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Claire V
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Portland with a strong chance of urbanism and transportation. Possible smattering of dance, crafts, books, crosswords. 🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦🇨🇭
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Claire V @contraireclaire.bsky.social · Jan 27
There once was a girl named Claire
Who spoke French with a certain flair.
When told “We should build sprawl
With a big shopping mall”
She frowned and said “Au contraire.”
contraireclaire.bsky.social
@bikeloudpdx.bsky.social The bike lane sweeper getting some love from France
November 25, 2025 at 8:20 AM
contraireclaire.bsky.social
Come to my ride to @thewaroncars.bsky.social at Powell’s on Thursday!
November 11, 2025 at 7:23 AM
contraireclaire.bsky.social
Now to get Portland Fire & Rescue on this page too.
mikelydon.bsky.social Mike Lydon @mikelydon.bsky.social · 27d
“Eighty-six percent of what FDNY does is medical emergencies, 2 percent is structural fires. But every street based decision is made around the potential of structural fires. That shows how the decisions we have are not set up to prioritize safer streets.” nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/10/30/v...
Vision Zero Hero! Former FDNY Commish Wants Agency To Join the Safe Streets Fight - Streetsblog New York City
Former FDNY Commissioner wants the agency to stop taking a back seat on street safety.
nyc.streetsblog.org
October 30, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social
This video from Portland is a metaphor for what is going on in America. ICE trying so hard to get Americans to cross a line and if they don't, dragging them across the line and violently attacking.
October 26, 2025 at 7:17 PM
contraireclaire.bsky.social
Come work for Oregon Walks!
October 24, 2025 at 4:30 AM
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wilsonxcassie.bsky.social
You should also be saving PIRC’s hotline to your phone contacts to report ICE activity.
PIRC hotline. 1-888-622-1510. CLEAR reporting acronym. Count how many officers, vehicles, people involved. Location. Equipment including uniforms. Activity. Report time.
October 17, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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pnwpolicyangel.bsky.social
Call The Oregonian, I’m bringing people back to the city, our tax flight problem is solved!!!
you were totally awesome, intelligent, quick and looked absolutely super beautiful on CNN! Now I want to move to Portland!
October 14, 2025 at 4:06 AM
contraireclaire.bsky.social
Parking removal community meeting
impavid.us 🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · Oct 9
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
October 13, 2025 at 5:25 AM
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wilsonxcassie.bsky.social
Idk how to make people understand that disabled people are in EVERY community and yes they use our roads as pedestrians even when there aren’t sidewalks!!!! Because they have no choice!!!!!!
October 7, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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taylorgriggs.bsky.social
The testimony submitted to the Oregon v Trump case includes a September 21 email by Portland Police Bureau Sergeant Andrew Braun describing the behavior of three right-wing "counterprotestors": Rhein Amacher, Chelly Bouferrache, and Katie Daviscourt.
These 3 counter-protesters continue to be a chronic source of police and medical calls at ICE. Despite repeated advice from officers to stay away from the ICE crowd, they constantly return and antagonize the protesters until they are assaulted or pepper sprayed. They refuse or are reluctant to walk away from these confrontations, even when police are in the area trying to meet with them. They even engage in the same trespassing behavior on federal and trolley property as the main protesters. Aside from the confrontation between opposing protesters, there was no reported activity around ICE that would have otherwise generated a police response.
October 4, 2025 at 12:41 AM
contraireclaire.bsky.social
I think about this sometimes. In San Francisco I took transit a lot, but here we mostly only take it to go downtown, and not even always for that. Medical appointments that take 15 min on a bike would take 30 minimum on transit (26 of which are walking!), or 42 min to minimize walking to 5 minutes.
October 3, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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warnock.senate.gov
I was sent this by a Georgian this morning. 2025 premiums vs 2026 premiums for someone making $65k a year.

Republicans in Washington did this.

This is what I'm fighting to stop. This is what’s at stake in this shutdown fight.
October 1, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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councilorgreen.bsky.social
Trump’s deployment of troops to Portland is a dangerous escalation of authoritarianism. Now is the time to find our own ways of standing up and fighting back to preserve our democracy. Fellow vets: we need you to muster. And those serving: you can refuse an unlawful order as you may receive it.
September 29, 2025 at 4:55 AM
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candaceavalos.bsky.social
Thank you for being prepared to protect Portlanders 🙏🏾
agdanrayfield.bsky.social Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield @agdanrayfield.bsky.social · Sep 28
As of 2pm today - less than 6 hours after receiving formal notice that the President had federalized Oregon’s National Guard in Portland - we filed a lawsuit.

The president has overstepped his authority.

