanes, says PBOT
HNY from Rocky Butte
January 2, 2025 at 10:51 PM
HNY from Rocky Butte
Hello, and nice to be here. I am a lawyer in Portland who advocates for injured people, including bicyclists and pedestrians. I wanted to share some common issues my clients, or people I talk to about potential cases, wish they had know before getting into a collision.
December 20, 2024 at 7:15 PM
Hello, and nice to be here. I am a lawyer in Portland who advocates for injured people, including bicyclists and pedestrians. I wanted to share some common issues my clients, or people I talk to about potential cases, wish they had know before getting into a collision.