who does he think he is, the oregon transportation commission?!?

Me this weekend? Planning to brave, cave, clave, crave, fave, gave, grave, knave, lave, nave, pave, rave, shave, stave, trave, waive, and wave the Lloyd. Yeah that's right.

instead of save the lloyd, why not use these final weeks to

- rave the lloyd (throw a big rave in there)
- grieve the lloyd (funeral procession thru town to the mall, rowdy public wake)
- hotbox the lloyd (self explanatory)
- purge the lloyd (do the purge, but just inside)

😡 I’m so glad you’re not in worse shape but so furious for you!! hope you can get plenty of rest and recovery time and will +1 the suggestion to get a second pair of medical eyes on things if you’re able to, 15mph is plenty fast to make it worthwhile

netflix is the bastard of my life

A loose digital painting of magnolia blossoms on a branch. They are against a rectangle of sky blue that is itself outlined in a blotty, splattery darker blue outline. Some yellow scripty lettering in the top left corner of the blue reds ‘Maybe it will happen today’.

Just in time for great weather and terrible gas prices, it's Portland's PCEF-funded E-bike Rebate Program:

* Standard: up to $1,600
* Cargo: up to $2,350
* Adaptive: up to $8,500

Eligibility: Income at or below 60% AMI, age 18 or over, and live in Portland. Check it out:
portlandebikerebate.com

Apparently, Oregon's teetering economy falling off a cliff includes a business model involving growing 94 football fields of non-crops *indoors*

the idling program does have a bounty element right?

this is not a serious policy position but I support one for parking just bc of the number of people who park illegally directly outside of my window all day every day. the rent would pay itself

yeah I think if the committee is clearly empowered by Council to make meaningful decisions (like PCEF committee making formal and relatively final $ rec’s to council) that’s one thing. but what actual power would this committee have to “check” Council/admin/PBOT’s behavior? if none, I’m lukewarm too

PBOT will ensure accountability for the Transportation Utility Fee by utilizing the same structure and process, including use of the existing Fixing Our Streets Oversight Committee, as is currently used with the Fixing Our Streets Program. This structure includes: Funding allocated to clearly defined programs/services Annual reports to the Council Annual external audits A community committee to provide guidance and oversight

I think this might be the source - this is what’s in the current ordinance and PBOT has been saying they’ll use the same *oversight/accountability* structure as FOS. tbd on what that actually means tho since the $ are directed so differently and more allocation seems set to happen thru the budget 👀

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they (or the auditor) did this in part in 2017! 😅 but still hasn’t been fixed. would be great if the TUF can be the catalyst for finally addressing it - getting the distribution system in place for TUF discounts/rebates seems like it mostly solves the tech puzzle

ofc that risk is not zero as it’s written now, council can amend the code however they want in future, it’s just another hurdle on top of the regular budget process to slow the roll a bit

I’d be much more amenable to this if the disparate impacts to multifamily/renter/nondriver households were resolved (otherwise I feel like some measure to balance it on the spending side is necessary) - I wonder how much this would increase the risk of a council earmark free for all though

BOOM LOOP 🔁

JIMBY

he could run a session where we just play housing-themed jeopardy

twenty 👋

yeah points very well taken on the benefits/drawbacks of electing transit board members, *and* I see little downside in at minimum transferring board appointment power to our metro council and/or local govts in the region (invite someone to tell me I’m missing something tho!)

stop I’m already jealous!! lol no this is v interesting perspective - neither model is perfect but it’s hard not to feel like the grass is greener. wonder if there are any districts that elect their transit board directly?

whereas TriMet’s board are appointed by the Governor and serve at her pleasure. they aren’t directly accountable to a voter base OR appointing body that actually corresponds to the region/district served, so the incentives feel pretty different

Sound Transit’s board is also 17/18 local elected officials proportional to jurisdictions’ population in the transit district - so mayors, county commissioners, others who are themselves accountable to voters. seems like it may create an incentive to pursue investment, service growth

Oregon women expect to be deeper, stronger, more experienced next season

Routle - TriMet
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I have a BAT lane joke but I need to ask ODOT if I'm allowed to tell it

r/portland says fireworks by the waterfront but i just heard the one really loud one... maybe it’s like that show in san diego where they set them all off at once

who else heard the big boom

they‘re really stud finders 😭

never lose that sparkle, kid ✨👈

the move is you find a cutie and you pull it out and make it go BEEPBEEPBEEP and say ooh looks like I found a stud