Peter
@onrepete.bsky.social
geologist scaling cdr
urbanism, safe streets, housing, transit, decarbonization, hiking, music, lgm
he/him, nj ➡️ ny ➡️ atx ➡️ nola ➡️ pdx
urbanism, safe streets, housing, transit, decarbonization, hiking, music, lgm
he/him, nj ➡️ ny ➡️ atx ➡️ nola ➡️ pdx
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November 14, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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This is such an exciting project. It’s the most complete and well-executed example of quality bike and bus infrastructure in the city and it shows what PBOT is capable of when given relative design freedom and ample funding.
bikeportland.org/2025/11/14/s...
bikeportland.org/2025/11/14/s...
SW 4th isn't just about bikes (it's a dream for buses too)
It's the most complete and well-executed example of quality bike and bus infrastructure in the city.
bikeportland.org
November 14, 2025 at 5:50 PM
This is such an exciting project. It’s the most complete and well-executed example of quality bike and bus infrastructure in the city and it shows what PBOT is capable of when given relative design freedom and ample funding.
bikeportland.org/2025/11/14/s...
bikeportland.org/2025/11/14/s...
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We took on a powerful incumbent who was expected to coast to reelection.
We faced more corporate PAC money than has ever been spent attacking a candidate in a Seattle election.
We built a people-powered movement rooted in hope for our city’s future.
And we won.
This is YOUR city!
We faced more corporate PAC money than has ever been spent attacking a candidate in a Seattle election.
We built a people-powered movement rooted in hope for our city’s future.
And we won.
This is YOUR city!
November 13, 2025 at 11:13 PM
We took on a powerful incumbent who was expected to coast to reelection.
We faced more corporate PAC money than has ever been spent attacking a candidate in a Seattle election.
We built a people-powered movement rooted in hope for our city’s future.
And we won.
This is YOUR city!
We faced more corporate PAC money than has ever been spent attacking a candidate in a Seattle election.
We built a people-powered movement rooted in hope for our city’s future.
And we won.
This is YOUR city!
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Portland’s Mayor, much of City Council, and many Portlanders spent recent days aligning themselves directly with Trump’s policies towards our precariously housed and homeless neighbors, while rabidly promoting a local extension of it.
It’s been utterly disgraceful and profoundly disappointing.
It’s been utterly disgraceful and profoundly disappointing.
This is far worse than anyone expected.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
Trump Administration to Drastically Cut Housing Grants
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Portland’s Mayor, much of City Council, and many Portlanders spent recent days aligning themselves directly with Trump’s policies towards our precariously housed and homeless neighbors, while rabidly promoting a local extension of it.
It’s been utterly disgraceful and profoundly disappointing.
It’s been utterly disgraceful and profoundly disappointing.
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Progressive mayors would be wise to look to @wmata.com for inspiration.
1️⃣ Find and/or stabilize revenue.
2️⃣ Hire great managers and leaders.
3️⃣ Focus relentlessly on the *purpose* of the agency. Don’t get distracted!
4️⃣ Clean, safe, and beautiful matters.
5️⃣ High-quality service matters even more.
1️⃣ Find and/or stabilize revenue.
2️⃣ Hire great managers and leaders.
3️⃣ Focus relentlessly on the *purpose* of the agency. Don’t get distracted!
4️⃣ Clean, safe, and beautiful matters.
5️⃣ High-quality service matters even more.
Shorter waits, faster rides. In just three years, we’ve gone from 5% to 70% of Metrorail customers waiting less than six minutes for their train. 👍
November 12, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Progressive mayors would be wise to look to @wmata.com for inspiration.
1️⃣ Find and/or stabilize revenue.
2️⃣ Hire great managers and leaders.
3️⃣ Focus relentlessly on the *purpose* of the agency. Don’t get distracted!
4️⃣ Clean, safe, and beautiful matters.
5️⃣ High-quality service matters even more.
1️⃣ Find and/or stabilize revenue.
2️⃣ Hire great managers and leaders.
3️⃣ Focus relentlessly on the *purpose* of the agency. Don’t get distracted!
4️⃣ Clean, safe, and beautiful matters.
