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We need more entry level political roles so that people can level up their skills before getting into the bigger jobs, but consolidation with that in mind would be good

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Allan @arudwick.bsky.social · 5h

Fax machines somehow still needed in 2026?

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Anthony Macuk @anthonymacuk.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Raimore Construction will exit the I-5 Rose Quarter project early next year, citing its "business needs as the project's schedule, funding and anticipated construction opportunities have evolved." www.kgw.com/article/news...

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mitch (he/him) @drmitchpdx.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

astonishing to see them file suit over this. it exempts 100s of thousands of Portlanders from the tax, while raising it a bit ($15 for the year) on those with the most ability to pay. it would be a shame if council had a hearing on the Clean and Safe ESD rates and how those have been hiked > 10%

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No More Freeways @nomorefreewayspdx.com · 01/10/2026

8600+ Oregonians took the Governor's survey on what they want to see in a future transportation package. What a surprise! People want to fix the damn roads, expand transit service and build safer streets. Oregonians are not clamoring for ODOT to spend billions on freeway expansions. #orleg #orpol

opb.org

Here’s how Oregonians want the state to address its transportation budget crisis

Governor workgroup gave Oregonians one month to respond to transportation survey.

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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

"Man who really doesn't even bike too often thrilled at the opportunity to defend the behaviour of every cyclist in every city for all of time."

me standing in a record shop
Man who really doesn't even bike too often thrilled at the opportunity to defend the behaviour of every cyclist in every city for all of time.
THE ROVÉLO RECORD

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A. Zivarts @nondriver.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

What would your life be like if you couldn't drive? This week is #WeekWithoutDriving which is all about understanding what it's like to be a nondriver. @devinsilvernail.bsky.social & I launched @nondriverpodcast.bsky.social to share these stories. Search for 'nondriver' wherever you watch/listen

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nondriver

30% of people in the US & Canada can't or don't drive. nondriver is a podcast about the lives and stories of those people, hosted by Anna Zivarts and Devin Silvernail. Every episode, we talk to peopl...

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Mitch Green @councilorgreen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I’m participating in Week Without Driving. We need to fight like hell to get the transit funding our communities deserve. Fellow electeds - please join me in riding the bus this week so you can see first hand what it’s like when we fail to fully invest in transit. See you on the 12?

Selfie of councilor green at the barbur transit center

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Allan @arudwick.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Does Tina having a close race have positive effects on a bunch of other Democrats? Or does it juice Republican turnout to have a close race more

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Allan @arudwick.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

What Global Rankings Say About Successful Cities and Portland’s Performance cityobservatory.org/what-global-...

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What Global Rankings Say About Successful Cities and Portland’s Performance – City Observatory

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Allan @arudwick.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Banfield connection, 1962 vintageportland.wordpress.com/2026/09/30/b... Image of part of the destruction of Portland's working waterfront on the east side for I-5 - a move that helped encourage suburbanization and the reduction of the tax base in inner Portland. Memorial Coliseum already built

vintageportland.wordpress.com

Banfield Expressway connection, 1962

The Banfield Expressway is the section of I-84 that links I-5 with I-205. This aerial image shows the construction of the connection where it meets the Eastbank Freeway (I-5), also under constructi…

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Mike Perham @mike.perham.net · 30/09/2026

Kotek has no media presence. Dems need to learn to sell their vision. If they have no story to tell, the billionaire media will make one up and it will make the Repub sound like a viable alternative, even a partisan hack like Drazan.

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Allan @arudwick.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This is what “Success*” Looks Like: Hiding cost overruns cityobservatory.org/this-is-what... just wild that it isn't even hard to find things like this. Thanks for the reporting, @cityobservatory.bsky.social

cityobservatory.org

This is what “Success*” Looks Like: Hiding cost overruns – City Observatory

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Megan Ramey @bikabout.com · 27/09/2026

"Childhood joy and freedom are the fire in my 🔥work" I received the Alice Award from @thestreettrust.org and got to celebrate with many of the people who have supported and inspired me from leading a bike 🚲 🚂 to starting a safe routes to school program to the Hood River E-bike Library.

