scott benjamin 🇺🇦🇵🇸
@scottbenjam.bsky.social
He/him - husband - dog and cat dad - retired - cyclist and walker - ny jets fan
portland, or
portland, or
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Jamal Khashoggi. Say his name.
November 18, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Jamal Khashoggi. Say his name.
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Ridership on Paris region transit systems is now generally at or higher than pre-pandemic levels. Bike use is much higher than pre-pandemic.
At the same time, car traffic in Paris and on its ring highway is substantially lower than it was pre-pandemic. www.institutparisregion.fr/mobilite-et-...
At the same time, car traffic in Paris and on its ring highway is substantially lower than it was pre-pandemic. www.institutparisregion.fr/mobilite-et-...
November 18, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Ridership on Paris region transit systems is now generally at or higher than pre-pandemic levels. Bike use is much higher than pre-pandemic.
At the same time, car traffic in Paris and on its ring highway is substantially lower than it was pre-pandemic. www.institutparisregion.fr/mobilite-et-...
At the same time, car traffic in Paris and on its ring highway is substantially lower than it was pre-pandemic. www.institutparisregion.fr/mobilite-et-...
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We've seen an overall increase in capital investment by the federal government in ground transportation since the 2021 Infrastructure and Jobs Act was passed. But bad news: that spending is concentrated among highway projects, not public transit and rail. buff.ly/cvfhmi3
November 17, 2025 at 3:35 PM
We've seen an overall increase in capital investment by the federal government in ground transportation since the 2021 Infrastructure and Jobs Act was passed. But bad news: that spending is concentrated among highway projects, not public transit and rail. buff.ly/cvfhmi3
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We fundamentally misunderstand these things about streets:
1. Streets are a liability, not an asset.
2. Street design is the primary factor in crash prevention and safety.
3. Streets should prioritize human movement, not automobile movement.
1. Streets are a liability, not an asset.
2. Street design is the primary factor in crash prevention and safety.
3. Streets should prioritize human movement, not automobile movement.
November 12, 2025 at 11:48 PM
We fundamentally misunderstand these things about streets:
1. Streets are a liability, not an asset.
2. Street design is the primary factor in crash prevention and safety.
3. Streets should prioritize human movement, not automobile movement.
1. Streets are a liability, not an asset.
2. Street design is the primary factor in crash prevention and safety.
3. Streets should prioritize human movement, not automobile movement.
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I am shooting my shot.
I love writing op-eds.
@teenvogue.com was my main outlet, but if there are any others (especially independently ran) that are looking for a contributing writer on race, gender, and the economy, I'd love to work with you.
Signed,
A Black woman who writes for the public
I love writing op-eds.
@teenvogue.com was my main outlet, but if there are any others (especially independently ran) that are looking for a contributing writer on race, gender, and the economy, I'd love to work with you.
Signed,
A Black woman who writes for the public
November 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
I am shooting my shot.
I love writing op-eds.
@teenvogue.com was my main outlet, but if there are any others (especially independently ran) that are looking for a contributing writer on race, gender, and the economy, I'd love to work with you.
Signed,
A Black woman who writes for the public
I love writing op-eds.
@teenvogue.com was my main outlet, but if there are any others (especially independently ran) that are looking for a contributing writer on race, gender, and the economy, I'd love to work with you.
Signed,
A Black woman who writes for the public
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This isn’t true, but it is true that slaveowners routinely enslaved and sold their children.
The US government is packed from top to bottom with racist violent settlers since they first washed ashore.
October 30, 2025 at 7:54 PM
This isn’t true, but it is true that slaveowners routinely enslaved and sold their children.
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If federal workers have to go without a paycheck and Americans are having SNAP benefits cut off, members of Congress who can’t keep the government open should not be paid, either.
October 28, 2025 at 4:01 PM
If federal workers have to go without a paycheck and Americans are having SNAP benefits cut off, members of Congress who can’t keep the government open should not be paid, either.
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Right-wing agitators at the Portland ICE facility appear to have committed multiple illegal acts on Saturday night.
Not included in this video is the crowd going to a resident’s apartment across from the ICE facility and live-streaming their harassment.
Not included in this video is the crowd going to a resident’s apartment across from the ICE facility and live-streaming their harassment.
October 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Right-wing agitators at the Portland ICE facility appear to have committed multiple illegal acts on Saturday night.
Not included in this video is the crowd going to a resident’s apartment across from the ICE facility and live-streaming their harassment.
Not included in this video is the crowd going to a resident’s apartment across from the ICE facility and live-streaming their harassment.
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This dark time should wake us up to the bankruptcy of the corporate Democratic Party. It should mark the birth of the people’s Democratic Party. Zohran Mamdani and others like him are its future. Some thoughts...
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-mamdani-moment
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-mamdani-moment
October 24, 2025 at 6:20 PM
This dark time should wake us up to the bankruptcy of the corporate Democratic Party. It should mark the birth of the people’s Democratic Party. Zohran Mamdani and others like him are its future. Some thoughts...
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-mamdani-moment
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-mamdani-moment
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"Sorry, kid. I'm just a fiction of American democracy."
October 24, 2025 at 4:25 AM
"Sorry, kid. I'm just a fiction of American democracy."
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I could just stop doing interviews and send this
October 24, 2025 at 2:23 PM
I could just stop doing interviews and send this
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The rapid response trucks and soon the police are his version of spending a bunch of money to round people up. It’s disgusting and I hope our council finds ways to make him stop.
October 23, 2025 at 3:15 PM
The rapid response trucks and soon the police are his version of spending a bunch of money to round people up. It’s disgusting and I hope our council finds ways to make him stop.
This should not surprise anyone who listened to him on the campaign trail.