5️⃣ High-quality service matters even more.
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We have upgraded our geomagnetic forecast today (12 November 2025) to the highest intensity level amid an ongoing solar storm.
Current predictions suggest that the activity will result in potentially the largest solar storm to hit our planet in over two decades.
Current predictions suggest that the activity will result in potentially the largest solar storm to hit our planet in over two decades.
November 12, 2025 at 2:55 PM
We have upgraded our geomagnetic forecast today (12 November 2025) to the highest intensity level amid an ongoing solar storm.
Current predictions suggest that the activity will result in potentially the largest solar storm to hit our planet in over two decades.
Current predictions suggest that the activity will result in potentially the largest solar storm to hit our planet in over two decades.
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I went back and watched this exchange today, and the response to Smith’s questions (from her colleagues and the O) encapsulates something that holds Portland back.
It is absolutely insane that the City Administrator, who makes $300K+/yr, couldn’t answer this question.
youtu.be/MoMbQ4PMRA4
It is absolutely insane that the City Administrator, who makes $300K+/yr, couldn’t answer this question.
youtu.be/MoMbQ4PMRA4
Portland councilor erupts over homeless budget, looming layoffs
YouTube video by The Oregonian
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 4:27 AM
I went back and watched this exchange today, and the response to Smith’s questions (from her colleagues and the O) encapsulates something that holds Portland back.
It is absolutely insane that the City Administrator, who makes $300K+/yr, couldn’t answer this question.
youtu.be/MoMbQ4PMRA4
It is absolutely insane that the City Administrator, who makes $300K+/yr, couldn’t answer this question.
youtu.be/MoMbQ4PMRA4
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We are literally mad about your failure to fight the real dangers.
But there are real dangers out there that must be fought; and energy spent fighting each other is energy lost to that bigger fight.
November 11, 2025 at 1:37 AM
We are literally mad about your failure to fight the real dangers.
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other states like illinois are aggressively moving forward with expansion of transit service and improving their transportation networks, meanwhile oregon republicans are collecting signatures to repeal the meager bandaid transpo funding bill barely keeping odot solvent
www.opb.org/article/2025...
www.opb.org/article/2025...
Gov. Tina Kotek signs road funding bill, as opponents vow to block it
Republicans say they’ll insist voters get a say on new taxes in the Oregon transportation bill.
www.opb.org
November 11, 2025 at 1:06 AM
other states like illinois are aggressively moving forward with expansion of transit service and improving their transportation networks, meanwhile oregon republicans are collecting signatures to repeal the meager bandaid transpo funding bill barely keeping odot solvent
www.opb.org/article/2025...
www.opb.org/article/2025...
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🚨 In the latest tally, Katie Wilson has once again gained vote share in the Seattle mayoral race and officially taken a narrow lead. Today's batch broke 55.57% for Wilson and 44.13% for Bruce Harrell. Wilson now still leads with 49.83% of the vote while Harrell still trails with 49.79% of the vote.
In the latest tally, Katie Wilson has gained vote share in the Seattle mayoral race. Today's batch broke 54.85% for Wilson and 44.86% for Bruce Harrell. Harrell still leads with 50.74% of the vote while Wilson still trails with 48.86% of the vote.
🚨 In the latest tally, Katie Wilson has gained vote share in the Seattle mayoral race. Today's batch broke 51.63% for Wilson and 48.11% for Bruce Harrell. Harrell still leads with 52.64% of the vote while Wilson still trails with 46.93% of the vote.
November 11, 2025 at 12:01 AM
🚨 In the latest tally, Katie Wilson has once again gained vote share in the Seattle mayoral race and officially taken a narrow lead. Today's batch broke 55.57% for Wilson and 44.13% for Bruce Harrell. Wilson now still leads with 49.83% of the vote while Harrell still trails with 49.79% of the vote.
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Parking was one of the more controversial aspects to Portland's Residential Infill Project.
This newly built triplex at SE 16th & Morrison is a good example of how eliminating parking requirements allowed a mature tree to be saved. www.redfin.com/OR/Portland/...
