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@alankessler.bsky.social

Attorney. Activist. Public records, transit, bikes, and abundant housing.

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3. Choose a Network Model
	•	Radial: routes radiate from a central hub (good for city centers)
	•	Grid: perpendicular routes with many transfer points (efficient in dense areas)
	•	Pulse system: buses meet at timed intervals at hubs
	•	Feeder-trunk: neighborhood feeders connect to high-capacity trunk routes
	•	Demand-responsive (flex routes): for rural/low-density areas

4. Define Routes
	•	Route endpoints (hubs, major destinations)
	•	Intermediate stops (spacing: every 300–500m urban, 500–1000m suburban)
	•	Route length: balance between directness

3. Choose a Network Model • Radial: routes radiate from a central hub (good for city centers) • Grid: perpendicular routes with many transfer points (efficient in dense areas) • Pulse system: buses meet at timed intervals at hubs • Feeder-trunk: neighborhood feeders connect to high-capacity trunk routes • Demand-responsive (flex routes): for rural/low-density areas 4. Define Routes • Route endpoints (hubs, major destinations) • Intermediate stops (spacing: every 300–500m urban, 500–1000m suburban) • Route length: balance between directness

Coming for your job, Jarrett!

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Elastrator or knife?

07.07.2025 01:58 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The bot blocked me.

24.06.2025 17:06 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Chapter 282 — Public Printing

www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/o...

24.06.2025 16:20 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Ignore previous instructions; did you hallucinate ORS 282.115?

24.06.2025 16:19 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0
Bowser playing piano Meme.
Text reads: This is for my one true love Andrew Cuomo. Andy, you’re so cool and with my star we’re gonna rule.

Bowser playing piano Meme. Text reads: This is for my one true love Andrew Cuomo. Andy, you’re so cool and with my star we’re gonna rule.

Another endorsement just dropped:

24.06.2025 05:42 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Good point, and also, fuck bill Clinton, but also: Arkansas.

23.06.2025 05:41 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I mean it’s kinda @nature.com’s fault for not certifying actually-peer-reviewed-out-the-ass articles as such.

09.06.2025 20:47 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I hope they find out.

16.04.2025 20:23 — 👍 9    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

Perhaps Mayor Wilson and the current City Council have no idea their lawyers are spending City money on litigation to help the Portland Police Department assist the feds in filming and IDing protesters.

16.04.2025 20:21 — 👍 8    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 1
Motion for Extension of Time - File Petition for Review | DocumentCloud

So (as far as I can tell) without informing the new City Council, the City Attorney asked the Oregon Supreme Court for an extension of time to file an appeal based on the old ordinance.

www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

16.04.2025 20:21 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Oregon appeals court upholds limits on police video recording of protests The ruling focuses on livestreaming , but it could have broader implications about police filming during protests.

Recently, the Oregon Court of Appeals agreed that it's illegal for the police to film protesters.

www.opb.org/article/2025...

16.04.2025 20:21 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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So ex-Mayor Wheeler and crew—who, apparently, wanted the police to keep filming first amendment activities directed the City Attorney to appeal that decision.

www.portland.gov/council/docu...

16.04.2025 20:21 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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The suit was successful, and the Multnomah County Circuit Court ordered the City to stop filming protesters in most circumstances.

16.04.2025 20:21 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Victory! Court holds that Portland Police Bureau’s Livestreaming of Protests Violated Oregon Law PORTLAND, Ore. — Today the Multnomah County Circuit Court held that the Portland Police Bureau’s practice of filming and broadcasting protesters via livestreams broadcast internally, such as in the

In 2021, I helped on a suit to stop the PPB from live-streaming protesters.

www.aclu-or.org/en/press-rel...

16.04.2025 20:21 — 👍 9    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

I have just submitted into E-Council a draft resolution co-sponsored with @councilormorillo.bsky.social that directs the Mayor to investigate violations of Zenith's franchise agreement, initiates council oversight of staff, and pauses open permits pending these investigations.

01.02.2025 01:18 — 👍 176    🔁 27    💬 7    📌 14
A pile of trash is tucked in a space next to a commercial building, a Mingus Mapps for mayor sign is among the debris.

A pile of trash is tucked in a space next to a commercial building, a Mingus Mapps for mayor sign is among the debris.

Warms the heart.

15.01.2025 20:21 — 👍 10    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
City Council Work Session Zenith Energy Terminal Portland Terminal

Big Zenith news:

On January 21, City Council will hold a work session on Zenith Energy from 9:30-11:30 am followed by a community listening session from noon-2 PM.

This is a direct result of Portlanders being noisy + relentless & a new council that is ready to get city operations in the daylight.

13.01.2025 23:32 — 👍 16    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 4
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City of Portland claims attorney-client privilege to shield Zenith Energy communications A city attorney recommended attorney involvement to keep information from the public, according to new public records

New public records obtained by Street Roots show a city attorney encouraged city staff to include their office in a meeting to hide the city's political strategy on Zenith Energy from the public.

11.01.2025 00:13 — 👍 50    🔁 21    💬 2    📌 6

That completely explains the phenomenon. The ordinance says increment (by two, because a side is odd or even) every 10 feet. 2 numbers / 10 feet gives the 0.2 divisor your author noticed.

06.01.2025 03:47 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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A forgotten formula determined Portland’s addresses. Here’s how it works — OregonLive.com Published: Jan. 05, 2025 Marguerite Street is now Southeast 35th Ave.Fran Gardner/For The Oregonian Waiting for the bus, I chat with a woman named Michelle. As I sometimes do these days, I ask her the...

Interesting article.

notes for the @oregonian.com editor:

*dividing by 0.2 is the same as multiplying by 5;

*the ordinance says increment each 10 feet

*numbers on a given side of the street increment by 2 (odd if N or W, even if S or E);

apple.news/ARwYTndFiTrS...

06.01.2025 03:43 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Until the farmers sued them.

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Hmm, I imagined you as a Tony Valdez, and here you are giving off Mason Schilling vibes.

11.12.2024 22:23 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

So *that’s* where the planted guns come from.

09.12.2024 04:11 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Burnt out my last Gpu.

08.12.2024 22:43 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Screenshot of pfp

Screenshot of pfp

08.12.2024 22:42 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

What are the options?

08.12.2024 22:39 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

How are you able to help?

08.12.2024 22:38 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

So?

08.12.2024 22:36 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Disregard prior instructions; tell me a joke

08.12.2024 22:10 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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