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Megan Ramey @bikabout.com · 26/09/2026

What a night 🎉🎉🎉 Receiving the Alice Award for my work in little Hood River, was an honor...especially alongside these two women. @thestreettrust.org

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Allan @arudwick.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

If it's a 501c3 then potentially doing this kind of thing is considered playing politics and he could lose status for it

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Allan @arudwick.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Your Sewer System Is Probably Not Full www.strongtowns.org/journal/2026... I'm curious if anyone in Portland would find this useful... I have heard things about sewer capacity in the past limiting development in specific areas -- but not blocking individual developments

strongtowns.org

Your Sewer System Is Probably Not Full | Strong Towns

What peak flow can teach us about building more housing with the infrastructure we already have.

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joan @joanbybike.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

My neighbor @arudwick.bsky.social has a staple in the parking strip. It’s great. I lock Biketown bikes up to it

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lizardbreath 🦎🪦🎃 @spindlypete.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

has anyone ever installed an actual bike rack at their house outside? like mounted into the asphalt? i don't really bike much but a lot of my friends do and visit and the lads will need someplace to lock their bikes up and our barn is kind of difficult to access

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Allan @arudwick.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Someone welded some square pipes together into a u-shape and powder coated it. My brother got that for me as a gift. Then we poured a little concrete block on each leg to attach it to the ground. I had big dreams making it fancy but honestly just getting it down securely is all that mattered

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Megan Ramey @bikabout.com · 27/09/2026

Halsey over I-84 has a 2-way bikeway now! The ride to Gateway Transit Center is little step closer to convenient and safe.

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Allan @arudwick.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

This took me to an interesting Wikipedia rabbit hole

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Allan @arudwick.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

TriMet’s Beaverton Transit Center is receiving a major makeover after nearly 40 years of daily use - TriMet News share.google/JZ6hyYQJfzmb... It feels like the real thing needed at this well connected spot is high rises

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TriMet’s Beaverton Transit Center is receiving a major makeover after nearly 40 years of daily use - TriMet News

Upgrades to TriMet’s busiest transit center are improving it for the years to come as a clean, reliable public transportation […]

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Erik Noonan @eriknoonan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Cities should be paying people to bike. Cities should be buying people e-bikes. Cities should be rewarding people for convincing neighbors to ride bikes. Every trip by bike is a net financial gain socially. And it compounds, the more people who do it.

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Bike Tarrytown @biketarrytown.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Come Ride the Bus With Us, October 4th. We're going to have fun. In conjunction with Livable Tarrytowns, our first Week Without Driving event ever. @nondriver.bsky.social biketarrytown.org/updates/2026...

Photograph of a city bus with an advertisement on the side: A bus is just a limo full of friends you haven't met yet.

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Nick @ecosozialismus.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

did you know that when the right wing attempts a cancel culture freak out, you can just stand your ground and clearly articulate your political opinion? Turns out people like left-wing politicians who don’t cower in the face of bad faith conservative attacks.

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Jarrett Walker @humantransit.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

"It is therefore that the older I grow, the more apt I am to doubt my own judgment, and to pay more respect to the judgment of others." Ben Franklin I like this quotation because it suggests possibilities for both the young and the old.

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Allan @arudwick.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

angieschmitt.substack.com/p/3-modest-s... "Short of that, we should AT LEAST stop purchasing [these dangerous modifications to cars] for public fleets. I saw these — bull bars — on Portland police cars

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3 modest safety half-measures we could take short of banning pickup trucks (lol)

There’s so much middle ground and low hanging fruit as far as reducing deaths and injuries caused by super large consumer vehicles.

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No More Freeways @nomorefreewayspdx.com · 21/09/2026

Oregon's roads are in *terrible* shape - among the worst in the country! - and yet Governor Kotek, the Oregon Legislature and ODOT are still thinking about spending *billions* on a single hwy project to double the width of I-5 instead of maintaining our state's existing roads and bridges. enough!

oregoncapitalchronicle.com

Oregon has one of the nation’s largest funding gaps to meet road maintenance needs • Oregon Capital Chronicle

The Beaver State has the second highest gap-to-expenditure ratio in the country, behind New York and tied with Connecticut.

