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Who wants to be the new boss and finally do something about these godforsaken cars? DM your resumes
November 13, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Who wants to be the new boss and finally do something about these godforsaken cars? DM your resumes
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The War on Cars, welcome to Portland, OR.
November 11, 2025 at 12:05 AM
The War on Cars, welcome to Portland, OR.
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If ODOT was so busy expanding freeways, they could get back to their roots: blowing up whales
A whale carcass has washed ashore near Depoe Bay.
Wednesday is the 55th anniversary of the exploding whale.
@tinakotek.bsky.social has the opportunity to do the funniest thing ever.
Governor. Don't let the opportunity pass you by 🐋🧨💥
Wednesday is the 55th anniversary of the exploding whale.
@tinakotek.bsky.social has the opportunity to do the funniest thing ever.
Governor. Don't let the opportunity pass you by 🐋🧨💥
November 11, 2025 at 5:18 AM
If ODOT was so busy expanding freeways, they could get back to their roots: blowing up whales
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Reno Nevada put their surface running rail line into a trench for $282 million.
For the cost of like 1/8th of a mile of I5 widening we could grade separate the line.
For the cost of like 1/8th of a mile of I5 widening we could grade separate the line.
November 7, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Reno Nevada put their surface running rail line into a trench for $282 million.
For the cost of like 1/8th of a mile of I5 widening we could grade separate the line.
For the cost of like 1/8th of a mile of I5 widening we could grade separate the line.
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“It’s so endemic, it’s so pervasive, it’s so ubiquitous, that people don’t recognize just how much it is all around them”
I've been talking motonormativity with @grist.org. Also features @sgoodyear.bsky.social and @brooklynspoke.bsky.social
grist.org/culture/cars...
I've been talking motonormativity with @grist.org. Also features @sgoodyear.bsky.social and @brooklynspoke.bsky.social
grist.org/culture/cars...
What we lost when cars won
Americans once feared cars. Now we can’t imagine life without them.
grist.org
October 28, 2025 at 5:48 PM
“It’s so endemic, it’s so pervasive, it’s so ubiquitous, that people don’t recognize just how much it is all around them”
I've been talking motonormativity with @grist.org. Also features @sgoodyear.bsky.social and @brooklynspoke.bsky.social
grist.org/culture/cars...
I've been talking motonormativity with @grist.org. Also features @sgoodyear.bsky.social and @brooklynspoke.bsky.social
grist.org/culture/cars...
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Hey Oregonians!
Drivers on the road have the ultimate responsibility of driving safely, staying completely aware of their surroundings, and keeping in control of their vehicles at all times
Raining? Slow down. Low visibility? Slow down. Hate traffic? Take public transit, bike, roll, or walk
Drivers on the road have the ultimate responsibility of driving safely, staying completely aware of their surroundings, and keeping in control of their vehicles at all times
Raining? Slow down. Low visibility? Slow down. Hate traffic? Take public transit, bike, roll, or walk
Hey Marylanders! Darker evenings don’t mean more danger on our roads. Just a little extra caution — bright clothes, headlights on — can make a huge difference.
Let’s keep each other safe. Be the difference!
Let’s keep each other safe. Be the difference!
October 15, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Hey Oregonians!
Drivers on the road have the ultimate responsibility of driving safely, staying completely aware of their surroundings, and keeping in control of their vehicles at all times
Raining? Slow down. Low visibility? Slow down. Hate traffic? Take public transit, bike, roll, or walk
Drivers on the road have the ultimate responsibility of driving safely, staying completely aware of their surroundings, and keeping in control of their vehicles at all times
Raining? Slow down. Low visibility? Slow down. Hate traffic? Take public transit, bike, roll, or walk
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I was walking down a street in New York and I thought how lovely it was, with the trees and the light. Tried to take a photo and this came out. It’s incredible how blind we become to the ugliness of cars. They really do mess things up. Yet somehow we manage to filter them out.
