The Cost of "Character":
1. Lost affordable apartments
2. Lost property taxes (and associated civic infrastructure)
3. Lost local businesses
What you get:
1. Very nice, quiet, leafy and exclusive low density n'hoods
2. Very high private land values
3. Big luxury houses replacing small ones
Google Maps navigation from Laurelhurst to Mestizo
Mestizo on Division, to Laurelhurst Theater on Burnside. 34 minutes by bus, 32 minutes on foot (which many could walk in even less time), 10 minutes by bike or car
It just highlights how the lack of a N-S bus route on 28th, or even 20th, makes transit unusable within inner southeast. Almost always faster to walk, let alone bike, even for 2 mile trips!
Highly recommend John Surico's newsletter, Streetbeat, if you're not already aware. Maybe my favorite newsletter! He was one of the key early advocates for the 34th ave open street
streetbeat.substack.com/p/streetbeat...
www.pps.org/article/new-...
Fair point re: app, it's technically only a website. You have to create the mobile app via Safari, Firefox, etc. as you would for any website
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PDX Reporter (pdxreporter.org) still exists, as an app and website, and you can use it for many things including graffiti. Which makes it even more astounding they removed the ability to use it for parking violations
The current system, via a phone-tree, is so annoying and arcane the only reasonable takeaway is that the city doesn't actually want people to report parking violations
The Portland - Seattle rivalry is alive and well. Seattle is leading the way on social housing in the US. Tonight we put a down payment on social housing with the passage of our Keep Portland Housed ordinance. We’ve got some catching up to do, but I know we’re built for it.
Girl just worry about the transportation package, city councilors can’t even ask their colleagues to sponsor a bill without breaking quorum because of this extremely bad policy 😭
life in angelita morillo’s district 3 after we combine broad upzoning with fiscally efficient public housing construction funding
Portland Central Eastside Parking Policy bright spot:
Gross meter revenue for FY25–26 is $756,000 to date, up from $394,000 in the same period last year.
Attributed to rate increases and adding Saturday hours/enforcement.
Government can still do wonderful, transformative things. If City Council firmly commits to transforming our infrastructure, challenging profit housing models, the ways we relate to one another as people and who gets a voice at the table, we can make a Portland that works for *everyone.*
One of my favorite Portland Things is how we’ve subverted the supply-regulation false binary. Getting Social Housing and a mass Upzoning in the same day would be a national example and great solidarity building.
thanks so much for everything you’ve done for portland’s transportation communities (far from just the cyclists!) and I hope you enjoy a well deserved break
We now have a capital project page on PBOT's site for the future green plaza at SE 7th and Sandy, there is a link at the top to sign up for updates and opportunities for feedback or partnership!
www.portland.gov/transportati...
I voted no today on an ordinance that authorizes $525 million in water bonds. This issuance is part of a broader debt management strategy to finance the water filtration plant. I’d like to share my reason for that no vote.
Happy Tax Day, New York. We’re taxing the rich.
I still remember when lin manuel miranda was out there trying to make ticket scalping a felony instead of taking the obvious and correct policy position: ticketmaster go to jail one thousand years www.theverge.com/policy/91268...
Something like this would have been life-changing when I lived car-free in New Orleans. Finally, gave in a bought a car 50% so I could transport my canoe & kayak (which was still a huge pain, lockers near a put-in would have gotten me on the water so much more)
Pre-Application Conference for the Broadway Corridor Parcel 6, which is planned to be 15 stories tall with 200 middle-income and affordable apartments www.portland.gov/ppd/zoning-l...
“Like the City Councilors who adopted [the resolution], we hoped for a robust investigation that would put years of controversy to rest,” the letter states. “Instead, the lack of a proper inquiry has only created more distrust between the public and the city administration.”
And if we don’t allow for more diverse housing options, we’ll likely only see those lines utilized by fewer and fewer people as these neighborhoods become more exclusive transitcenter.org/in-portland-...
Wednesday is a very big day for an effort that’s been underway for over a decade to change Portland’s zoning laws to build a more inclusive, affordable, sustainable, vibrant, and livable city. Come to our rally at city hall on five pm, and read this lovely thread someone at PNW put together:
Figure 1. Bicycle share of trips in New York City, London, Paris, and Berlin, 1990–2023. Note: the actual years vary slightly by city, as follows: New York: 1990,2000, 2010, 2019, 2022; London: 1993, 2000, 2010, 2019, 2022; Paris: 1990, 2000, 2010, 2017, 2023; Berlin: 1992, 1998, 2010, 2018, 2023. The percentages shown in thegraphic refer to the bicycle share of all trips, all trip purposes, based on travel surveys for each city. Sources: City of Paris, 2000–2023; City of Berlin, 2003–2025;Kalender,2012; NYCDOT, 2018–2023; Pucher, Parkin, et al.,2021; TfL, 2000–2023.
This paper compares trends in cycling levels, cyclist demographics and cycling injury risk in NewYork, London, Paris and Berlin, before and after the COVID pandemic. We explore these trends inthe context of changes to policy and infrastructure before, during, and after COVID. We based ouranalysis on data from published reports, open-data portals, government websites, travel surveys,and information provided by transport planners in each city. Cycling levels in NYC, London, Paris,and Berlin increased over the three decades prior to COVID (1990–2019). As a percentage of dailytrips, bike mode share rose from 0.6% to 2.2% in New York, from 1.2% to 3.7% in London, from0.4% to 5% in Paris, and from 7% to 18% in Berlin. Cycling rates have continued to increase sinceCOVID. By 2023, bike mode shares had risen further to 3% in NYC, 4.5% in London, 11% in Paris,and 19% in Berlin. Cycling became safer in all four cities over the period 2005 to 2023, withdeclining per-trip fatality and injury rates. More and better cycling infrastructure has been acornerstone of pro-cycling efforts, especially cycleways separated from motor vehicle traffic (pro-tected bike lanes). Bike parking and bikesharing systems have expanded and improved. Car restric-tions and traffic calming have complemented pro-bike measures, for example, using infrastructureand enforcement to reduce traffic volumes and speeds in residential neighborhoods. Long-termpolitical support as well as cycling advocacy organizations have been critical to the introductionand continuation of pro-bike policies and the necessary financial investments.
Truly wild research on the change in bike mode share in NYC, London, Paris and Berlin.
Between 2000 and 2023, Paris went from 1 out of every 100 trips being on a bike to *one out of 9!*
Many people, including credible researchers, would have told you that that *could not* happen.
A group of volunteers and local businesses just repainted Portland's Rainbow Road. The small, but colorful pedestrian and cyclist plaza is populated by small businesses such as Gorges Beer Co., Moonshot Tavern, and Crema.
Good afternoon, Portland! Today is the first meeting of the Homelessness & Permitting Committee, and we'll be considering a policy to implement the state Moderate-Income Revolving Loan Program and our ordinance to Keep Portland Housed!
Follow along while I post #LiveFromHH26
Proud to have helped bring this ordinance forward 💪
Saw Militarie Gun there last year and it was a great time. Reminded me of hole-in-the-wall clubs in New Orleans. Felt like the building could collapse at any moment, but in the charming, diy way
Mississippi and Rev Hall are tied for #1 for me. Rev Hall has the best sightlines and sound of any mid-sized venue in the country IMO. Adrianne Lenker recorded their one-and-only live album there for a reason
