Allan
@arudwick.bsky.social
Dad on a bike,
Strong Towns PDX
Eliot, Portland, Oregon
Strong Towns PDX
Eliot, Portland, Oregon
I'm glad EDPA2 was able to get on the air with details of their settlement and another opportunity to share their story
Think Out Loud: TOL Segment for REBROAD: Albina settlement
Episode webpage: play.cdnstream1.com/s/opb/think-...
Media file: pds.cdnstream1.com/p/opb/think-...
Powerful story and amazing with by EDPA2 and others to get this far
Episode webpage: play.cdnstream1.com/s/opb/think-...
Media file: pds.cdnstream1.com/p/opb/think-...
Powerful story and amazing with by EDPA2 and others to get this far
TOL Segment for REBROAD: Albina settlement - Think Out Loud
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December 1, 2025 at 5:21 PM
I'm glad EDPA2 was able to get on the air with details of their settlement and another opportunity to share their story
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The folly of living without a car is you can only do it in places that are often the most clogged with them
December 1, 2025 at 3:39 PM
The folly of living without a car is you can only do it in places that are often the most clogged with them
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Latest place my Portland bike bus images have shown up is in a curriculum resource for schools published by Encyclopedia Brittanica. cc @coachbalto.bsky.social
news.eb.com/level1/a-new...
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A New Way to Ride to School - B-School News
PLAY! Word of the Day Did You Know? A New Way to Ride to School Many communities have formed bike buses, groups of kids and adults who ride their bikes to school together. Courtesy of © Jonathan Maus/...
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December 1, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Latest place my Portland bike bus images have shown up is in a curriculum resource for schools published by Encyclopedia Brittanica. cc @coachbalto.bsky.social
news.eb.com/level1/a-new...
news.eb.com/level1/a-new...
Think Out Loud: TOL Segment for REBROAD: Albina settlement
Episode webpage: play.cdnstream1.com/s/opb/think-...
Media file: pds.cdnstream1.com/p/opb/think-...
Powerful story and amazing with by EDPA2 and others to get this far
Episode webpage: play.cdnstream1.com/s/opb/think-...
Media file: pds.cdnstream1.com/p/opb/think-...
Powerful story and amazing with by EDPA2 and others to get this far
TOL Segment for REBROAD: Albina settlement - Think Out Loud
play.cdnstream1.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Think Out Loud: TOL Segment for REBROAD: Albina settlement
Episode webpage: play.cdnstream1.com/s/opb/think-...
Media file: pds.cdnstream1.com/p/opb/think-...
Powerful story and amazing with by EDPA2 and others to get this far
Episode webpage: play.cdnstream1.com/s/opb/think-...
Media file: pds.cdnstream1.com/p/opb/think-...
Powerful story and amazing with by EDPA2 and others to get this far
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Stuck Downtown Portland waiting for the 12...
#FundTheBus
#FundTheBus
December 1, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Stuck Downtown Portland waiting for the 12...
#FundTheBus
#FundTheBus
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While we are wishcasting and manifesting, cannot tell you how much i want that eighth seed for us to take out the 80-2 OKC in the first round on another last second dame three
Blazers inexplicably being OKC kryptonite would be fantastic.
December 1, 2025 at 12:42 AM
While we are wishcasting and manifesting, cannot tell you how much i want that eighth seed for us to take out the 80-2 OKC in the first round on another last second dame three
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Lots of great stuff here
US public transit advocates: Don't just envy Europe. Start by envying Canada.
Great piece on Montreal's remarkably cheap new rapid transit system.
macleans.ca/society/mont...
Great piece on Montreal's remarkably cheap new rapid transit system.
macleans.ca/society/mont...
Montreal's New Rail Line Is the Future - Macleans.ca
Canada has forgotten how to build fast, cheap transit. A new megaproject has the fix.
macleans.ca
December 1, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Lots of great stuff here
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Right. There are really good folks at pbot but the status quo is still very regressive, and leadership is asleep. What I have seen on investigation is this type of assertive/aggressive policy simply does NOT happen without new leadership.
November 30, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Right. There are really good folks at pbot but the status quo is still very regressive, and leadership is asleep. What I have seen on investigation is this type of assertive/aggressive policy simply does NOT happen without new leadership.
