Ruth @ruthpdx.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Oregon needs transit funding. Cutting @trimet.org is forcing Portlanders to pay thousands more instead to car companies and dealerships that take advantage of their trapped consumers and support regressive Republican politics. We deserve options. 284
Reposted by RuthFischer 🛠️🚇 @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. 69156
Reposted by RuthFischer 🛠️🚇 @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
Reposted by Ruthamb @amb.fyi · 19/09/2026eliminating 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? 17019
Ruth @ruthpdx.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Some commutes will get better. My quickest & safest from cars commute was the eastbank esplanade, but bc of pregnancy I worried about the twice daily I-5 air pollution & switched to a longer route. Shout out to everyone enjoying a calm commute along the river. May this be normal one day. 020
Reposted by RuthBikeLoudPDX @bikeloudpdx.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Starting tonight, I-5 will be closed for 5 weeks in PDX. Enjoy the cleaner air. Enjoy the quieter streets. Enjoy less road rage. Take these 5 weeks to appreciate how well Portland works without a giant concrete gash along our waterfront. 03910
Reposted by Ruthamb @amb.fyi · 09/09/2026i dunno man it'd sure be great if our city council understood that unequivocally it's our duty and responsibility to throw whatever sand in the gears that we can to stop expansions of fossil fuel infrastructure in our city. kinda feels like a hill worth fighting on given, you know, everything 1306
Reposted by RuthJarrett Walker @humantransit.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Portland area: I'm in the Oregonian today, asking whether Portland and its region still care about public transit. In the next year, we're going to have to make some decisions about that. @trimet.org www.oregonlive.com/opinion/2026...oregonlive.comOpinion: TriMet is shrinking. Do we care?Does the region still care about TriMet and ensuring a strong public transit system, asks public transit design and policy consultant Jarrett Walker. While leaders face many competing priorities, the ... 810529
Reposted by RuthFischer 🛠️🚇 @fischer.bsky.social · 19/08/2026it’s just sort of straightforwardly true that doing this type of repaving without any safety improvements on one of the city’s deadliest streets is incompatible with vision zero 710316
Reposted by Ruthmitch (he/him) @drmitchpdx.bsky.social · 14/08/2026this sucks. we should not accept this without a fight. the next leg session needs to fix this, and we will do it by prepping and recruiting primary candidates for any seat held by legislators who lack the spine to call the question on the ODOT boondoggles. 516937
Reposted by RuthFischer 🛠️🚇 @fischer.bsky.social · 12/08/2026yes, the same legislators who enthusiastically rubber stamped moda funding this year were also happy to jam through cuts to transit and active transportation infrastructure. they don’t care 0192
Reposted by RuthCatie Gould @citizen-cate.bsky.social · 14/08/2026So much debate about how much public $ should go to the moda center, meanwhile light rail service to the stadium gets cut by 1/3. Potentially forever. Seems bad for negotiating! 07711
Reposted by RuthCity Observatory @cityobservatory.bsky.social · 13/08/2026OregonDOT is #1 and #2: Per mile, the two most expensive highway expansion projects in the United States are the $3.5 billion I-5 Rose Quarter widening and the $15 billion Interstate Bridge Replacement. ODOT is utterly broke, and broke. City Observatory cityobservatory.org/bankrupt-a-3... 25923
Reposted by RuthKhanh Pham for Oregon @khanhphamfororegon.com · 11/08/2026TriMet's cuts begin on Sunday 8/23 - there are multiple changes to bus and light rail routes across our district, including cuts to the Green Line MAX. These cuts are unbearable. The legislature must act boldly next year to restore transit service across the state. #orpol loom.ly/ZJ5t1JM 49527
Ruth @ruthpdx.bsky.social · 11/08/2026People are furious about the Moda center deal. Waiting for a late bus yesterday the person waiting with me brought up $ going to Moda while we get TriMet cuts. Met up with law school friends (different demo!) and they were talking about MultCo’s conflict of interest & not happy 0368
Reposted by RuthKhanh Pham for Oregon @khanhphamfororegon.com · 11/08/2026Oregon simply won't have enough money to fix our state's crumbling roads and bridges and restore statewide transit service if we continue to write blank checks for ODOT's proposed multibillion dollar megaprojects. #orpol #orleg 010430
Ruth @ruthpdx.bsky.social · 23/07/2026You know how when you travel to a city for a sporting event located on top of a massive transit hub, you like to pay for a rental car too so that you can idle for an hour before getting out of the garage after the event instead of taking the transit? Yeah, me neither 🙄 0110
