Posts by transit tw!nk π
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)
@atls.city !set US-OR-Portland
i skimmed it. spoiler alert: it's bad and basically meaningless
Notice how the progressive councilors have passed the most legislation and yet none of us got a shout out from the mayor at the state of the city address for our work delivering for Portlanders π just in case the alliances weren't clear! π
an @xavierdstickler.bsky.social pilled take
the concept of transit police is so stupid when we don't even have traffic cops. can you imagine if we put up a checkpoint on I-84 and had cops let dogs sniff people's cars? motorists would go nuts
My favorite trimet security trope is when someone is sleeping on transit, not bothering me, security gets on, wakes the person up, they start yelling which bothers me, and the security walk away and go on their phones
this is bad actually. vmt generator goes brrrr
a car absolutely plastered with stickers about anal sex
which one of you owns this car
ok bob ross
I think I do all my healthcare needs without a car... dentist, vision, primary, etc.
Something that many people may not know is that there is an organization called the California Association of Bicycling Organizations (CABO) that acts as though it is the state bike advocacy org, but is actually just a dozen 60+ year-old vehicular cyclists with a website.
why are you capitalizing it like the cosmetics brand π
A car driver is orders of magnitude more likely to kill a pedestrian than an e-bike rider
Strong agree
Itβs good that a bunch of normies (not just self-identified activists) are angry & mobilizing in the streets against fascism.
Any organizer with any skill will dive headfirst into that situation and try to win people to their position & put folks to work for the cause.
also see: Durham
map of the city of rivergrove.
thats not a city! Thats arguably not even a neighborhood.
2 Line train entering Judkins Park Station with the Seattle skyline behind toward the northwest.
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Trimet: guys the budget deficit has grown by another $200m, our pre-pandemic revenue structure doesnβt work anymore, we need systemic reforms or Trimet will die
The trimet board:
Another study finds that AVs will increase total driving.
This one focuses on shifting parking behavior: "AV commuters may choose to park outside the CBD in equilibrium, increasing both vehicle hours and vehicle miles traveled."
More VMT --> More congestion
pubsonline.informs.org/doi/abs/10.1...
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"...project officials have finally relented and have decided to right-size the project in the way dozens of environmental and social justice organizations in the Just Crossing Alliance have been encouraging them to do for years now." - @bikeportland.org
again i'm so naive i thought there were drugs in them π
i'm so naive what did u put in these
i'd go so far as to say even less per day. most people's average vehicle trips are about 3-6mi from their home.
sorry indi i had to steal this for my header