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like i supported pbot's public plaza program, lots of us testified at trans infra committee and the policies that advanced for a council vote were... legalizing overhead lighting and a minor shuffle of permit fees. i.e. council supported pbot staff but was not at all driving ambitious plaza policy
November 30, 2025 at 8:40 PM
like i supported pbot's public plaza program, lots of us testified at trans infra committee and the policies that advanced for a council vote were... legalizing overhead lighting and a minor shuffle of permit fees. i.e. council supported pbot staff but was not at all driving ambitious plaza policy
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the mayor, in a sense, gains more power if council spends their bandwidth reacting to him rather than organizing their own ambitious policy priorities into existence. as i understand it, they have the power to force big pivots in how things are done
November 30, 2025 at 8:34 PM
the mayor, in a sense, gains more power if council spends their bandwidth reacting to him rather than organizing their own ambitious policy priorities into existence. as i understand it, they have the power to force big pivots in how things are done
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For sure yeah I feel like bureau direction is still really missing / lacking / in the hands of the mayor too much
November 30, 2025 at 8:29 PM
For sure yeah I feel like bureau direction is still really missing / lacking / in the hands of the mayor too much
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my experience working with PBOT is that the agency does not have a courageous mandate for rapid climate adaptation, which is something i think this council COULD but so far has not organized and legislated. in absence of that, portland continues to take two steps forward one step back etc
November 30, 2025 at 8:28 PM
my experience working with PBOT is that the agency does not have a courageous mandate for rapid climate adaptation, which is something i think this council COULD but so far has not organized and legislated. in absence of that, portland continues to take two steps forward one step back etc
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Portland should elect people who will direct PBOT to put transit and micromobility clearly and confidently above planning for parking and cars. we could be the one place in the US that turns away from the violence, isolation, and frustration of the automobile
November 30, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Portland should elect people who will direct PBOT to put transit and micromobility clearly and confidently above planning for parking and cars. we could be the one place in the US that turns away from the violence, isolation, and frustration of the automobile
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Portland should elect people who will direct PBOT to put transit and micromobility clearly and confidently above planning for parking and cars. we could be the one place in the US that turns away from the violence, isolation, and frustration of the automobile
December 1, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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Wild to think the Lloyd center could be demolished by this time next year
November 30, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Wild to think the Lloyd center could be demolished by this time next year
Source: The Conversation
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This is incredibly obvious. There's a reason that the rich don't want you thinking about their private jets to exotic locations where they have private boats. The houses larger than you can imagine
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This is incredibly obvious. There's a reason that the rich don't want you thinking about their private jets to exotic locations where they have private boats. The houses larger than you can imagine
How visible displays of wealth make people support higher taxes – new study
People tend to associate with others who are in a similar financial position, making them underestimate the true levels on inequality.
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November 30, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Source: The Conversation
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This is incredibly obvious. There's a reason that the rich don't want you thinking about their private jets to exotic locations where they have private boats. The houses larger than you can imagine
search.app/dj3mm
This is incredibly obvious. There's a reason that the rich don't want you thinking about their private jets to exotic locations where they have private boats. The houses larger than you can imagine
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Now do adults. #GuaranteedBasicIncome www.salemreporter.com/2025/11/28/o...
Oregon pilot program giving cash to youth sees staggering reduction in homelessness - Salem Reporter
A state program gave homeless youth $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.salemreporter.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Now do adults. #GuaranteedBasicIncome www.salemreporter.com/2025/11/28/o...
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Zoning didn't allow enough housing, so we have a housing shortage.
So we changed the zoning to allow more housing.
And now some neighbors worry the zoning doesn't allow enough commercial.
Maybe... the problem is the rigid zoning approach itself?
bendbulletin.com/2025/11/28/b...
So we changed the zoning to allow more housing.
And now some neighbors worry the zoning doesn't allow enough commercial.
Maybe... the problem is the rigid zoning approach itself?
bendbulletin.com/2025/11/28/b...
Bend's biggest developing neighborhoods lament loss of commercial land - The Bulletin
Carolyn Schott moved from Colorado to Bend in 2021 after buying a townhome in a freshly-platted neighborhood in the northeast corner of the city. As home building continued around her, the 20 acres ne...
bendbulletin.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Zoning didn't allow enough housing, so we have a housing shortage.
So we changed the zoning to allow more housing.
And now some neighbors worry the zoning doesn't allow enough commercial.