September 22, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I was walking down a street in New York and I thought how lovely it was, with the trees and the light. Tried to take a photo and this came out. It’s incredible how blind we become to the ugliness of cars. They really do mess things up. Yet somehow we manage to filter them out.
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Paris celebrated the opening of its 300th “school street”: landscaped & pedestrianized or semi-pedestrianized blocks situated in front of schools. Most have been completed since 2020.
Paris passe le cap des 300 rues piétonnes près des écoles pour être « plus accueillante aux enfants »
La municipalité, qui a organisé samedi une fête dédiée, tire un bilan positif de ces espaces piétonnisés aux abords des établissements scola
leparisien.fr
September 29, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Paris celebrated the opening of its 300th “school street”: landscaped & pedestrianized or semi-pedestrianized blocks situated in front of schools. Most have been completed since 2020.
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Why your next car should be an electric cargo bike
Why your next car should be an electric cargo bike
Rewiring cities for more human-centric transportation
buff.ly
September 22, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Why your next car should be an electric cargo bike
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The new price tag for this project is gonna top $10 billion, or you can take one of the vowels from Iannarone.
The Interstate Bridge Replacement team told state lawmakers that updated cost estimates won't be available until December, after already delaying several times. The last estimate was from 2023, of $5 billion to $7.5 billion.
September 16, 2025 at 3:02 PM
The new price tag for this project is gonna top $10 billion, or you can take one of the vowels from Iannarone.
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Hello, Portland! We are so excited to announce that we'll be at the famous @powells.bsky.social on November 13th in conversation with @opb.org's @anomalily.net about our new book, "Life After Cars."
Tickets, which include a copy of the book, are on sale now:
www.powells.com/events/sarah...
Tickets, which include a copy of the book, are on sale now:
www.powells.com/events/sarah...
September 11, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Hello, Portland! We are so excited to announce that we'll be at the famous @powells.bsky.social on November 13th in conversation with @opb.org's @anomalily.net about our new book, "Life After Cars."
Tickets, which include a copy of the book, are on sale now:
www.powells.com/events/sarah...
Tickets, which include a copy of the book, are on sale now:
www.powells.com/events/sarah...
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On one hand, reducing car use reduces urban pollution.
But on the other, everyone likes it and cities become more livable
But on the other, everyone likes it and cities become more livable
August 30, 2025 at 12:43 AM
On one hand, reducing car use reduces urban pollution.
But on the other, everyone likes it and cities become more livable
But on the other, everyone likes it and cities become more livable
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Cars have degraded our environment, economy, and lives.
Forced car dependency makes us poorer, less healthy, and disconnected to our natural world.
The first step of a cure is to recognize that we have a car problem. Most of us don't even see where we are through our bug-splattered windshields.
Forced car dependency makes us poorer, less healthy, and disconnected to our natural world.
The first step of a cure is to recognize that we have a car problem. Most of us don't even see where we are through our bug-splattered windshields.
It isn't until the end that this story gets to the real problem — "that insects are in the greatest existential crisis in their 400-million-year history" — but this piece treats "splatter" as more of an issue for drivers who want to keep their cars clean.
What’s That Splatter on Your Windshield?
Can you identify what insects are pelting your vehicle during your summer road trip? Take this quiz and see what you can learn from these close encounters.
www.nytimes.com
July 23, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Cars have degraded our environment, economy, and lives.
Forced car dependency makes us poorer, less healthy, and disconnected to our natural world.
The first step of a cure is to recognize that we have a car problem. Most of us don't even see where we are through our bug-splattered windshields.
Forced car dependency makes us poorer, less healthy, and disconnected to our natural world.
The first step of a cure is to recognize that we have a car problem. Most of us don't even see where we are through our bug-splattered windshields.
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Removing a highway is about more than eliminating a costly and decaying road. It’s about creating opportunity for community to thrive.
Rochester did it with the inner loop, and already the city is seeing the fruit of that labor.
Rochester did it with the inner loop, and already the city is seeing the fruit of that labor.
