Jonathan Maus
@jonathanmaus.bsky.social
Father of four: 3 kids and BikePortland.org - https://bsky.app/profile/bikeportland.org 🚲 - North Portlander.
Still can't believe Doug called me, "Sort of like the O.G. punk rocker of this movement."
Such a wonderful night! If you missed it, don't miss this recording of my conversation with @thewaroncars.bsky.social hosts/Life After Cars authors Sarah Goodyear and Doug Gordon at Bike Happy Hour last night. @brooklynspoke.bsky.social @sgoodyear.bsky.social
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Podcast: 'Life After Cars' authors live at Bike Happy Hour
Sarah earned several rousing ovations and Doug was his usually sharp and brilliant self.
bikeportland.org
November 14, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Still can't believe Doug called me, "Sort of like the O.G. punk rocker of this movement."
Dunphy's one of three councilors who represent East Portland - and some of the deadliest streets in our city.
So far he's the only one who's spoken out about the three traffic deaths that happened in separate crashes on October 29th.
So far he's the only one who's spoken out about the three traffic deaths that happened in separate crashes on October 29th.
"There is a school of thought that's prominent in city hall... that if everybody is angry, then you're probably doing good politics and I think that's absolutely bullshit."
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Councilor Dunphy says safer streets are worth the pushback
(Background photo of 122nd Avenue near Glisan by Jonathan Maus/BikePortland. Dunphy photo by City of Portland)
On October 29th, the unthinkable happened: three people were killed in three separate ...
bikeportland.org
November 13, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Dunphy's one of three councilors who represent East Portland - and some of the deadliest streets in our city.
So far he's the only one who's spoken out about the three traffic deaths that happened in separate crashes on October 29th.
So far he's the only one who's spoken out about the three traffic deaths that happened in separate crashes on October 29th.
Have a listen!! (or read a few excerpts)
Such a wonderful night! If you missed it, don't miss this recording of my conversation with @thewaroncars.bsky.social hosts/Life After Cars authors Sarah Goodyear and Doug Gordon at Bike Happy Hour last night. @brooklynspoke.bsky.social @sgoodyear.bsky.social
bikeportland.org/2025/11/13/p...
bikeportland.org/2025/11/13/p...
Podcast: 'Life After Cars' authors live at Bike Happy Hour
Sarah earned several rousing ovations and Doug was his usually sharp and brilliant self.
bikeportland.org
November 13, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Have a listen!! (or read a few excerpts)
I'm interviewing Councilor Dunphy about this today to see how/if/what he's done in terms of following up after this powerful statement.
Three of my neighbors in district 1 were killed in three separate car collisions last night. We need action now to reduce pedestrian and cyclist deaths.
YOU need to do more to improve your own driving. Do better. Keep your neighbors alive.
YOU need to do more to improve your own driving. Do better. Keep your neighbors alive.
November 13, 2025 at 6:15 PM
I'm interviewing Councilor Dunphy about this today to see how/if/what he's done in terms of following up after this powerful statement.
another one of those stories where I started typing up a straight news story but then got more mad and opinionated as it went on and didn't hold back much 🤣
"Maybe the OTC and Oregon lawmakers will wake up and take our state's approach to transportation in a very different direction — one that stops chasing freeway expansion megaprojects as a solution to climate change (which is what Strickler believed them to be)..."
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ODOT turmoil continues as director signals his exit
Maybe Strickler just got tired of not winning.
bikeportland.org
November 13, 2025 at 6:08 PM
another one of those stories where I started typing up a straight news story but then got more mad and opinionated as it went on and didn't hold back much 🤣
Makes more sense to me now why OTC removed I-5 Rose Quarter funding agenda from today's OTC meeting. It would have been very awkward to have a candid conversation about the abject failure and possible end of that project the day after Strickler announced his departure.
Hearing that ODOT Director Kris Strickler is stepping down effective Jan 2. (!!).
November 13, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Makes more sense to me now why OTC removed I-5 Rose Quarter funding agenda from today's OTC meeting. It would have been very awkward to have a candid conversation about the abject failure and possible end of that project the day after Strickler announced his departure.
Hearing that ODOT Director Kris Strickler is stepping down effective Jan 2. (!!).
November 13, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Hearing that ODOT Director Kris Strickler is stepping down effective Jan 2. (!!).
aaand ODOT just removed this item from the agenda of tomorrow's meeting.
November 12, 2025 at 8:48 PM
aaand ODOT just removed this item from the agenda of tomorrow's meeting.
Portland's big xmas tree arrives in Pioneer Square today.
I've long had a dream of doing a cargo bike convoy from Portland to nearby forests where we cut down a tree and then haul it back to town, 100% by bike. I think we could pull it off! Wouldn't that be cooler than a massive big-rig?
I've long had a dream of doing a cargo bike convoy from Portland to nearby forests where we cut down a tree and then haul it back to town, 100% by bike. I think we could pull it off! Wouldn't that be cooler than a massive big-rig?
November 12, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Portland's big xmas tree arrives in Pioneer Square today.