Maybe... the problem is the rigid zoning approach itself?
bendbulletin.com/2025/11/28/b...
So we changed the zoning to allow more housing.
And now some neighbors worry the zoning doesn't allow enough commercial.
Maybe... the problem is the rigid zoning approach itself?
bendbulletin.com/2025/11/28/b...
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The person killed by a driver on SE Calle Cesar Chavez on Wednesday has been identified as 87-year-old Grey Wolfe, a well-known local grief counselor and mental health therapist.
Calle Cesar Chavez is a high-volume arterial with a 30 mph speed limit, four general travel lanes and a notorious history of fatal crashes.
bikeportland.org/2025/11/26/s...
bikeportland.org/2025/11/26/s...
SE Cesar Chavez claims another victim
It's the fourth fatal crash in the area since 2021.
bikeportland.org
November 28, 2025 at 10:05 PM
The person killed by a driver on SE Calle Cesar Chavez on Wednesday has been identified as 87-year-old Grey Wolfe, a well-known local grief counselor and mental health therapist.
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Minimum parking requirements create financially insolvent land use patterns.
The two apartment buildings on the right generate six times more in property taxes than the big box store on the left, while occupying almost half the space!
#BlackFridayParking
The two apartment buildings on the right generate six times more in property taxes than the big box store on the left, while occupying almost half the space!
#BlackFridayParking
November 28, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Minimum parking requirements create financially insolvent land use patterns.
The two apartment buildings on the right generate six times more in property taxes than the big box store on the left, while occupying almost half the space!
#BlackFridayParking
The two apartment buildings on the right generate six times more in property taxes than the big box store on the left, while occupying almost half the space!
#BlackFridayParking
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Again, there is no plan for running our universities without federal funding, or foreign students, at scale. But the public has no idea about this because no. one. is. telling. them. this. They expect their kids are still going to be able to do all the things at college in the next 4 years, & well:
The entire business model of R1 public universities rests on 4 revenue sources:
1. Federal grants
2. Private gifts/endowments
3. Tuition (esp. from foreign students)
4. State $
For decades, 📈 in 1-3 offset a secular 📉 in 4. Now, 1 & 3 are being decimated & 4 ain't coming back. The math is clear.
1. Federal grants
2. Private gifts/endowments
3. Tuition (esp. from foreign students)
4. State $
For decades, 📈 in 1-3 offset a secular 📉 in 4. Now, 1 & 3 are being decimated & 4 ain't coming back. The math is clear.
November 27, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Again, there is no plan for running our universities without federal funding, or foreign students, at scale. But the public has no idea about this because no. one. is. telling. them. this. They expect their kids are still going to be able to do all the things at college in the next 4 years, & well:
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Very interesting paper alright. Another striking result is that people moving into this centrally-located building (or into the vacancies created by people moving into it) were generally downsizing from larger homes
November 28, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Very interesting paper alright. Another striking result is that people moving into this centrally-located building (or into the vacancies created by people moving into it) were generally downsizing from larger homes
www.oregonlive.com/education/20...
Interesting read, good job @oregonian.com covering the variety of issues at play in the Jefferson high School conversation
Interesting read, good job @oregonian.com covering the variety of issues at play in the Jefferson high School conversation
Portland grapples with how to shore up 1 high school without imperiling 3 others
As PPS readies a massive renovation of Jefferson High, the district faces some pushback against proposals to boost enrollment.
www.oregonlive.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:12 PM
www.oregonlive.com/education/20...
Interesting read, good job @oregonian.com covering the variety of issues at play in the Jefferson high School conversation
Interesting read, good job @oregonian.com covering the variety of issues at play in the Jefferson high School conversation
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A large share of public transit accidents are actually car accidents.
November 27, 2025 at 8:28 PM
A large share of public transit accidents are actually car accidents.
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Bottom line: The next commissioner needs to be willing to move aside staffers who are unwilling to be change-agents and to empower all the bright (often young) players who embrace the future.
Former DOT Boss: Here's What Mayor Mamdani Needs as Transportation Commish - Streetsblog New York City
Bottom line: The next commissioner needs to be willing to move aside staffers who are unwilling to be change-agents and to empower all the bright (often young) players who embrace the future.
buff.ly
November 27, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Bottom line: The next commissioner needs to be willing to move aside staffers who are unwilling to be change-agents and to empower all the bright (often young) players who embrace the future.