August 8, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Removing a highway is about more than eliminating a costly and decaying road. It’s about creating opportunity for community to thrive.
Rochester did it with the inner loop, and already the city is seeing the fruit of that labor.
Rochester did it with the inner loop, and already the city is seeing the fruit of that labor.
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"Compared to other modes, [walking and biking were] found to have positive relation with mental and physical health of an urban commuter."
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August 1, 2025 at 3:07 PM
"Compared to other modes, [walking and biking were] found to have positive relation with mental and physical health of an urban commuter."
doi.org/10.1016/j.jt...
doi.org/10.1016/j.jt...
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Letting People Move climateandcommunity.org/research/let...
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Letting People Move - Climate and Community Institute
Transportation policy represents a key tool to address both the cost of living and climate crises. In the United States, the shortcomings of today’s transportation system …
climateandcommunity.org
July 29, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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Hey Portland, we on track to hit those mode split goals yet?
July 25, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Hey Portland, we on track to hit those mode split goals yet?
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the funny thing about transportation policy is that the obvious fix is to stop wasting absurd sums of money on highway widenings that just make traffic worse but for some reason state DOTs are incapable of understanding that
Oregon DOT votes to spend $75 million to plan a possible freeway expansion the same week @trimet.org announces massive transit cuts and ODOT "downsizes" 483 employees.
Car culture erupts on the streets.
Car culture erupts on the streets.
And that's it. OTC just voted 5-0 to proceed w the project, investing $75 million to continue w ground-breaking on I-5 Rose Quarter and complete a pkg of preliminary work.
Claps erupt in meeting room.
Claps erupt in meeting room.
July 24, 2025 at 10:02 PM
the funny thing about transportation policy is that the obvious fix is to stop wasting absurd sums of money on highway widenings that just make traffic worse but for some reason state DOTs are incapable of understanding that
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A note for advocates: Despite the frequency of transit funding crises, they are not inevitable or “natural.” Starving transit is a political choice, and we must name and shame the elected officials who are allowing it to happen.
July 24, 2025 at 4:11 PM
A note for advocates: Despite the frequency of transit funding crises, they are not inevitable or “natural.” Starving transit is a political choice, and we must name and shame the elected officials who are allowing it to happen.
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ACTION ALERT!
The Oregon Transportation Commission votes Thursday to consider pausing the $2,000,000,000+ proposal to double the width and number of freeway lanes for the Rose Quarter Freeway.
Join No More Freeways in demanding OTC direct ODOT to pause the expansion:
nomorefreewayspdx.com/pauserq/
The Oregon Transportation Commission votes Thursday to consider pausing the $2,000,000,000+ proposal to double the width and number of freeway lanes for the Rose Quarter Freeway.
Join No More Freeways in demanding OTC direct ODOT to pause the expansion:
nomorefreewayspdx.com/pauserq/
July 23, 2025 at 2:42 AM
ACTION ALERT!
The Oregon Transportation Commission votes Thursday to consider pausing the $2,000,000,000+ proposal to double the width and number of freeway lanes for the Rose Quarter Freeway.
Join No More Freeways in demanding OTC direct ODOT to pause the expansion:
nomorefreewayspdx.com/pauserq/
The Oregon Transportation Commission votes Thursday to consider pausing the $2,000,000,000+ proposal to double the width and number of freeway lanes for the Rose Quarter Freeway.
Join No More Freeways in demanding OTC direct ODOT to pause the expansion:
nomorefreewayspdx.com/pauserq/
If Damian Lillard comes back to the Blazers, I’ll cancel the I5 Rose Quarter highway expansion
July 17, 2025 at 10:01 PM
If Damian Lillard comes back to the Blazers, I’ll cancel the I5 Rose Quarter highway expansion
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Just need to take down this freeway segment and Portland could have a great riverfront.
July 16, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Just need to take down this freeway segment and Portland could have a great riverfront.
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July 16, 2025 at 12:10 AM