i see a sleeper car in my future

finally got approved for the Amtrak credit card. things are looking up

booooo 👎🍅🍅🍅

need this in salem

i should have set up an HOV toll lane

so is salem! we had a temporary one back in 2012.

maps.app.goo.gl/nGWN2uNecrfp...

bsky.app/profile/bfry...

close up image of single people in carriages pulled by two horses, causing congestion

view down a street filled with hundreds of carriages carrying one person each

I get the feeling that this is what drivers think "traffic" was like 200 years ago

Chevron executive Andy Walz suggests Americans should drive less amid high gas prices "People should try to drive less. They should try to conserve energy," Andy Walz told CBS News. "We should be doing that all the time. Energy's essential for people's lives, but we should conserve it....

"Chevron executive says Americans should drive less" is just chef's kiss

Like many thriving cities, Utrecht has wide streets with fast-moving, multi-lane car & truck traffic.

The key difference is, Utrecht leaders have built safe ways for people walking & biking to cross these streets, and pleasant, separated lanes to travel without a car.

Worth trying in your city?

get renters on the bus rather than throwing them under it

... not just one man. it's the whole system that allows him to exist

... and bus routes are on high traffic streets. correlation is not causation

Here’s the latest.

"As Mr. Vance was detailing the impasse in negotiations, President Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio were at a sports arena in Miami for UFC 327, watching a video montage of past fights."

www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04...

judging solely by the Facebook comment poll, i think ed is the frontrunner right now

Two single-stair 12 plexes, one with bay windows and one with front balconies, amid 90s era vancouver single family homes with pedestrians and cars on the street.

We need to allow our urban 'single family' neighbourhoods to evolve.

Our vision: Accessible, zero emission, bright, social, bike oriented, #singlestair homes - allowed on individual residential lots - everywhere.

i share a birthday with him so i think it is fate

watercolor painting of a cactus in front of a sunset

baby's first watercolor painting please clap

they're putting me on a map!

i get to be on the cover of the Oregon coast bike route map

picture of my bicycle on the back of an Oregon Department of Transportation minivan

bicycle on da ODOT whip

hand holding a gumball sized ball of grease

does anyone want my drivetrain grease gumball

Salem cyclist killed on SE Pringle Road  - Salem Reporter A Salem man was struck and killed by a work van at the intersection of Southeast Pringle Road and Southeast Madrona Avenue on Monday, April 6.  To comment on this story, use the form at the end of the...

horrible. right hook claims another.

www.salemreporter.com/2026/04/07/s...

Why Canada's housing crisis is a productivity crisis, too Ricardo Hausmann and Eric Protzer: Canada's lack of suitable housing is a social problem, but it can also stymie growth. Read how.

This piece is exceptional, and it applies to Portland too. Our economy is being choked by the lack of housing options. We @pnwelcome.bsky.social are doing everything we can to unlock growth and opportunity again.

financialpost.com/news/economy...

rat roundabout call that a ratabout

rat robert moses

judah should just drive one of the rdcs up to salem

you can actually do this but only once

Norcal Outback The Norcal Outback is a gravel adventure ride connecting Oregon and Nevada through the lesser-known parts of California...

Yes- and because fenders can be finnicky, and I dont want to worry about another thing that could break.

bikepacking.com/routes/norca...

I've got a 350 mile bikepacking trip coming up and would rather not do it with full aluminium fenders