Camilla Palmer

text that says, We need you to speak up in support of bicycle infrastructure that makes Portland a great place to ride a bike. PBOT is preparing work orders to spend its limited transportation budget on making our streets less safe. The diverters on NW 20th and Everett, NW 14th and Johnson, and NW 15th and Johnson are slated for removal as soon as this week. These diverters keep cars off of well-used bike routes and were part of the NW in Motion planning process that took several years. Please email the city with this link and ask them to request an immediate pause on the removal of the diverters until PBOT can present their reasoning to the Bicycle Advisory Committee on August 12th and to the public. Slower speeds and fewer vehicles in these areas drastically reduce injury severity in crashes and facilitate quieter, cleaner streets. These diverters are in accordance with multiple city council-approved city plans. This latest removal comes weeks after PBOT removed three street plazas in NW and turned them back into car streets. We have heard a variety of inconsistent reasoning used to justify the removal of these filters Go here for BikePortland's coverage for more information. We understand the need to make adjustments to infrastructure, but disagree with removing modal filters without knowing what the city is going to do to make these streets even safer for people riding bikes. If the city moves forward with this removal, it will set a dangerous precedent for Portland's entire bicycling network. Our lawyer has contacted the city's attorney regarding how this action by the city relates to our Bike Bill lawsuit. How can the city ask for more transportation funding if this is how it spends it? -BikeLoud PDX

Photos of the diverters. And a button that says, "Demand a Pause on diverter removal"

URGENT!
PBOT (Portland Bureau of Transportation) is planning to remove large safety diverters this week!

Send a message today to say STOP 🛑!
SHARE with your people!

Use the easy pre-addressed email at the bottom of this Action Alert 👇
mailchi.mp/bikeloudpdx/...

Council offices contact list

It's not 100% clear who's made the decision to remove safety infrastructure - PBOT? Mayor? Council? City Administrators?

Lack of clarity is why people who depend on safe streets to get around PDX are extra worried about this newest car-oriented decision.

Here's a contact list of your Councillors:

Big log with shelf fungus. Slots sawed into the log that are wide enough to hold the front of a bike tire. The bike in the front is a train bike, an OV-Fiets. A field with trees and picnic tables in in the background.

Log Parking at Utrecht Science Park🪵🚲
Grooves sawed into a big old tree trunk laid on its side to neatly hold bicycles.

Log Parking op Utrecht Science Park🪵🚲
Groeven gezaagd in een grote oude boomstam die op zijn kant lag om fietsen netjes vast te houden.

Utility Riding With Abi Robins For Those Who Ride · Episode

open.spotify.com/episode/4Gns...

This episode was such a delight!

My idol just said on a podcast, "I am extremely judgemental, and I trust my gut" I'm stoked to take on this energy!

this is insane: Washington state is basically doing reverse congestion pricing, taxing sustainable/efficient forms of transportation to subsidize pointless highway widenings.

and this is a state with a democratic trifecta! what is going on here

Canada's Climate Crossroads: Will Carney deliver real progress? Outrage + Optimism: The Climate Podcast · Episode

"We're not fighting climate change we're fighting the fossil fuel industry."

Paraphrased from this episode. Love it, let's be specific about who we need to be fighting

open.spotify.com/episode/5s6C...

There are 3.5 million orphan wells in the U.S. Many leaking methane. Consider donating to the Well Done Foundation. We need thousands of drill crews out there plugging wells. Switch oilfield workers to plugging holes instead of drilling more. welldonefoundation.org

Scientists witness unexpected changes in rivers after knocking down dams: 'We didn't even know there was [one] there' The effects are immediate and dramatic.

This is amazing! www.yahoo.com/news/scienti...

Shout out to whoever made this bus stop Tesla ad, it's fantastic! 💙

It would look good hanging outside of the White House and Trump Tower too!
#ProudBlue #TeslaTakedown #TeslaBoycott #TeslaChainsawMassacre #TrumpisaNationalDisgrace #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice #TheTurdReich

Seriously just fucking shut March Madness down

One thing that is very noticeable in the Netherlands is the huge amount of elderly or people with mobility issues you see everywhere, all the time. The network of protected cycle tracks, low traffic neighbourhoods and car free streets gives these people so much freedom

Rather than cynically crap on "The Dems" on social media, how about you "get out and push". Get involved with your local party and push them in a better direction. Help people running for the school board or city council. Talk with your elected officials and push them in the direction you want

"According to Meek, the proposal also would run afoul of the concept that each person has an equal vote. It could ensure that one signature in sparse Wheeler County has the same heft as more than 500 signatures in Multnomah County."

