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Of course ODOT piled their tools and shit in the bike lane for two years to finally finish these almost-continuous ones, and the stripes are bumpy rumble strips that are not confidence-inspiring when you have to cross them at 30mph to dodge some broken glass and other neglect. Posted speed […]

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with "transportation bureaus" and "bike advocates" like these, who needs transportation bureaus and bike advocates? #Portland #Beaverton #bhHwy, Bertha, Capitol, all three are key bike routes which are stranded by #ODOTGTFOpdx's stroads […]

#BusLanes #E82ndAve #pdx #Portland #transit #TriMet #ODOTGTFOpdx

If the problem is that Powell is an ODOT road... TAKE IT AWAY FROM ODOT!!! #ODOTGTFOpdx

won't someone think of the freeway widening consultants, sitting by the offramp holding a sign "will draw one more lane for food" #FuckCars #NoMoreFreeways #InducedDemand #ODOTGTFOpdx

One could probably take the sidewalk going the other way, but more slowly and/or at more risk of drivers pulling in and out without expecting. Would be nice if #trafficEngineers had some infrastructure ideas besides painting a bike lane between two truck lanes. #BarburBlvd #odotGTFOpdx

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Another death (10 days ago) on #ODOTGTFOpdx metro-area #stroads -- did ODOT actually clean the damn shoulder yet #pdxBikes?

#Portland drivers, if you want to avoid killing anyone on your way home from work: a good start is to never drive in the curb lane of a multi-lane arterial unless you're […]

Transportation Funding Bill Opponents Launch Last-Ditch Effort to Halt Tax Increases Governor Tina Kotek signed a transportation package into law Monday. The same day, a group of opponents filed a petition to refer the bill's tax increases back to Oregon voters, hoping they’ll reject them. by Taylor Griggs Governor Tina Kotek signed a new state transportation funding package into law on Monday, more than a month after the Oregon Legislature passed the bill during a dramatic, extended special session. Later that day, two state legislators and an anti-tax advocate filed a petition with the state in hopes of sending a referendum on the bill’s tax increases to Oregon voters. The transportation funding bill, House Bill 3991, is expected to raise about $4.3 billion over the next decade to fund statewide transportation maintenance and operations. Without the funding, the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) says it would have to lay off hundreds of employees, and cut crucial services including winter snowplowing on state highways. City and county governments would also lose out on transportation funding, as would transit agencies. “This bill helps us to keep state highways and local roads safe and open to traffic while preserving transit service and halting the pending layoffs of essential transportation staff,” Kotek wrote in her signing letter for the bill. “The people who came together to solve this crisis do not always agree, but they all recognized the urgency of the situation. Oregon families were counting on us. Our economy was counting on us. Our communities were counting on us.” Kotek’s letter did not address the possibility of a referendum on the bill, which opponents have been discussing for months. While the transportation funding package was backed by public sector unions, transit agencies, and some local government leaders, it faced serious opposition from Republicans in the Legislature, who effectively rallied critics to speak out against the bill. Democratic leaders in Salem made several attempts to pass a much larger funding package during the Legislature’s regular session earlier this year, but they were stymied by pushback from members of both parties. Democrats in the state House and Senate finally approved a bill, whittled down to a shell of its former self, in October. The environment was so partisan that Cyrus Javadi, one Republican representative who voted in favor of the bill, re-registered as a Democrat after the vote. The bill that was ultimately approved includes a 6-cent gas tax increase. It also raises vehicle registration and title fees by $42 and $139, respectively, and increases the state’s payroll tax that funds public transportation systems by 0.1 percent. The payroll tax increase is set to sunset at the beginning of 2028. Now, three of HB 3991’s opponents have filed a petition to refer parts of the bill back to voters next November. Oregon Representative Ed Diehl and Senator Bruce Starr, both Republicans who represent rural districts on either side of Salem, are two of the co-filers. The third is Jason Williams of the Taxpayers Association of Oregon, an anti-tax advocacy group. They believe if given the chance to weigh in, Oregon voters would reject the tax increases. The filers say they’ve already organized thousands of Oregonians to help collect signatures for the referendum. Still, it will be a challenge to collect the required number of signatures—78,116—by a deadline of December 30. “Oregon people were overwhelmingly opposed to these new tax and fee increases. I feel strongly that our job is to represent them and we need to come up with a solution,” Diehl told the _Mercury_. “This is the last option we have to stop these taxes and fees from going into effect.” The referendum wouldn’t include all elements of the bill. It would specifically target the tax and fee increases, but wouldn’t touch the bill’s language changing the diesel fuel tax and weight-mile tax paid by truck drivers, which was praised by state trucking industry leaders. It would also maintain the bill’s additional registration and road usage fees for electric and hybrid cars. Kotek’s delay in signing the bill put the petitioners under a particularly tough timeline. State law gives them 90 days after the Legislature adjourns to collect enough valid signatures to qualify for the ballot. But petitioners seeking a referendum also must wait for the bill to be signed into law before collecting signatures. Kotek waited almost as long as she was legally allowed to before signing the bill, narrowing the window to only 50 days. Those involved with the referendum effort say it was cynical of Kotek to wait so long before signing the bill. But they also think they have momentum on their side. “Unlike most petitions I have done over the past 30 years, people are reaching out to us,” Williams said in a statement to the _Mercury_. “This is evidence that the tax is viral and much hated.” If opponents succeed in their campaign to collect enough valid signatures by December 30, the state would delay implementation of the taxes until voters weighed in on the referendum. This would be a major setback for ODOT, which is relying on the revenue to fill a $300 million budget gap. Many transportation advocates across the state weren’t gung ho about HB 3991, having hoped for a much larger and more robust funding package that would pay for safety and transit improvements. But that doesn’t mean they’re on board with a referendum. ****“Taxpayers aren’t dumb. They’re tired of waste and broken promises, but they’ll gladly invest in a safe, complete system that works for everyone, no matter their income or zip code,” Sarah Iannarone, executive director of The Street Trust, said in a statement. “This referendum isn’t about protecting Oregonians: it is about defunding safety for kids walking to school, dismantling transit service, and blocking modernization projects that Oregon desperately needs."