This newly built triplex at SE 16th & Morrison is a good example of how eliminating parking requirements allowed a mature tree to be saved. www.redfin.com/OR/Portland/...
November 10, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Parking was one of the more controversial aspects to Portland's Residential Infill Project.
This newly built triplex at SE 16th & Morrison is a good example of how eliminating parking requirements allowed a mature tree to be saved. www.redfin.com/OR/Portland/...
This newly built triplex at SE 16th & Morrison is a good example of how eliminating parking requirements allowed a mature tree to be saved. www.redfin.com/OR/Portland/...
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Oregon’s state parks are facing a $14M shortfall as costs spike and the lottery dollars the agency relies on decline. Officials are proposing a host of cost increases on campsites, yurts, etc and cuts to free entry days and projects: tinyurl.com/y3wwy7y7
November 10, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Oregon’s state parks are facing a $14M shortfall as costs spike and the lottery dollars the agency relies on decline. Officials are proposing a host of cost increases on campsites, yurts, etc and cuts to free entry days and projects: tinyurl.com/y3wwy7y7
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Our amendment doesn’t cut those things.
Mayor Wilson could’ve called me to clarify and ask questions before blasting us in a newsletter, but of course he has to find a scapegoat when he doesn’t magically end homelessness on 12/1 by warehousing people.
Looking forward to clarifying this tomorrow.
Mayor Wilson could’ve called me to clarify and ask questions before blasting us in a newsletter, but of course he has to find a scapegoat when he doesn’t magically end homelessness on 12/1 by warehousing people.
Looking forward to clarifying this tomorrow.
The Impact Reduction Program also provides trash abatement, which is essential in maintaining clean, walkable sidewalks for all Portlanders. We shouldn‘t cut their budget.
November 10, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Our amendment doesn’t cut those things.
Mayor Wilson could’ve called me to clarify and ask questions before blasting us in a newsletter, but of course he has to find a scapegoat when he doesn’t magically end homelessness on 12/1 by warehousing people.
Looking forward to clarifying this tomorrow.
Mayor Wilson could’ve called me to clarify and ask questions before blasting us in a newsletter, but of course he has to find a scapegoat when he doesn’t magically end homelessness on 12/1 by warehousing people.
Looking forward to clarifying this tomorrow.
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I wrote about state-level ADU reform and the differences between @strongtowns.org and YIMBYism. www.maxdubler.com/blog/2025/11...
On The Tension Between YIMBYism and Strong Towns — Max Dubler
Special thanks to those who gave their thoughtful feedback on this piece. The past couple of months have seen quite a bit of Discourse about the differences between Strong Towns and YIMB...
www.maxdubler.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:25 PM
I wrote about state-level ADU reform and the differences between @strongtowns.org and YIMBYism. www.maxdubler.com/blog/2025/11...
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November 8, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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I'm editing audio from a 2023 vision zero conference panel I attended in NYC where Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani was on the panel. I might move to NYC next week just to go vote for the guy. Absolutely on-point transportation/road safety thinker.
October 28, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I'm editing audio from a 2023 vision zero conference panel I attended in NYC where Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani was on the panel. I might move to NYC next week just to go vote for the guy. Absolutely on-point transportation/road safety thinker.
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I disagree with Anna that bike buses do “more harm than good,” but i think this thread highlighting numerous small-but-significant barriers that prevent many from fully embracing normative bike culture is important and there’s work to be done if we’re serious about biking being for everyone
I still think bike buses do more harm than good because of how they reinforce stereotypes about biking being an elite activity. In communities like the Seattle neighborhood I live in with big wealth and racial disparities it's only kids...
October 22, 2025 at 4:23 PM
I disagree with Anna that bike buses do “more harm than good,” but i think this thread highlighting numerous small-but-significant barriers that prevent many from fully embracing normative bike culture is important and there’s work to be done if we’re serious about biking being for everyone
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"When 50 emails show up in my inbox Monday morning, I know something has happened. I know this is a little bit blunt... But without assigning blame, what happened?" - Robert Kellogg, TriMet board member
bikeportland.org/2025/10/22/f...
bikeportland.org/2025/10/22/f...