An illustration showing the impact of parking requirements on land use. From left to right, the image depicts a gradient of increasing parking mandates: 'No Parking Required' allows for dense, walkable development; '1 Space per 500 Square Feet' introduces some parking; '1 Space per 250 Square Feet' adds more parking lots; and '1 Space per 100 Square Feet' results in sprawling, car-centric infrastructure with large parking lots dominating the landscape. The logo 'PRN' and 'PARKING REFORM NETWORK' are visible at the bottom.

“The right to have access to every building in the city by private motorcar, in an age when everyone possesses such a vehicle, is actually the right to destroy the city.”

- Lewis Mumford

Stop pronouncing it DOGE like we're 16th century Venetians addressing the duke.

Start calling it Dodgy.

dodgy /dŏj′ē/
adjective

Evasive; shifty.
Unsound, unstable, and unreliable.
So risky as to require very deft handling.

I mean, IT'S RIGHT THERE.

BREAKING: HUNDREDS of New Yorkers have swarmed and shut down the Tesla dealer in Manhattan. Six have been arrested after occupying the showroom. Protests are erupting across America to reject Musk's billionaire regime. This is how we beat fascism.

Mass direct action.
#TeslaTakedown

If driving is so freeing and convenient, why is every driver one nanosecond away from total rage meltdown?

Good expert thread on all of the subtle things that bus drivers do that self-driving buses would have to replicate.

So many friends look at my cargo bike lifestyle as a hero or huge task. Honestly, it’s a cheat code.

If it’s safe to bike, it’s typically easier than driving when you have kids. Seriously!

“Portland becomes the best version of our city when we fill our street plazas with families, bicycles, farmers' markets, music, & small businesses. From Ankeny Rainbow Road to St. Johns Plaza, this visionary flourishing of public spaces has grown from a dream to a community staple.” - Mayor Keith Wilson

“Portland becomes the best version of our city when we fill our street plazas with families, bicycles, farmers' markets, music, & small businesses. From Ankeny Rainbow Road to St. Johns Plaza, this visionary flourishing of public spaces has grown from a dream to a community staple.” - Keith Wilson

Roadmap to American Reconstruction A roadmap for retaking power and laying the foundations for American Reconstruction.

every line of this feels essential www.liberalcurrents.com/roadmap-to-a...

If you're 60, 69.1% of all job growth since your birth occurred under Democratic administrations.

If you're 45, that number is 74.7%.

If you're under 30, the number is 100%.

Lender to Ritz-Carlton Tower Says Foreclosure Best Option for $503 Million Loan

Shocking

www.wweek.com/news/busines...

🚨BREAKING: We closed down Tesla in NYC

Well we, went down to the rich man's house and we 🎶
Took back what he stole from us
Took back our dignity
Took back our humanity
📣Resistance Revival Chorus

Thank you to everyone who joined us. PEOPLE POWER⚡️

#TeslaTakedown #StoptheCoup #Resist

What parking mandate reform was to zoning, single stair reform is to building codes.

A dumb policy with no basis in reality has shaped the lives of millions, and the reform is only on the table because a couple people initially regarded as cranks refused to stop talking about it.

HEY EVERYONE REMEMBER WHEN TRUMP WAS IMPEACHED FOR DENYING AID TO UKRAINE BECAUSE HE WANTED ZELENSKY TO LIE AND SAY BAD THINGS ABOUT BIDEN AND ZELENKSY WOULDN’T DO IT?

Maybe literally one fucking American newspapers could mention this in their, “think pieces,” about what happened yesterday.

Sell your car, buy a bike! I joined the Portland bike community for a protest ride on Saturday. You don't need a multi-ton metal box to get around! #BikesAreBetter