Xavier D. Stickler
@xavierdstickler.bsky.social
If Barbur Blvd was a person: curvy, too wide, useless. Transit, architecture, urban geography.
Opinions are that of *your* employer.
Opinions are that of *your* employer.
My only issue with the leaked Peacock texts is that @counciloravalos.bsky.social was not critical enough of Tiana Tozer.
October 16, 2025 at 4:31 AM
My only issue with the leaked Peacock texts is that @counciloravalos.bsky.social was not critical enough of Tiana Tozer.
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California legalizes life near public transit! Governor Newsom has signed SB 79. My thoughts: humantransit.org/2025/10/cali...
California Legalizes Life Near Public Transit — Human Transit
OK, the headline is a little exaggerated, but California’s Senate Bill 79, authored by Senator Scott Wiener and just signed by Governor Newsom, is a game-changer. It prohibits most cities from forbid...
humantransit.org
October 10, 2025 at 6:12 PM
California legalizes life near public transit! Governor Newsom has signed SB 79. My thoughts: humantransit.org/2025/10/cali...
How have I been lately?
Never better. I’m focused (failing). In my lane (on my bullshit). Moving in silence (screaming loudly).
You aren’t ready for this heat tbh.
Never better. I’m focused (failing). In my lane (on my bullshit). Moving in silence (screaming loudly).
You aren’t ready for this heat tbh.
October 9, 2025 at 5:15 AM
How have I been lately?
Never better. I’m focused (failing). In my lane (on my bullshit). Moving in silence (screaming loudly).
You aren’t ready for this heat tbh.
Never better. I’m focused (failing). In my lane (on my bullshit). Moving in silence (screaming loudly).
You aren’t ready for this heat tbh.
As a transit nerd, I had such a great time in Montréal--in large part because of these fantastic user interface features.
The 1st is a graphic displayed on platform screens. It relays how full each part of the next upcoming trainset is, allowing riders to disperse and find a less crowded section.
The 1st is a graphic displayed on platform screens. It relays how full each part of the next upcoming trainset is, allowing riders to disperse and find a less crowded section.
October 3, 2025 at 10:05 PM
As a transit nerd, I had such a great time in Montréal--in large part because of these fantastic user interface features.
The 1st is a graphic displayed on platform screens. It relays how full each part of the next upcoming trainset is, allowing riders to disperse and find a less crowded section.
The 1st is a graphic displayed on platform screens. It relays how full each part of the next upcoming trainset is, allowing riders to disperse and find a less crowded section.
I love my boyfriend
October 3, 2025 at 9:12 PM
I love my boyfriend
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Courtesy of @harebrained.bsky.social
October 3, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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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.
PPB plane doing its thing over South Waterfront ICE facility.
September 29, 2025 at 3:09 AM
PPB plane doing its thing over South Waterfront ICE facility.
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a whole damn city full of people living their own lives on a perfect autumn afternoon and president brain worms’ authoritarian propaganda machine has manufactured a reason to send in the military to round people up and potentially shoot those protesting our racist deportation goon squad
September 27, 2025 at 7:48 PM
a whole damn city full of people living their own lives on a perfect autumn afternoon and president brain worms’ authoritarian propaganda machine has manufactured a reason to send in the military to round people up and potentially shoot those protesting our racist deportation goon squad
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It's okay to admit it's pretty fucking scary when the most powerful person on earth is threatening state violence against a community you live in and love.
In spite of this, I know Portlanders are going to show a lot of courage in the days ahead.
In spite of this, I know Portlanders are going to show a lot of courage in the days ahead.
September 27, 2025 at 5:11 PM
It's okay to admit it's pretty fucking scary when the most powerful person on earth is threatening state violence against a community you live in and love.
In spite of this, I know Portlanders are going to show a lot of courage in the days ahead.
In spite of this, I know Portlanders are going to show a lot of courage in the days ahead.
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I also hope we don’t forget all the local folks who’ve spent years spreading the “portland is a hellhole” narrative to gain short-term political power and/or social media clout.
They provided ammo to the Trump machine. They fed the false narrative and now the chickens are coming home to roost.
They provided ammo to the Trump machine. They fed the false narrative and now the chickens are coming home to roost.
September 27, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I also hope we don’t forget all the local folks who’ve spent years spreading the “portland is a hellhole” narrative to gain short-term political power and/or social media clout.
They provided ammo to the Trump machine. They fed the false narrative and now the chickens are coming home to roost.
They provided ammo to the Trump machine. They fed the false narrative and now the chickens are coming home to roost.
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In the US, everything that *makes cities work* costs 2-5x what it costs in Europe and Asia.
This includes, but is not limited to:
-Elevators
-Buses
-Subways
This includes, but is not limited to:
-Elevators
-Buses
-Subways
In the US, even a “cheap” transit bus costs 2-3x more than in Asia or Europe -- and one agency may pay twice as much as another for nearly identical vehicles.
In Bloomberg, I explored a ripe opportunity to improve transportation by applying Abundance-coded, supply-side reforms.
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In Bloomberg, I explored a ripe opportunity to improve transportation by applying Abundance-coded, supply-side reforms.