#portland #nationalguard #orpol
September 29, 2025 at 12:32 AM
contraireclaire.bsky.social
“many people get struck and killed in places without sidewalks” <- The lesson here is that we need more sidewalks, not that people shouldn’t walk in those places. What if it’s the only way they can get to their destination?
npr.org NPR @npr.org · Sep 25
In 2024, 7,100 pedestrians were killed on the road, and in recent years, more than 1,000 cyclists have been hit and killed annually. Safety experts explain how bikers and walkers can stay safe.
8 walking and biking safety tips that just might save your life
In 2024, 7,100 pedestrians were killed on the road, and in recent years, more than 1,000 cyclists have been hit and killed annually. Safety experts explain how bikers and walkers can stay safe.
n.pr
September 26, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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taylorgriggs.bsky.social
Is this the first time in history a sitting Portland City Council member has corked an intersection during a bike ride? Cc: @councilorgreen.bsky.social

A group rode/walked to City Hall today ahead of the council discussion on Vision Zero, led by @councilortkl.bsky.social.
Councilor Mitch Green standing with a Nike bike at an intersection
September 18, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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mrtuckerbaum.bsky.social
COVID vaccine availability: another high profile case where Oregon health policy is botched. What are we doing here? Will there ever be effective management that delivers basic health services effectively? @robnosse.bsky.social
An OPB headline from Sept. 3 that says “Oregon, Washington, California form health care alliance to protect vaccine access” A map of COVID vaccine availability from Sept. 9 that shows Oregon as one of only four states (Utah, West Virginia, and Maine) that still requires a prescription for a COVID vaccine and doesn’t have CVS locations that can provide prescriptions on-site
September 10, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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esqueer.net
From my guest lecture last week.
"The image consists of two sections. The top section has a title that reads, 'The Merger of Stochastic Terror With State Power.' Below the title, there are two images side by side. The left image is a screenshot of a tweet from 'Libs of TikTok,' which shows a Pride flag hanging on a door with a caption calling for an investigation of a school. The right image is a screenshot from NBC News with a headline stating, 'Education Dept. to investigate installation of all-gender restroom at Colorado high school.' The bottom section is titled 'The Digital Stasi' and contains bullet points discussing the weaponization of social media to incentivize vigilante behavior, the role of influencers as informants, and the idea that social media has become a 'digital panopticon' used to instill fear."
February 21, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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amb.fyi
you wouldn’t believe how many legislators were certain that rural areas were subsidizing Portland area transit when in fact STIF very much is sending money the other direction for small town veterans and seniors to catch the one bus that runs to a nearby hospital for dialysis or whatever else
fischer.bsky.social Fischer 🛠️🚇 @fischer.bsky.social · Aug 24
the proposal from the oregonian to allow transit payroll tax money to spent on on things beside transit is characteristically stupid
And finally, accountability should be shared with local communities as well. Legislators should consider loosening restrictions on the payroll tax to allow counties without robust public transit to use those dollars for their most pressing transportation needs. What makes sense in Multnomah County may not make sense in Lake County.
August 24, 2025 at 9:00 PM
contraireclaire.bsky.social
If you don’t have robust public transit, providing transportation options to the ~30% of Oregonians who don’t drive *is* a pressing transportation need!
Editorial in The Oregonian focusing on the sentence “Legislators should consider loosening restrictions on the payroll tax to allow counties without robust public transit to use those dollars for their most pressing transportation needs.”
August 24, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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henrygrabar.bsky.social
"moving from a less walkable (25th percentile) city to a more walkable city (75th percentile) increased walking by 1,100 daily steps, on average. These changes hold across different genders, ages and body mass index values, and are sustained over 3 months." www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Countrywide natural experiment links built environment to physical activity - Nature
By analysing the smartphone data of 2,112,288 participants, in particular observing and comparing the activity of the same individual in two different environments, we find that increases in the walka...
www.nature.com
August 14, 2025 at 11:27 PM
contraireclaire.bsky.social
A 90,000 CHF fine for going about 16 mph over the speed limit. Anything 15mph or more over the limit in urban areas can draw a fine + 3 months of loss of license. Time for income-based fines in the US (and for any speeding to be ticketable!).
August 12, 2025 at 6:24 AM
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rivovasta.bsky.social
Au pays du racket et du matraquage des automobilistes il aurait eu 135€.

france3-regions.franceinfo.fr/bourgogne-fr...
Le multimillionnaire roulait trop vite, il écope d'une amende de 90.000 francs suisses pour un excès de vitesse de 27 km/h
Un riche Français, installé en Suisse depuis une vingtaine d'années, vient d'être condamné par le Ministère public à une incroyable amende, plus de 95.000 euros, après un excès de vitesse l'été dernie...
france3-regions.franceinfo.fr
August 12, 2025 at 5:49 AM
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oregonianopinion.bsky.social
Opinion: ODOT’s crisis is a spending problem, not a revenue problem
Opinion: ODOT’s crisis is a spending problem, not a revenue problem
ODOT's problems stem not from declining gas tax revenue – which is higher than it was five years ago, but from its excessive spending and dramatic cost overruns on a handful of mega projects, writes economist and No More Freeways co-founder Joe Cortright. ODOT and elected leaders are now effectively holding employees and the public hostage to get more money.
www.oregonlive.com
August 3, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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wyden.senate.gov
Among all the terrible stuff in this bill, some good news: we successfully got Republicans to back off their provision to strip gender-affirming care in their budget bill. It's not included in the final text, and will not be voted on.
July 1, 2025 at 3:59 PM