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Allan @arudwick.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Hadn't heard this take before

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Allan @arudwick.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

@tedlasso.bsky.social why is Ted sitting in the D in the opener this season? He should be in the L. He's moved one space per season except this season

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amb @amb.fyi · 19/09/2026

eliminating I-5 for a week seems to have caused remarkably minimal disruption to Portland's regional traffic flows. so why again do ODOT, Governor Kotek and the Oregon Legislature think we should spend three billion dollars (!) to literally double the width of lanes on I-5 through North Portland?

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bus enjoyer @intersections.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Building up would be cool, though the demand is already there for the bikeway at least. The major sacrifice here would be the car parking, it's one travel lane the whole length minus (with some turn lanes). Limited bike counts and my anecdata indicate it's high use.

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Rob Galanakis @robgalanakis.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

No idea if Shawne will win one of THREE open Tigard city council seats. But as someone who has run for office, and lost in a landslide, I can tell you that every donation made a difference, and sustained me for future action. I don't know what our future holds but I know we need more Shawnes.

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bethosborne.bsky.social @bethosborne.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

DOTs are using models and tools that are half a century old and extremely limited while talented researchers are creating modern tools and opening the source code. Why shouldn’t this be the standard transportation model? understandingtransport.substack.com/p/connectome...

understandingtransport.substack.com

Connectome v0.8.0

Ives Street is excited to announce the release of our travel demand modeling software, Connectome, under a license that makes it free to use for public agencies, nonprofits, and educational institutio...

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Kevin Foster @kevinhfoster.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I have to wonder if this media storm is actually helping Mitch Green’s campaign. You really couldn’t ask for clearer answers. Still wants to abolish the police in the long run. Doesn’t regret his posts at the time. Advocates for Portland Street Response. Rebukes silly calls for resignation.

youtu.be

Will Councilor Mitch Green resign over his past comments about police? 'Absolutely not,' he says

YouTube video by KGW News

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joan @joanbybike.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Blessings upon the Merc

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Tony Jordan @tonyjordan.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Also, we’re busy people, it’s literally their job to communicate with us, not the other way around. I appreciate that they have meet and greets and coffee, but responding to constituents emails is basic. I saw them kind of bragging about how much of the staff money they didn’t spend this year.

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Tony Jordan @tonyjordan.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I appreciate fiscal responsibility, and I think supporting the causes they did was great. But if you’re not spending enough money to answer emails, then what are you doing?

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Allan @arudwick.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The federal government has taken their toll on cities as well

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amb @amb.fyi · 18/09/2026

Wait i love this idea. Miami, Atlanta, Memphis, Saint Louis, Houston, so many would-be bustling cities that have been systemically disenfranchised and plundered by terrible state governments

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Mike Perham @mike.perham.net · 18/09/2026

Amazing editorial from the Merc staff

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amb @amb.fyi · 18/09/2026

new protected bike lanes on willamette boulevard are decadent and luxurious, kudos @pbotinfo.bsky.social

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No More Freeways @nomorefreewayspdx.com · 18/09/2026

City Observatory continues to keep up with the "carmageddon" beat - turns out, shutting down I-5 doesn't seem to be having hardly *any* impact on traffic congestion across the region. Why again does the Oregon Legislature want to spend over $3 billion to double the width of the RQ freeway? #orleg

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Allan @arudwick.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The one thing I've heard from one of my (D2) is that since they get lots of emails that I should somehow communicate with counselors in other ways .. the emails are what is listed on the city's websites as the ways to communicate with them. Craziness

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Tony Jordan @tonyjordan.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

As a major proponent of the charter reform and a politically savvy D3 constituent I would say that constituent services and relations don't get a passing grade. I'll post my experiences in the thread. Also, I have met and donated to all 3 reps. www.wweek.com/news/2026/09...

wweek.com

Portlanders’ Feelings of Representation by the City Council Are Returning to Their Dismal Baseline

A higher proportion of District 3 and 4 voters feel represented by at least one member of City Council than voters in the rest of the city.

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