Mayors Wilson’s overnight shelters have a remarkable vacancy rate — some up to 80% empty on average night.
He says that’s a positive.
“I’ve told my team I need hundreds of empty beds every night.”
That’s because it will allow him to start enforcing the city’s public camping ban next month.
He says that’s a positive.
“I’ve told my team I need hundreds of empty beds every night.”
That’s because it will allow him to start enforcing the city’s public camping ban next month.
Portland Mayor Keith Wilson announces plans to open addiction recovery shelter beds
The beds will open as the mayor plans to begin enforcing the city’s camping ban.
www.opb.org
October 23, 2025 at 3:23 PM
This should not surprise anyone who listened to him on the campaign trail.
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The average age of U.S. homebuyers is now 56, up from 49 last year.
In 1981, the year trickledown economics began, it was 31.
In 1981, the year trickledown economics began, it was 31.
October 21, 2025 at 8:15 PM
The average age of U.S. homebuyers is now 56, up from 49 last year.
In 1981, the year trickledown economics began, it was 31.
In 1981, the year trickledown economics began, it was 31.
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Meanwhile, ODOT and regional policymakers and the Oregon Legislature continue to funnel hundreds of millions of dollars towards proposed freeway expansions that are also getting defunded instead of filling budget holes to replace bridges that’ll otherwise fall in the river when The Big One comes
The construction of a new Burnside Bridge that can withstand a Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake is being delayed again due to uncertain federal funding.
Construction delayed again on earthquake-ready Burnside Bridge in Portland
The construction of a new, earthquake-ready Burnside Bridge has been delayed — again — due to uncertain federal funding. Multnomah County is still moving forward with the design phase.
www.opb.org
October 21, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Meanwhile, ODOT and regional policymakers and the Oregon Legislature continue to funnel hundreds of millions of dollars towards proposed freeway expansions that are also getting defunded instead of filling budget holes to replace bridges that’ll otherwise fall in the river when The Big One comes
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imagine if getting across town was just a totally inconsequential thing you could do without any drama or anything. nobody asks if you paid, nobody needs to see your pass, nobody bothers you at all. you get on, you go someplace, you get off.
doctor, park, work, food truck you saw online, whatever.
doctor, park, work, food truck you saw online, whatever.
October 20, 2025 at 4:03 PM
imagine if getting across town was just a totally inconsequential thing you could do without any drama or anything. nobody asks if you paid, nobody needs to see your pass, nobody bothers you at all. you get on, you go someplace, you get off.
doctor, park, work, food truck you saw online, whatever.
doctor, park, work, food truck you saw online, whatever.
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It's a goal of mine to help make this the most famous, well-known and UNDERSTOOD quote about cities in history. Please share it as much as you can.
October 20, 2025 at 5:30 AM
It's a goal of mine to help make this the most famous, well-known and UNDERSTOOD quote about cities in history. Please share it as much as you can.
October 18, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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When the nightmare is behind us, the old one will return. The blocs that existed before this crisis will exist, reemerging from those now making up the resistance. The center-right bloc responsible for ’16, ’20, and ’24 will be there again, fighting for “common sense” and against leftist “fantasy”
October 18, 2025 at 3:52 PM
When the nightmare is behind us, the old one will return. The blocs that existed before this crisis will exist, reemerging from those now making up the resistance. The center-right bloc responsible for ’16, ’20, and ’24 will be there again, fighting for “common sense” and against leftist “fantasy”
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Remember this one? “Humans aren’t very efficient movers—until you put us on a bicycle, when we become some of the most energy-efficient land travelers in the animal kingdom.” Via Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social #CityMakingMath
The Most Efficient Traveler Isn’t a Bird or a Fish—It’s You on a Bike
A famous graphic, now updated, compares locomotion in the animal kingdom
www.scientificamerican.com
October 16, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Remember this one? “Humans aren’t very efficient movers—until you put us on a bicycle, when we become some of the most energy-efficient land travelers in the animal kingdom.” Via Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social #CityMakingMath
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ICE / Border Patrol threatening to arrest a cyclist for following and recording in Chicago
October 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM
ICE / Border Patrol threatening to arrest a cyclist for following and recording in Chicago
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The key is not to expand the space available to cars—that produces sprawl and unwalkable, unlivable cities.
When you restrict the car space, and prioritize space for more efficient modes—that’s when you discover you have space left over for living.
When you restrict the car space, and prioritize space for more efficient modes—that’s when you discover you have space left over for living.
October 11, 2025 at 3:36 PM
The key is not to expand the space available to cars—that produces sprawl and unwalkable, unlivable cities.
When you restrict the car space, and prioritize space for more efficient modes—that’s when you discover you have space left over for living.
When you restrict the car space, and prioritize space for more efficient modes—that’s when you discover you have space left over for living.
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It’s never about healthcare. It’s about insurance plans.
October 9, 2025 at 2:34 PM
It’s never about healthcare. It’s about insurance plans.
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It's wild how quickly we bounced from "is it wrong to call conservatives fascist?" to "we're officially labeling liberals as a terrorist organization."
It's extra wild because we don't have any official policy for dealing with fascists, but we have crystal clear, official policy to kill terrorists.
It's extra wild because we don't have any official policy for dealing with fascists, but we have crystal clear, official policy to kill terrorists.
October 8, 2025 at 8:24 PM
It's wild how quickly we bounced from "is it wrong to call conservatives fascist?" to "we're officially labeling liberals as a terrorist organization."
It's extra wild because we don't have any official policy for dealing with fascists, but we have crystal clear, official policy to kill terrorists.
It's extra wild because we don't have any official policy for dealing with fascists, but we have crystal clear, official policy to kill terrorists.