Reposted by RuthBikeLoudPDX @bikeloudpdx.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Advocates call on city leaders to pause W Burnside construction so it "works for everyone.” They point to 4 traffic deaths + many injuries in the past 10 years “A street this dangerous is not good for business or tourism. A better Burnside is possible” @portlandmercury.com @taylorgriggs.bsky.socialportlandmercury.comTransportation Advocates and Neighborhood Groups Seek a “Better West Burnside” - Portland MercuryA coalition of Portland neighborhood associations and transportation advocacy groups are sounding the alarm about a recently-announced pavement resurfacing project on West Burnside Street. The projec... 0375
Reposted by RuthApril Ehrlich @aprilehrlich.bsky.social · 21/07/2026This is a reminder that the West is often filled with harmful, smoky air, but air quality doesn't make national headlines until it reaches the East Coast. 0286
Reposted by RuthJarrett Walker @humantransit.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Portland: everyone who is seriously thinking of using our CLEAN ENERGY FUND to bribe our basketball team to not leave town needs to know that our transit agency is on track to cut nearly 1/3 of its service from what it was in 2025. Which is the greater crisis? 716853
Reposted by Ruthryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 20/07/2026“You read that right: The cost of climate-worsened wildfire smoke alone is larger than what earlier studies said every other estimated cost of climate change would be, combined.” heatmap.news/daily/worryi...heatmap.newsWhat Worries Me Most About This Wildfire SmokeWe didn’t know days like this could happen. Then we learned how bad they really are. 3296140
Ruth @ruthpdx.bsky.social · 03/07/2026Losing my mind at the idea that we can find $300 million for the Moda center but not $300 million for transit 27426
Reposted by RuthElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 30/06/2026With this ruling, the birthright issue is not going away. The right hasn't really begun *organizing* around getting rid of the citizenship clause. Like Roe, this will be their fight for a generation. And if the Democrats just say "we won" and ignore it, like Roe, the Republicans will eventually win. 9269012497
Reposted by RuthKendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 15/06/2026My other take is that bike routes should have priority over minimized distance vs cars. Going a block or two out of your way in a car is not the same on the body as going a block or two out of your way in a car. 624528
Reposted by RuthWill U'ren @whollingsworth.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Contra to PCEF's founding model, I do think transportation decarbonization is going to have to be led by the City and TriMet since they control that infrastructure most directly. Shifting mode share for all trips to walking/rolling/and transit has to be priority #1 in that regard. 182
Reposted by RuthKaliko Castille @wizkaliko.bsky.social · 22/05/2026After these upsets in Washington County against establishment backed Dems, I nominate these two as next in line. Both have and will continue to be roadblocks for the revenue reform we need to fund working class programs like universal child care and school meals for all. 2308
Reposted by RuthSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 09/05/2026Black people are giving it these Confederates raw and uncut. This is how it’s gonna be now. You wonder what we’re thinking? It’s this. I believe this is activist Gary Chambers again in Louisiana. 596183566302
Reposted by RuthStephen Nuñez @socio-steve.bsky.social · 07/05/2026This is one reason I find the idea that the safety net for the elderly comes at the cost of the safety net for everyone else to be crazy. In the absence of sufficient income support and LTSS options, family steps in. And it is usually women who pay the price. marketrealist.com/retirement/m...marketrealist.comMillennial Daughters Caring for Boomer Parents Are Sacrificing in More Ways Than OneThe work and financial responsibility tied to caring for aging parents is more often than not pushed to women. Many Millenial daughters are losing their own futures. 413036
Reposted by Ruthan appliance is making a weird noise that isn't on youtube @jesseltaylor.bsky.social · 03/04/2026if you invented public libraries today, every opinion page in the country would be arguing for means tested subsidized Amazon Prime memberships 5873711875
Ruth @ruthpdx.bsky.social · 24/03/2026Hey Portland Metro Chamber, you can just say we need Preschool for All, this is taking forever 0205
Reposted by RuthKhanh Pham for Oregon @khanhphamfororegon.com · 18/03/2026If Oregon policymakers are serious about addressing cost-of-living concerns and ensuring Oregon is an affordable place for all to live, we simply must invest a transportation system that provides alternatives to car dependency. #orleg loom.ly/NEcn57Enytimes.com‘It’s Just Crazy’: High Car Payments Make Ownership Feel ImpossibleRising vehicle prices, auto loan interest rates, and insurance and maintenance costs are making it harder for people to buy or keep cars. 16014