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Why US Cities Pay Too Much for Transit Buses
A new paper argues that lack of competition, demand for custom features and “Buy America” rules have driven up costs for transit agencies in the US.
www.bloomberg.com
September 26, 2025 at 5:25 PM
In the US, everything that *makes cities work* costs 2-5x what it costs in Europe and Asia.
This includes, but is not limited to:
-Elevators
-Buses
-Subways
This includes, but is not limited to:
-Elevators
-Buses
-Subways
For what it's worth, here is the Downtown Neighborhood Association's statement from two weeks ago when Trump first started threatening a military occupation of Portland.
You can expect a more up-to-date statement from leadership soon.
You can expect a more up-to-date statement from leadership soon.
September 27, 2025 at 4:46 PM
For what it's worth, here is the Downtown Neighborhood Association's statement from two weeks ago when Trump first started threatening a military occupation of Portland.
You can expect a more up-to-date statement from leadership soon.
You can expect a more up-to-date statement from leadership soon.
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Continued escalation from Trump this morning. I need to hear a forceful response to this from Gov. Kotek, assuring Oregonians we will not tolerate this level of illegal intimidation. To service-members: remember you do not have to follow an unlawful order such as implied below.
Trump says he authorizes Hegseth to deploy the military to Portland, which he lyingly calls "war ravaged," and says he is authorizing "full force."
September 27, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Continued escalation from Trump this morning. I need to hear a forceful response to this from Gov. Kotek, assuring Oregonians we will not tolerate this level of illegal intimidation. To service-members: remember you do not have to follow an unlawful order such as implied below.
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The plan? We get Trump to send in federal troops to Portland, but a high ranking official gets stuck behind a freight train for so long in SE that they convince the Department of Transportation to give us a grant for a comprehensive east side bypass of the Union Pacific rail line
September 27, 2025 at 4:19 PM
The plan? We get Trump to send in federal troops to Portland, but a high ranking official gets stuck behind a freight train for so long in SE that they convince the Department of Transportation to give us a grant for a comprehensive east side bypass of the Union Pacific rail line
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This is literally what the actual "siege" of the auxiliary ICE building looks like
September 27, 2025 at 3:30 PM
This is literally what the actual "siege" of the auxiliary ICE building looks like
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What we saw in Vienna is a city where housing is treated as a human right rather than a means to make profit. In Tuesday’s Homelessness and Housing Committee, @councilordunphy.bsky.social, @councilorgreen.bsky.social, and I shared some of our takeaways from the trip.
September 26, 2025 at 11:28 PM
What we saw in Vienna is a city where housing is treated as a human right rather than a means to make profit. In Tuesday’s Homelessness and Housing Committee, @councilordunphy.bsky.social, @councilorgreen.bsky.social, and I shared some of our takeaways from the trip.
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Sure wish we lived in a timeline where a US Senator didn’t have to warn his constituents about the pending arrival of federal agents
There are credible reports that federal agents may be replaying the 2020 playbook and surging into Portland with the goal of provoking conflict and violence in my hometown. I am in close contact with state and local officials to monitor this activity.
September 27, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Sure wish we lived in a timeline where a US Senator didn’t have to warn his constituents about the pending arrival of federal agents
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Only an administration intent on committing war crimes in the present and future would stoop to calling Wounded Knee a "battle" rather than what it truly was: a massacre of over 250 Lakotas, mainly women, children, and the elderly. 1/
September 26, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Only an administration intent on committing war crimes in the present and future would stoop to calling Wounded Knee a "battle" rather than what it truly was: a massacre of over 250 Lakotas, mainly women, children, and the elderly. 1/
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More people should be talking about this.
September 26, 2025 at 5:29 AM
More people should be talking about this.
Something interesting I noticed while in Astoria this weekend is how the City created accessible sidewalk curb ramps by simply extending them with a blub-out planter, rather than tearing out and completely rebuilding the curb.
Very ingenious and frugal. I like it.
Very ingenious and frugal. I like it.
September 25, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Something interesting I noticed while in Astoria this weekend is how the City created accessible sidewalk curb ramps by simply extending them with a blub-out planter, rather than tearing out and completely rebuilding the curb.
Very ingenious and frugal. I like it.
Very ingenious and frugal. I like it.
I think the biggest challenge we face as progressives is the need to understand that the average American is 2025 is actually a fascist. The social and cultural views espoused by this administration actually are quite popular with the average person.
September 25, 2025 at 3:22 AM
I think the biggest challenge we face as progressives is the need to understand that the average American is 2025 is actually a fascist. The social and cultural views espoused by this administration actually are quite popular with the average person.
Regular Xavier: I 🩵 trains
Evil Xavier: I think we can fit another general purpose traffic lane on TV highway if we get rid of the sidewalks.
Evil Xavier: I think we can fit another general purpose traffic lane on TV highway if we get rid of the sidewalks.
September 25, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Regular Xavier: I 🩵 trains
Evil Xavier: I think we can fit another general purpose traffic lane on TV highway if we get rid of the sidewalks.
Evil Xavier: I think we can fit another general purpose traffic lane on TV highway if we get rid of the sidewalks.