I've long had a dream of doing a cargo bike convoy from Portland to nearby forests where we cut down a tree and then haul it back to town, 100% by bike. I think we could pull it off! Wouldn't that be cooler than a massive big-rig?
I've long had a dream of doing a cargo bike convoy from Portland to nearby forests where we cut down a tree and then haul it back to town, 100% by bike. I think we could pull it off! Wouldn't that be cooler than a massive big-rig?
Meet, greet... and eat!
As per tradition, at 4:00 pm I buy lots of yummy snacks for everyone, which at Migration means sweet/savory plantains (Nicaraguan "maduros/tostones"), yucca fries, and other good stuff from their food partner Papas Fritas.
As per tradition, at 4:00 pm I buy lots of yummy snacks for everyone, which at Migration means sweet/savory plantains (Nicaraguan "maduros/tostones"), yucca fries, and other good stuff from their food partner Papas Fritas.
TODAY!
Bike Happy Hour
Wednesday 11/12 5:30p
Migration Brewing N Williams Ave
@sgoodyear.bsky.social + @brooklynspoke.bsky.social of @thewaroncars.bsky.social will talk w @jonathanmaus.bsky.social about Life After Cars
Show up early to meet & greet!
Bike Happy Hour
Wednesday 11/12 5:30p
Migration Brewing N Williams Ave
@sgoodyear.bsky.social + @brooklynspoke.bsky.social of @thewaroncars.bsky.social will talk w @jonathanmaus.bsky.social about Life After Cars
Show up early to meet & greet!
This dynamic duo is on a national media tour talking up their excellent new book that diagnoses, dissects, and debates how car-dominated places have negatively influenced our lives — and what we'd gain by living life without (or a lot fewer of) them.
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November 12, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Meet, greet... and eat!
As per tradition, at 4:00 pm I buy lots of yummy snacks for everyone, which at Migration means sweet/savory plantains (Nicaraguan "maduros/tostones"), yucca fries, and other good stuff from their food partner Papas Fritas.
As per tradition, at 4:00 pm I buy lots of yummy snacks for everyone, which at Migration means sweet/savory plantains (Nicaraguan "maduros/tostones"), yucca fries, and other good stuff from their food partner Papas Fritas.
This will ignite conversations about the old plan to make a rail-trail next to this hwy and some folks are already talking about how this underscores the need for a more reliable bike route in this area when River View cemetery road is closed.
It's not heavily used by bike riders, but it's reasonable that someone would use this route to get between Sellwood and Lake Oswego.
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Bicycle rider killed in collision on Hwy 43 south of Sellwood Bridge
Despite high speed drivers and a narrow shoulder, this route is still an important connection.
bikeportland.org
November 12, 2025 at 4:35 PM
This will ignite conversations about the old plan to make a rail-trail next to this hwy and some folks are already talking about how this underscores the need for a more reliable bike route in this area when River View cemetery road is closed.
If anyone has more info on this, pls let me know. It’s a MultCo Sheriff case (not PPB).
Happened around 5:30 pm Tuesday just south of River View trails on Hey 43/S Riverside Rd. No other details out yet www.kgw.com/article/news...
Man on bicycle killed in crash on Highway 43 south of Sellwood Bridge, authorities say
Highway 43 reopened late Tuesday after a man riding a bicycle was killed in a crash near the Sellwood Bridge, deputies said.
www.kgw.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:16 PM
If anyone has more info on this, pls let me know. It’s a MultCo Sheriff case (not PPB).
This will be a fun fight.
A citizen ballot initiative backed by the Portland Police Association will seek to reroute 25% of revenues from the Portland Clean Energy Fund tax to fund the hiring of 400 additional police officers.
Ballot Initiative Will Seek to Reroute 25% of Climate Tax Revenues to Hiring Police
Sophie Peel
www.wweek.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:09 AM
This will be a fun fight.
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This is tomorrow! Come hang out with Doug and Sarah at Bike Happy Hour Weds 11/12 Migration Brewing on N Williams Ave. They'll sit down w me at 5:30 for a convo followed by some Q & A. Show up earlier than that to hang with them! See you there!
This dynamic duo is on a national media tour talking up their excellent new book that diagnoses, dissects, and debates how car-dominated places have negatively influenced our lives — and what we'd gain by living life without (or a lot fewer of) them.
bikeportland.org/2025/11/06/w...
bikeportland.org/2025/11/06/w...
'War on Cars' podcast hosts at Bike Happy Hour on Wednesday
It's the perfect time to talk about ideas that once felt radical, but now feel inevitable.
bikeportland.org
November 11, 2025 at 9:49 PM
This is tomorrow! Come hang out with Doug and Sarah at Bike Happy Hour Weds 11/12 Migration Brewing on N Williams Ave. They'll sit down w me at 5:30 for a convo followed by some Q & A. Show up earlier than that to hang with them! See you there!
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Reader just sent me this photo.
Given that rolling coal (where these truck owners modify their tailpipes to emit a huge plume of black smoke on any target they choose) is a federal offense, I hope this person gets pulled over.
