Fischer 🛠️🚇 @fischer.bsky.social · 3h@nomorefreewayspdx.com a friend of mine had an intriguing policy proposal that I think is worth investigating 78812
Reposted by Fischer 🛠️🚇the moon report 🌕 @seachanger.bsky.social · 4hi'm voting loud and proud for tina kotek and i am talking about it we are past the time for a better candidate to enter that race. we have got to focus and cut Drazan's momentum. anytime that name comes up it should come up with trump and his gas prices, shock troops, and wars. that's who she is 13110
Fischer 🛠️🚇 @fischer.bsky.social · 4hwe can resolve the problem of communicating to voters about proposed candidate slates by making every candidate submit a proposed ranking of every other candidate in the voter pamphlet 160
Fischer 🛠️🚇 @fischer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026the airos look nice, and will solve an urgent operational problem that’s consistently degrading the passenger experience on the cascades — a win is a win! HOWEVER 4524
Fischer 🛠️🚇 @fischer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026delighted to find a pdx bluesky appearance after a bit of scrolling 1150
Reposted by Fischer 🛠️🚇Matt Sidor @mattsidor.org · 27/09/2026my husband sent me this when I shared the article with him. 2658
Fischer 🛠️🚇 @fischer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I think this attitude, widespread in the US, is pretty unhealthy for american governance www.npr.org/2025/09/20/g...npr.orgLawyers vs. engineers: Dan Wang sees U.S.-China dynamics in a new paradigmIn a new book, analyst Dan Wang uses "engineering state" vs. "lawyerly society" to explain how China got ahead and America stagnated. 5100
Fischer 🛠️🚇 @fischer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026the secretary of state has a new historical election results page that is so. much. better than the old site. I'm a tobias read stan now sos.oregon.gov/elections/Pa...sos.oregon.gov Oregon Secretary of State : Election Results & History : State of Oregon Election history, voters' pamphlets, election results and statistics. 3132
Fischer 🛠️🚇 @fischer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026it is a matter of national security that we get more tech companies moving to portland oregon, where people are normal 4110
Reposted by Fischer 🛠️🚇Owen Mitchem @owen-mitchem.bsky.social · 27/09/2026If only we could discover the technology required for wheelchair users to easily board the train 3121
Fischer 🛠️🚇 @fischer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026was thinking this morning that if we’d built the yellow line as a mixed traffic streetcar it would probably be unusable right now, instead of seeing a ridership bump from the I-5 closure 6714
Fischer 🛠️🚇 @fischer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026keith wilson litmus tests - fund shelters with temporary funding that will close a year from now - loot $600 million from public budgets to give to a billionaire - cut PS3s to fund vacant PPB headcount - set northwest portland on fire and blow up the steel bridge 27713
Reposted by Fischer 🛠️🚇Kat Mahoney @kmahoneylaw.com · 27/09/2026Gloves are off mailchi.mp/teachertiffa...mailchi.mpResponding to the Mayor's Statements 2297
Reposted by Fischer 🛠️🚇the moon report 🌕 @seachanger.bsky.social · 27/09/2026pcef should be running mamdani style videos of families riding those protected lanes with a little "another project funded by PCEF" jingle 0161
Fischer 🛠️🚇 @fischer.bsky.social · 26/09/2026does the EU have an equivalent to the US NTD transit ridership reporting? specifically something that aggregates data from a bunch of different agencies into a common format and methodology 1173
Reposted by Fischer 🛠️🚇Reece Martin @rmtransit.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Asian cities are experimenting with an entirely new high speed transport technology. Today's collaboration with @infrastory.bsky.social is on high speed metros. Read now: www.thetransitbrief.net/p/the-future...open.substack.comThe future of urban public transit.High speed regional rail will forever transform cities. 814732
Reposted by Fischer 🛠️🚇Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 26/09/2026These trains are so set up for seat assignments, can we please just make that happen? 3982
Fischer 🛠️🚇 @fischer.bsky.social · 26/09/2026just had a ride back on the north willamette/rosa parks greenway that restored my faith in the portland urbanist project 8412
Reposted by Fischer 🛠️🚇Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Damn, these new trains are NIIIICE. 1131224
Reposted by Fischer 🛠️🚇maria @mgabrielles.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Today is the kickoff event for Week Without Driving hosted by “Bus Riders Unite!” from 10 a.m. to noon at Charles Jordan Community Center. Bus riders and advocates will discuss their needs and priorities with elected officials in attendance. weekwithoutdriving.org 191
Fischer 🛠️🚇 @fischer.bsky.social · 26/09/2026the k-shaped economy: the most recent econ idea that’s really hit the mainstream consciousness but that seems to just sort of not be real www.richmondfed.org/publications...richmondfed.orgIs the US Economy K-Shaped? Evidence From the Past Three DecadesThe evidence during recoveries from recessions differs from other periods. 2121
Fischer 🛠️🚇 @fischer.bsky.social · 26/09/2026didn't wilson try to cut like $20 million from the PPB budget this last cycle? 2384
Fischer 🛠️🚇 @fischer.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I do think it's important to push back against galaxy brained stuff in interviews, not just silly stuff like caring about a candidate bringing a drink but also the various ways in which some interviewers decide they can read peoples minds. it's always a vector for bias, and often excludes good hires 2355