Facing public and board pressure, TriMet walks back 82nd Ave bus lane decision
"We are switching paths," says one high level TriMet staffer.
bikeportland.org
October 22, 2025 at 8:12 PM
"When 50 emails show up in my inbox Monday morning, I know something has happened. I know this is a little bit blunt... But without assigning blame, what happened?" - Robert Kellogg, TriMet board member
bikeportland.org/2025/10/22/f...
bikeportland.org/2025/10/22/f...
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one of the consistently interesting things about ACA criticism since it was signed into law is how critics discount or ignore the medicaid expansion
October 20, 2025 at 4:54 PM
one of the consistently interesting things about ACA criticism since it was signed into law is how critics discount or ignore the medicaid expansion
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Rallies and letter-writing campaign are underway because the $500,000,000 or so upgrade to the 82nd Ave business corridor is simply being "upgraded" as a car corridor - no bus or bike priority. Just cars and more cars. See our 82nd Channel on Slack + @bikeportland.org for more details.
TriMet caves on 82nd Ave transit plans as business owners threaten lawsuits
Everything seemed to be lined up for seven miles of bus lanes, but now the wheels have come off.
bikeportland.org
October 17, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Rallies and letter-writing campaign are underway because the $500,000,000 or so upgrade to the 82nd Ave business corridor is simply being "upgraded" as a car corridor - no bus or bike priority. Just cars and more cars. See our 82nd Channel on Slack + @bikeportland.org for more details.
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Seems kind of messed up that TriMet would get $55 million grant from PCEF to build "bus rapid transit" on 82nd Ave and then go and give us just 3 miles of lanes that drivers can use to access driveways and turns.
news.trimet.org/2024/12/trim...
news.trimet.org/2024/12/trim...
TriMet’s 82nd Avenue Transit Project fueled by $55.5 million grant from Portland Clean Energy Fund - TriMet News
TriMet FX®–Frequent Express bus service will reduce traffic congestion, lower greenhouse gas emissions and provide better access to jobs along […]
news.trimet.org
October 17, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Seems kind of messed up that TriMet would get $55 million grant from PCEF to build "bus rapid transit" on 82nd Ave and then go and give us just 3 miles of lanes that drivers can use to access driveways and turns.
news.trimet.org/2024/12/trim...
news.trimet.org/2024/12/trim...
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Disastrous, cowardly move by @trimet.org. Kudos to Zachary Laureitzen from Oregon Walks for this quote:
October 16, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Disastrous, cowardly move by @trimet.org. Kudos to Zachary Laureitzen from Oregon Walks for this quote:
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I don’t want to hear anymore “Portland is dying” narrative or vague complaints about “ANTIFA” as the clarion call for action in the city. All of that led to Trump targeting us. Groups like People for Portland, associated right-wing media ecosystem, and political opportunists own this.
September 28, 2025 at 7:07 PM
I don’t want to hear anymore “Portland is dying” narrative or vague complaints about “ANTIFA” as the clarion call for action in the city. All of that led to Trump targeting us. Groups like People for Portland, associated right-wing media ecosystem, and political opportunists own this.
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Incredible organizing by @pnwelcome.bsky.social in support of the Inner Eastside for All campaign.
It's time to relegate exclusionary zoning to the dustbin of history.
It's time to relegate exclusionary zoning to the dustbin of history.
September 25, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Incredible organizing by @pnwelcome.bsky.social in support of the Inner Eastside for All campaign.
It's time to relegate exclusionary zoning to the dustbin of history.
It's time to relegate exclusionary zoning to the dustbin of history.
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i'll be in NE portland for a single stair talk later next month - and will be bringing my brompton on the train.
this will be the second oregon bike and single stair event in 2 years.
rad!
this will be the second oregon bike and single stair event in 2 years.
rad!
a man is playing music on a pioneer dj
Alt: a man is playing music on a pioneer dj on a cargo bike
media.tenor.com
September 22, 2025 at 11:15 PM
i'll be in NE portland for a single stair talk later next month - and will be bringing my brompton on the train.
this will be the second oregon bike and single stair event in 2 years.
rad!
this will be the second oregon bike and single stair event in 2 years.
rad!