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ben fryback, EIT @bfryback.bsky.social · 1d

soon....

photo showing the new Amtrak airo trainset in Chicago

ben fryback, EIT @bfryback.bsky.social · 1d

assuming you are referring to car drivers, here's the stats for salem.

www.mwvcog.org/media/5941

Page 88 of the pdf.

23% of people riding transit felt some level of unsafe while doing so, as opposed to 19% of drivers.

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ben fryback, EIT @bfryback.bsky.social · 1d

transit drivers, or car drivers?

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ben fryback, EIT @bfryback.bsky.social · 2d

it's got buffers now but it still sucks

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ben fryback, EIT @bfryback.bsky.social · 2d

between these two points in South Salem approximately.

18" traffic separator in a 3' bike lane buffer. northbound only. approximately 1/4 mile of protected bike lane for 75,000 dollars

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ben fryback, EIT @bfryback.bsky.social · 2d

really offsets the crushing defeat of the Seattle Mariners

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ben fryback, EIT @bfryback.bsky.social · 2d

the group landed on option b as it was a scope limited project (1/4 mile, ome side of the street) and was actually only a sidewalk installation project that was tearing up the bike lane anyway.

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ben fryback, EIT @bfryback.bsky.social · 2d

just got home from a public meeting that was split on a vote between

a. no bike lane protection
b. concrete traffic seperator protection
and
c. shared use path

I can't stress enough how good it felt to hear the discussion was between the *types* of protection, not if it should be there.

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ben fryback, EIT @bfryback.bsky.social · 3d

a picture of a woman in a field with the words going on my mental health walk

Alt: a picture of a woman in a field with the words going on my mental health walk

media.tenor.com

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 4d

Obama sharing a video of himself wearing a crown and flying a King Obama jet that dumped shit all over Americans would have been the only thing the news networks talked about for weeks.

Meanwhile, Trump doing that very thing couldn't even warrant a discussion on the Sunday shows today.

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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 4d

Yesterday's No Kings protests were apparently the largest since the first Earth Day in 1970

The NYT covered that story with a six column headline across the top of the paper and two full pages inside

Today, two small pics below the fold and a story on page A23

They constantly let America down

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ben fryback, EIT @bfryback.bsky.social · 21d

will have to drive to go up and meet my sister on a Sunday afternoon, because the other option is me being in Portland from 10am to 5pm while I've got other stuff i actually need to do that day

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ben fryback, EIT @bfryback.bsky.social · 21d

really frustrating that these 5 options for going south of Portland on transit are effectively two given the times of departure

like why do we have nothing until 11am, 3 southbound trips from 11am-noon, and then another few clustered around 6pm?

nothing between 2 and 5, and 6-930.

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1000 Friends of Oregon @1000oregon.bsky.social · 22d

We’re continuing #WeekWithoutDriving with more Transit Talks! 🚌

On this episode, join @wilsonxcassie.bsky.social and @christinelewis2.bsky.social as they ride buses and the orange MAX line through Clackamas County.

Watch the full version on our YouTube channel: youtu.be/h49Tt5tLNmI?...

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Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social · 22d

interesting report from IFS with @bobbyfijan.bsky.social on the lack of family sized homes in US apartments due in part to financing regiments leading to market failures and overproduction of studios and 1BR homes.

also note the plug for single stair buildings.

ifstudies.org/report-brief...

diagram: Share of occupied apartments in buildings with 20+ units as of 2023, by decade of unit construction

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ben fryback, EIT @bfryback.bsky.social · 22d

this might be news to some, but vacancies drive rents down

screenshot of a rental listing's price reductions over 9 months

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Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast) @brainnotonyet.bsky.social · 24d

The fact the governor of Illinois is beging for citizen coverage because media as a whole is intentionally not covering the governments terror campaign should be absolutely a five alarm fire if you are not already figuring out the federal government is at war against us.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 24d

People of Illinois, we need your help.

Get your cell phones out – record what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors.

We need to let the world know this is happening – and that we won’t stand for it.

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ben fryback, EIT @bfryback.bsky.social · 24d

any idea why? am very nervous... feels like the hb2025 vote all over again

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ben fryback, EIT @bfryback.bsky.social · 24d

hey aaron any idea whats goin on right now

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Lanrick Bennett @lanrickbennett.bsky.social · 24d

An Open Letter to @npr.org: Our Streets Are No Accident
medium.com/@lanrickbenn...

h/t @howdoyou.guide @jessiesinger.bsky.social @poolontheruf.gg @tomflood.bsky.social #BikeTO #WalkTO

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Micah @rincewind.run · 26d

that we have built an alternate media ecosystem in which every American city is an apocalyptic hellhole - completely unmoored from reality - and the political system has collapsed to the point that the president can use this fabrication to send troops against his own citizens is a staggering failure

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 26d

Trump says he’s authorized Hegseth to use “Full Force” against Antifa in “War ravaged” Portland

At the request of Secretary of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, I am directing Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, to provide all necessary Troops to protect War ravaged Portland, and any of our ICE Facilities under siege from attack by Antifa, and other domestic terrorists. I am also authorizing Full Force, if necessary. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 27d

Whenever people talk about "luxury housing," I remember there are literal mansions in Hartford, CT that are now selling for less than it costs to buy a starter home in Silicon Valley. If we judge luxury by market value, there is no housing that is intrinsically, permanently "luxury housing."

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ben fryback, EIT @bfryback.bsky.social · Sep 24

on my way now to a planning commission meeting (salem)

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ben fryback, EIT @bfryback.bsky.social · Sep 23

aspiring to be this

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ben fryback, EIT @bfryback.bsky.social · Sep 20

out riding bikes

bikes with funky lights, people in the background posing

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