Fischer 🛠️🚇 @fischer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026don’t think I would have a strong reaction to someone I was interviewing bringing an iced coffee to an interview but I probably would advise a third party against it because it seems like the sort of thing that would drive a specific kind of interviewer insane 3182
Reposted by Fischer 🛠️🚇tigard-stripes.bsky.social @tigard-stripes.bsky.social · 25/09/2026"TriMet said the MAX Yellow Line saw more than 18,000 additional trips from Sept. 13 to Sept. 19 — a 35% increase compared with usual ridership." Stop making driving easier and they will come. www.kgw.com/article/traf...kgw.com 37516
Reposted by Fischer 🛠️🚇Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 23/09/2026New Public Comment on the persistent fantasy of low-conflict housing policy publiccomment.blog/p/sometimes-...publiccomment.blogSometimes You Just Need to WinSometimes you just need to win 411022
Reposted by Fischer 🛠️🚇Joe Fish @sadbusdriver.bsky.social · 23/09/2026the thing with luxury condos is that they're mostly a myth. 1. within the same county, condos sell for 35% less than single family homes 2. within the same neighborhood, they sell for 43% less 3. within the same neighborhood and adjusting for some quality characteristics, they sell for 21% less 717733
Fischer 🛠️🚇 @fischer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026folks: please use the housing org’s recommendations as input into your ranking, weighted by how housing compares to your personal priorities 7321
Reposted by Fischer 🛠️🚇Fischer 🛠️🚇 @fischer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026@trimet.org is building a “transit champion” mailing list for the legislative session next year. would encourage everyone who follows me to sign up: trimet.org/championstrimet.orgTransit needs you now.Join the Transit Champions and help protect the TriMet bus and MAX service our community depends on. 69155
Reposted by Fischer 🛠️🚇claudia ✨ @claudiiiii.bsky.social · 23/09/2026we are carla leite we carry the flame 0193
Fischer 🛠️🚇 @fischer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026@trimet.org is building a “transit champion” mailing list for the legislative session next year. would encourage everyone who follows me to sign up: trimet.org/championstrimet.orgTransit needs you now.Join the Transit Champions and help protect the TriMet bus and MAX service our community depends on. 69155
Reposted by Fischer 🛠️🚇Hide @wutherering.bsky.social · 23/09/2026@pnwpolicyangel.bsky.social is my current city councilor, and she earned my #1 rank 100x over with her championing of the IE4A resolution. That is among many, many other reasons to vote for her. 0427
Fischer 🛠️🚇 @fischer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026taking my mind off of my pure love of dense multifamily housing by watching the 1989 hit the wizard, starring fred savage and jenny lewis on VHS with my wife 2498
Fischer 🛠️🚇 @fischer.bsky.social · 22/09/2026there’s no higher honor for steve novick than obstinately losing election because of a policy decision he’s proud of 1663
Fischer 🛠️🚇 @fischer.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I do think there can be a bit of an is/ought distinction issue in normie vs yimby gentrification discourse. middle income movers to poor neighborhoods should be part of a reinvestment/desegregation process in a healthy city. frequently though that’s not what actually happens! 0100
Fischer 🛠️🚇 @fischer.bsky.social · 21/09/2026one of these bureaus needs to be armed and one of them needs to be disarmed 1262
Fischer 🛠️🚇 @fischer.bsky.social · 20/09/2026building housing on closed PPS school sites seems like a really straightforward choice here. especially if it's in coordination with state and city level social housing authorities www.wweek.com/news/schools...wweek.comWhat Will Happen to the School Buildings the District Closes?When PPS has shuttered school properties in the past, it hasn’t taken a uniform approach to what happens next. 5426
Fischer 🛠️🚇 @fischer.bsky.social · 19/09/2026it is turning into a true policy disaster that wilson blew up our coordination agreements with multco and spent millions of dollars during a budget crisis on these shelters that he can't keep open for more than a year 7486
Reposted by Fischer 🛠️🚇amb @amb.fyi · 19/09/2026“Two years ago, it seemed like the transit system could face cuts of up to 40 percent due to an end to federal COVID relief funding. Now, thanks to the NITA Act, there’s a new source for that funding that also significantly expands and improves transit across the region.” 0212
Reposted by Fischer 🛠️🚇Councilor Sameer Kanal @councilorkanal.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Today is the 20th anniversary of the death of James Chasse. Chasse was beaten to death by Portland Police in the Pearl District despite not posing a threat. Having broken 16 of his ribs, they took him to jail instead of a hospital at first, and only after the jail declined to admit him due to ... 1922983
Fischer 🛠️🚇 @fischer.bsky.social · 18/09/2026news: city councilor under fire for 2021 tweet that read “ooh chile the way I be drinking that juice”. reached for comment, police chief bob day stated “you can’t be talking like that, white baby” 2646
Fischer 🛠️🚇 @fischer.bsky.social · 18/09/2026just learned that james talarico has type 1 diabetes www.kxan.com/state-of-tex...kxan.com‘This disease affects anyone’ – Diabetic emergency leads to Texas Rep. James Talarico’s bill to cap insulin costsTexas State Rep. Talarico started feeling sick in the middle of a 25-mile walk. 1120
