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pnwpolicyangel aka Angelita 👼 @pnwpolicyangel.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

When the paper of record endorses abusers of staff like it’s nothing but relentlessly chided me on decorum, the unspoken here is that it’s ok to be rude, aggressive, abusive, so long as it’s not to other people in power. The line I cross is I don’t mind pushing back on the powerful.

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Nic Cota @nictrieslife.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

We had: ✅ record transit ridership since pre-pandemic ✅ increased bike ridership ✅in some areas LESS traffic ✅reduced emissions ✅reduced noise in local communities AAAAND it’s over get back in your car and drive

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Mitch Green @councilorgreen.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I think it’s unconscionable that we are willing to move heaven and earth to find money for stadiums, but seemingly incapable of doing the same to prevent the closure of schools. My constituents are outraged. They are right to be. There’s still time to fix this, but we’re going to need to lock in.

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Ruth @ruthpdx.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Oregon 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.

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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/champions

trimet.org

Transit needs you now.

Join the Transit Champions and help protect the TriMet bus and MAX service our community depends on.

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Fischer 🛠️🚇 @fischer.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

building 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.com

What 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.

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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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Ruth @ruthpdx.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Some 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.

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BikeLoudPDX @bikeloudpdx.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Starting 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.

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amb @amb.fyi · 09/09/2026

i 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

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Jarrett Walker @humantransit.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Portland 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.com

Opinion: 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 ...

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Fischer 🛠️🚇 @fischer.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

it’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

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mitch (he/him) @drmitchpdx.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

this 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.

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Fischer 🛠️🚇 @fischer.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

yes, 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

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Catie Gould @citizen-cate.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

So 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!

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Ruth @ruthpdx.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Good news, Portland! I love this for us so much

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City Observatory @cityobservatory.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

OregonDOT 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...

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Khanh Pham for Oregon @khanhphamfororegon.com · 11/08/2026

TriMet'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

Image shows TriMet's changes to numerous bus and MAX routes as part of the upcoming service cuts

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Ruth @ruthpdx.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

People 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

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Khanh Pham for Oregon @khanhphamfororegon.com · 11/08/2026

Oregon 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

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Ruth @ruthpdx.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

You 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 🙄

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April Ehrlich @aprilehrlich.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

This 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.

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Jarrett Walker @humantransit.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Portland: 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?

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ryan 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.news

What Worries Me Most About This Wildfire Smoke

We didn’t know days like this could happen. Then we learned how bad they really are.

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Ruth @ruthpdx.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

The aggressive use of “activists” - people who want PCEF funds to go to cops are reasonable everyday “supporters,” people who disagree are fringe/outlier “activists” rather than e.g. “opponents.” Also only activists care about climate so if you care about climate you are an activist

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Ruth @ruthpdx.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Losing my mind at the idea that we can find $300 million for the Moda center but not $300 million for transit

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Fischer 🛠️🚇 @fischer.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

man I-5 has got to go

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

With 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.

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 15/06/2026

My 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.

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Ruth @ruthpdx.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

It’s embarrassing to the city, not the councilors…

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Will U'ren @whollingsworth.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Contra 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.

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Kaliko Castille @wizkaliko.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

After 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.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Black 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.

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Stephen Nuñez @socio-steve.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

This 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.com

Millennial Daughters Caring for Boomer Parents Are Sacrificing in More Ways Than One

The 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.

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Ruth @ruthpdx.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Hopefully this version is better! But pre setting up and loading separate individual hop passes on your phone for each child you’ll be with is a pain and precludes spontaneous use of the bus entirely. You do it if transit is your default but as a casual user you may just skip it.

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Ruth @ruthpdx.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

This was possible in the old app but finicky, doable if you plan ahead. I recently hung out w my visiting cousin & her kids downtown. I told them max would be easy to use, only to have her get so frustrated trying to pay for kids that she gave up. Technically doable =\= welcoming to newcomers

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Ruth @ruthpdx.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Only true until you try to take a kid on TriMet & realize that paying for anyone else is a nightmare. If you’re gonna charge kids over 6 and still want people to take kids on the bus (a good thing that people should do!) you gotta make it easier to pay for them

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Ruth @ruthpdx.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

It would be super cool if we could recognize that apartments are also homes next time please

The proposal would create a monthly fee of $12 per home, $8.40 per apartment unit and $61 for commercial properties.

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an appliance is making a weird noise that isn't on youtube @jesseltaylor.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

if you invented public libraries today, every opinion page in the country would be arguing for means tested subsidized Amazon Prime memberships

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Ruth @ruthpdx.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Hey Portland Metro Chamber, you can just say we need Preschool for All, this is taking forever

“Women with children younger than 6 years face the lowest participation rates of all women, reflecting the intensive caregiving demands of early childhood as well as the high cost and limited availability of infant/toddler care and preschool,” the report says. “These patterns underscore that caregiving responsibilities remain unequally distributed by gender, with women more likely to reduce or exit paid work during children’s early years.”

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Khanh Pham for Oregon @khanhphamfororegon.com · 18/03/2026

If 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/NEcn57E

nytimes.com

‘It’s Just Crazy’: High Car Payments Make Ownership Feel Impossible

Rising vehicle prices, auto loan interest rates, and insurance and maintenance costs are making it harder for people to buy or keep cars.

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Ruth @ruthpdx.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Just 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

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Thomas 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.com

The US Is Counting Traffic Deaths Wrong

By 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.

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Marnie Glickman @marniemix.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Let's include this data in Portland's Economic Opportunities Analysis.

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Alex Zielinski @alexzee.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Children 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.’”

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Protest breaks out at Dilley immigration detention facility holding 5-year-old Liam Ramos

A protest broke out Saturday at the ICE-run South Texas family detention complex in Dilley, where five-year-old Liam Ramos is being detained.

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pnwpolicyangel aka Angelita 👼 @pnwpolicyangel.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Due 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!

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