Given that rolling coal (where these truck owners modify their tailpipes to emit a huge plume of black smoke on any target they choose) is a federal offense, I hope this person gets pulled over.
November 11, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Reader just sent me this photo.
Given that rolling coal (where these truck owners modify their tailpipes to emit a huge plume of black smoke on any target they choose) is a federal offense, I hope this person gets pulled over.
Given that rolling coal (where these truck owners modify their tailpipes to emit a huge plume of black smoke on any target they choose) is a federal offense, I hope this person gets pulled over.
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After years of delay and months of very bad news, ODOT staff will ask their bosses if it's finally time to pull the plug.
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Is this the end? State transportation commission could defund I-5 Rose Quarter project
Project staff call the question after eight years of planning and little progress to show for it.
bikeportland.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:45 PM
After years of delay and months of very bad news, ODOT staff will ask their bosses if it's finally time to pull the plug.
bikeportland.org/2025/11/11/i...
bikeportland.org/2025/11/11/i...
Sure is interesting to me how Portland Police issue a careless driving citation at the scene of a crash when it involves one of their own. I'm always told they can't do this until investigation closes, and in many cases (involving bike riders), police just leave it to insurance to figure out.
November 11, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Sure is interesting to me how Portland Police issue a careless driving citation at the scene of a crash when it involves one of their own. I'm always told they can't do this until investigation closes, and in many cases (involving bike riders), police just leave it to insurance to figure out.
don't miss the video version of this story on youtube or IG. youtu.be/8np9AcgW-RI
November 10, 2025 at 11:34 PM
don't miss the video version of this story on youtube or IG. youtu.be/8np9AcgW-RI
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I realize why someone who's a CEO of a car wash feels threatened by this project, but if Tarlow is going to take the extraordinary step of becoming an outspoken critic of it, the least he can do is come up with a factual, good-faith argument against it.
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Debunking a CEO's opposition to bus lanes on 82nd Avenue
If a CEO is this committed to their opposition, we should look more closely at their argument.
bikeportland.org
November 10, 2025 at 11:30 PM
I realize why someone who's a CEO of a car wash feels threatened by this project, but if Tarlow is going to take the extraordinary step of becoming an outspoken critic of it, the least he can do is come up with a factual, good-faith argument against it.
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Police just shared the name of one of the three people killed in separate traffic crashes in Hazelwood N'hood on October 28th. His name was Don Edney, a 59 year old man who was in a wheelchair when he was hit. Look at all the people who showed up for a celebration of his life at a local church. ❤️🩹
November 10, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Police just shared the name of one of the three people killed in separate traffic crashes in Hazelwood N'hood on October 28th. His name was Don Edney, a 59 year old man who was in a wheelchair when he was hit. Look at all the people who showed up for a celebration of his life at a local church. ❤️🩹
Damn. Never realized that Oregon fatal crashes are so closely tied to VMT. This is one reason why it's so vital that we make buses and bikeways as good as possible and do everything we can w land use & housing to lower our VMT. Drive more, die more. Drive less, die less. It's that simple.
November 10, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Damn. Never realized that Oregon fatal crashes are so closely tied to VMT. This is one reason why it's so vital that we make buses and bikeways as good as possible and do everything we can w land use & housing to lower our VMT. Drive more, die more. Drive less, die less. It's that simple.
Wow! Might need to do a reporting trip to Minneapolis. Portland could use more of what they’re doing.
New bikeways that have opened (or are very close to opening) in Minneapolis this year:
- Hennepin Avenue S
- University Avenue SE
- 24th Street E
- 1st Avenue S
(1/2)
- Hennepin Avenue S
- University Avenue SE
- 24th Street E
- 1st Avenue S
(1/2)
November 8, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Wow! Might need to do a reporting trip to Minneapolis. Portland could use more of what they’re doing.
"The proposal is that two entire lanes of 82nd - northbound and southbound - will be closed to motor vehicles, and the bus lanes will take their place..." - David Tarlow, CFO Washman Carwash
Umm. Mr. Tarlow that's not even how the bus lanes would work! "Business access" is in the name. jeezus.
Umm. Mr. Tarlow that's not even how the bus lanes would work! "Business access" is in the name. jeezus.
November 7, 2025 at 10:35 PM
"The proposal is that two entire lanes of 82nd - northbound and southbound - will be closed to motor vehicles, and the bus lanes will take their place..." - David Tarlow, CFO Washman Carwash
Umm. Mr. Tarlow that's not even how the bus lanes would work! "Business access" is in the name. jeezus.
Umm. Mr. Tarlow that's not even how the bus lanes would work! "Business access" is in the name. jeezus.
Another round of virtual office hours done. Had 4 folks sign up today: a BP subscriber who just wanted to chat and touch base, an ex-ODOT staffer now at different DOT asking for advice, a recently carfree person looking to get plugged into activism, and someone w a cool project pitching a story. !
November 7, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Another round of virtual office hours done. Had 4 folks sign up today: a BP subscriber who just wanted to chat and touch base, an ex-ODOT staffer now at different DOT asking for advice, a recently carfree person looking to get plugged into activism, and someone w a cool project pitching a story. !