I'll see your anti-tax advocacy and raise you "Close the Highway Dept." #ODOTGTFOpdx #BanCars #FuckCars #FiscalResponsibility

www.portlandmercury.com/news/2025/11/13/48119569...

Calendar Rides calendar

zomg #pdxBikes it's #explodingWhaleDay
already *and* @TheWarOnCars is in town for Bike Happy Hour (Wednesday) #BikeFun #ODOTGTFOpdx #Portland

https://shift2bikes.org/calendar/event-22783

#SeeYouAtTheNextLight bigshot old guy from Lake Oswego who rolled his window up and didn't have anything to say when we caught him at the light. #ODOTGTFOpdx S Macadam edition #DriverAccountability CB20221

#BikeLaneSweeper's some #BarburBlvd #ODOTGTFOpdx #pdxBikes 10.7 miles +806ft Barbur from the woods to Cap Hwy, Cap Hwy to the village, 26th, Spring Garden, Terwilliger from Taylors Ferry through Himes Park

The nuts on #BarburBlvd, for once I don't just mean the drivers. #pdxBikes #BikeLaneSweeper #ODOTGTFOpdx

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"30% of TV Highway doesn't have sidewalks, 50% of the fatalities have happened within a few feet of a transit stop... it's the backbone of my district ...#trimet's 5th highest ridership but route...

The sad thing is we have #stroads like this] everywhere in the region." #Portland [#ODOTGTFOpdx […]

Why do people even drive in the curb lane on #stroads? I think maybe it's the highway / freeway mentality of staying out of the "passing lane", but then the #honky assholes never seem to conform to that anyway. Would there be less honking if I just bike in […]

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Checking the news from Salem and it wasn't great before I checked either. #orPol #transportation #CarBrain #ClimateDenial #defundDOTs #ODOTGTFOpdx #Portland #WithDemsLikeThese

Roughly the worst moment of that hour, #ODOTGTFOpdx #BarburBlvd approaching 19th, unchanged since the van-on-pedestrian fatality here in 2020. At least the trees are trimmed back from the "share the road" sign today 🙄 #pdxBikes #BikeTooter Come on my ride […]

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Cargo bike with groceries, stroad, cars, blue sky, mountain hiding behind tree

#CanYouSeeMtHoodFromBurlingameFMpickupSpot4 at about 2pm today #pdxBikes #BikeTooter ?

Yes. (just behind that tree) #leaveTheCarAtHome #climateAction #eBikes #cargoBikes #stroads #ODOTGTFOpdx #FuckCars

Barbur splits to become Naito, fire truck and ambulance ahead

What if we designed the streets so the ambulance didn't need a lane to collect the victims of traffic Engineers... No then you could never get up to crashing speed, put some "crosswalk closed" barricades everywhere instead. #ODOTGTFOpdx #swBarburBlvd

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Join me at 6pm for #ODOTGTFOpdx South #Portland tour of freeway ramps, sketchy tunnels, why the street numbers go backwards and how to get around the freeway when the elevator is broken #pdxBikes #BikeTooter #BikeFun #pedalpaloozaPDX @bikeloudpdx loop from the west end of the tilikum crossing by […]

What's happening? The bill with our hard-fought wins is being ignored in favor of a new bill, HB 3402, which ONLY PROVIDES MINIMAL FUNDING FOR ODOT FOR HIGHWAYS! If we don't show THIS AFTERNOON, lawmakers will think they can ignore the needs of Oregonians' who can't or don't drive and our demands to prevent traffic deaths. This is unacceptable - please sign up to OPPOSE HB 3402 this afternoon. SIGN UP TO TESTIFY VIRTUALLY TODAY AT 3:45PM

WTF #orDems #transportation #Oregon #Portland #defundDOTs #ODOTGTFOpdx

#orPol #transportation hearing needs written comment today for #ClimateAction #pdxBikes #ODOTGTFOpdx #TriMet funding #transit and #SafeRoutesToSchool #ProtectedBikeLanes #stuffInTheStreet #BikewayNetwork #Portland #pdx #NoMoreFreeways #BusLanes not #stroads #BikeTooter #OregonWalks #TheStreetTrust

Gotta love ODOT's cherry on this $27M mile ending in a car sewer / freeway ramp combo, 4-way stop sign and they spent another $3M+ on routing the traffic swirly around the grocery store. #ODOTGTFOpdx

#BikeLaneSweeper #ASMR #BarburBlvd How is even the new asphalt so dirty? #ODOTGTFOpdx #stroads