American planning will micromanage the facade materials of infill five-over-one developments—something that is trivial and easy to change—and then sign off on junk like this—poor street and public space plans that will undermine the quality of life of residents for generations.

Is this why they are all in on AI? To make them look less dumb?

It is absurd that a “frequent” service bus comes with 24 minute headways after 7pm

I blame TriMet’s hesitancy in choosing good Right of Way. The SW Corridor was going to be really poor for TOD because stations would be wedged between Barbur and hills. They should have routed to OHSU, Hillsdale, MultVillage and PCC.

And it makes one feel like they think they’re a “better” voter out there than the ones they reliably have

you will note that the latest report, like all the reports, spend no time dealing with with the media environment or attention economy. (it also weirdly treats political choices as untethered from events)

I actually don’t know how you solve the problem of people just refusing to believe sources that tell them the truth instead of ones that lie to them

Doesn’t “I’m not paying income tax to a government that posts videos shitting on me” seem like a movement waiting to happen?