Ruth @ruthpdx.bsky.social · 13/03/2026Just me morbidly wondering how long it will take for the war in Iran to reach the cost of the IBR as I bike in the rain to my prenatal checkup at the hospital that we can’t afford to run a goddamn bus to 000
Reposted by RuthThomas Bamonte @thomasbamonte.bsky.social · 10/03/2026"Yes, building less dangerous cars and more forgiving roads would help address the US’s sky-high tally of roadway fatalities. But another way to save lives deserves far more attention than it gets: Stop forcing Americans to drive so much." @davidzipper.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/article...bloomberg.comThe US Is Counting Traffic Deaths WrongBy emphasizing the number of people killed per mile rather than deaths per capita, traffic safety groups risk normalizing the factors that make American roads so deadly. 1132052513
Reposted by RuthMarnie Glickman @marniemix.bsky.social · 04/03/2026Let's include this data in Portland's Economic Opportunities Analysis. 16122
Reposted by RuthAlex Zielinski @alexzee.bsky.social · 25/01/2026Children detained at a South Texas ICE facility led a demonstration yesterday to protest their treatment. “He heard what sounded like ‘hundreds of children’ shouting, with voices he described as ‘high-pitched’ and ‘urgent’… chanting ‘Libertad.’”tpr.orgProtest breaks out at Dilley immigration detention facility holding 5-year-old Liam RamosA protest broke out Saturday at the ICE-run South Texas family detention complex in Dilley, where five-year-old Liam Ramos is being detained. 618378
Reposted by Ruthpnwpolicyangel aka Angelita 👼 @pnwpolicyangel.bsky.social · 06/01/2026Due to a lack of federal and state dollars, TriMet is cutting multiple key bus lines I take. I can’t drive. I don’t have a car. Not sure what people are supposed to do other than rage against the state legislators who let this happen 🤷🏻♀️ Feel free to name and shame in the replies! 1624953
Reposted by RuthJonathan Maus @jonathanmaus.bsky.social · 11/12/2025Look at the central city riverfront of Portland. It's just so shocking and embarrassing that we tolerate this. 3262379
Ruth @ruthpdx.bsky.social · 05/12/2025Portland, if you haven’t yet experienced the unique pleasure of watching a big puddle whoosh down a storm drain you just figured out how to unclog, you gotta get out there. Live a little! 130
Reposted by RuthTaylor Griggs @taylorgriggs.bsky.social · 24/06/2025Look, I’ll tell you one thing for sure: Portland’s renaissance will absolutely never come from alienating young people who want to start families in favor of wealthy business interests. It just won’t. 623948
Ruth @ruthpdx.bsky.social · 24/06/2025Portlanders voted overwhelmingly for universal preschool for families in our county. Our state legislature is trying to kill it. Is this Oregon or is this Texas? 130
Reposted by RuthFriends of Preschool for All @friendsofpfa.bsky.social · 24/06/2025Our worst fears were true. They want to kill Preschool for All, and would rather not deal with the inconvenience of public opinion. No public hearing. This would eliminate the PFA tax by July 2027 and force PFA to meet DELC standards (which are lower than PFA standards - not full day or full week).actionnetwork.orgTell Governor Kotek and the Legislature: Hands off Preschool for All!There is an existential threat to Preschool for All developing in Salem, and unless we can rally enough community outrage and response, the program could be effectively killed as soon as this week. ... 32213
Reposted by RuthSarah Iannarone @sarahiannarone.bsky.social · 26/04/2025Safe streets and great transit are the basis of a functioning transportation system. I believe Oregon can make that happen this year, but only if you get activated in the next two weeks. Please read our op-ed, then sign this petition 📝 thestreettrust.org/activate www.oregonlive.com/opinion/2025...oregonlive.comOpinion: Transportation package must be built on a foundation of safetyWhile legislators' draft transportation plan mentions the need for safety improvements, the proposal must back up that commitment with significant funding for protected bike lanes, pedestrian crossing... 278
Reposted by RuthNicole Hemmer @pastpunditry.bsky.social · 25/03/2025Today on @thisdaypod.com: an especially timely look at the start of the sanctuary movement in 1980, and why ministers chose to break the law to protect local immigrants. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...podcasts.apple.comThe Church Sancturary Showdown (1980)Podcast Episode · This Day · 03/25/2025 · 19m 12710
Reposted by RuthElliott Young @elliottyoung.bsky.social · 12/12/2024Portland peeps, please consider signing this request to PPS asking that they reaffirm sanctuary statement and policies in the face of unhinged federal plan to deport millions, including our students. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...?docs.google.comPPS Leaders: Reaffirm Sanctuary Policy & Practice Now! // Líderes de PPS: ¡Reafirmen la política y práctica de santuario ahora!(en español abajo) Dear PPS Community, We invite you to take action now to call on PPS leadership to protect undocumented students and their families in light of the incoming federal administration’s... 083
