Festive Shadow 🎄🎅
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I’m the chronically online transit nerd who went out and started operating trains - My views and opinions do not represent those of my employer. I don’t know why people would assume that, but in the interest of keeping my job, it’s here.
For a local comparison our slowest MAX line takes 31 minutes to travel about the same distance as the Finch West LRT
December 10, 2025 at 9:47 PM
For a local comparison our slowest MAX line takes 31 minutes to travel about the same distance as the Finch West LRT
Whenever he talks about affordability you can absolutely tell that the man has never had to buy things like a normal person. Insane levels of Lucille Bluth energy every time he talks about it.
Trump: "You can give up certain products. You could give up pencils. Because under the China policy, every child can get 37 pencils. They only need 1 or 2. They don't need that many. You always need steel. You don't need 37 dolls for your daughter. 2 or 3 is nice. So we're doing things right."
December 10, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Whenever he talks about affordability you can absolutely tell that the man has never had to buy things like a normal person. Insane levels of Lucille Bluth energy every time he talks about it.
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I applaud Wilson's goal to see 2,500 new housing units underway in Central Portland by 2030, and would suggest that if he wants that to the case he should make sure the Central City Code Amendments Project is as ambitious as possible www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
Here are 3 things Portland’s mayor wants to see in the central city by 2030
Hitting any one of the targets announced by Mayor Keith Wilson will likely be an extremely tall order.
www.oregonlive.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I applaud Wilson's goal to see 2,500 new housing units underway in Central Portland by 2030, and would suggest that if he wants that to the case he should make sure the Central City Code Amendments Project is as ambitious as possible www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
Let’s have a bunch of people get really sweaty right before they sit in a cramped metal tube for 4 hours. This is what the American people want.
Duffy on what he's doing to improve the airport experience for travelers: "Maybe I want a workout area where people might get some blood flowing doing some pull ups or step ups in the airport."
December 8, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Let’s have a bunch of people get really sweaty right before they sit in a cramped metal tube for 4 hours. This is what the American people want.
The “steal gas, get shot” sign right next to the 102nd MAX platform is such a warm welcome to East Portland when you’re on the blue line.
December 6, 2025 at 11:19 PM
The “steal gas, get shot” sign right next to the 102nd MAX platform is such a warm welcome to East Portland when you’re on the blue line.
Every day, usually more than once, I have to make an announcement like this. I think people just assume we can stop on a dime like a car. This is another daily reminder that we can’t. It takes a loooonnnngggg time to stop 200,000 lbs of metal.
“THIS IS YOUR DAILY SAFTEY REMINDER NOT A GOOD IDEA TO WALK IN FRONT OF A MOVING TRAIN” -today’s MAX blue line motorman
December 6, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Every day, usually more than once, I have to make an announcement like this. I think people just assume we can stop on a dime like a car. This is another daily reminder that we can’t. It takes a loooonnnngggg time to stop 200,000 lbs of metal.
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“THIS IS YOUR DAILY SAFTEY REMINDER NOT A GOOD IDEA TO WALK IN FRONT OF A MOVING TRAIN” -today’s MAX blue line motorman
December 6, 2025 at 7:51 PM
“THIS IS YOUR DAILY SAFTEY REMINDER NOT A GOOD IDEA TO WALK IN FRONT OF A MOVING TRAIN” -today’s MAX blue line motorman
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The first renderings of the Albina Riverside, including the retained Louis Dreyfus grain terminal, have me very excited www.bizjournals.com/portland/new...
December 3, 2025 at 12:04 AM
The first renderings of the Albina Riverside, including the retained Louis Dreyfus grain terminal, have me very excited www.bizjournals.com/portland/new...
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I moved from Texas to Maine two years ago. Last month I went back for four days. I won't go again.
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You’re not supposed to live like this
This is a story about Texas.
medium.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:24 AM
I moved from Texas to Maine two years ago. Last month I went back for four days. I won't go again.
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I grew up in Texas and left for the PNW the second I turned 18 and could leave. I relate so hard to everything here. That place sucks and I dread every time I have to go back to visit family. So glad my parents also realized how much it sucks and are moving up here so I never have to go back.
I moved from Texas to Maine two years ago. Last month I went back for four days. I won't go again.
medium.com/@randythetoo...
medium.com/@randythetoo...
You’re not supposed to live like this
This is a story about Texas.
medium.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:30 AM
I grew up in Texas and left for the PNW the second I turned 18 and could leave. I relate so hard to everything here. That place sucks and I dread every time I have to go back to visit family. So glad my parents also realized how much it sucks and are moving up here so I never have to go back.
I reallyyyyyy need TriMet to cover the emergency door release on the trains like they do on the buses. Those things are pulled way too often.
November 29, 2025 at 3:27 AM
I reallyyyyyy need TriMet to cover the emergency door release on the trains like they do on the buses. Those things are pulled way too often.
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The Lloyd Center redevelopment, including the Regal Cinemas parcel, has been submitted for a Type III Central City Master Plan review www.portlandmaps.com/detail/permi...
November 10, 2025 at 3:04 PM
The Lloyd Center redevelopment, including the Regal Cinemas parcel, has been submitted for a Type III Central City Master Plan review www.portlandmaps.com/detail/permi...
Noticed this weird-ass house from the MAX and I really need to know what its floor plan looks like.
November 10, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Noticed this weird-ass house from the MAX and I really need to know what its floor plan looks like.
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good news folks I think trimet is cooking with the swag this year
October 26, 2025 at 7:18 PM
good news folks I think trimet is cooking with the swag this year
Y’know if TriMet ran the green and red lines as a single through-running east side line you could actually free up capacity on the system for 7 1/2 minute headways everywhere.
October 27, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Y’know if TriMet ran the green and red lines as a single through-running east side line you could actually free up capacity on the system for 7 1/2 minute headways everywhere.
Kinda mad that Dallas gets a new rail line after I move away yet here in Portland (supposedly a “good transit city”) nothing for over a decade now.
October 27, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Kinda mad that Dallas gets a new rail line after I move away yet here in Portland (supposedly a “good transit city”) nothing for over a decade now.
Fall is here
October 22, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Fall is here
I am begging people to stop crossing the chains on Interstate. Every day someone almost gets themselves killed doing it and I’m so tired of having close calls like that.
October 20, 2025 at 2:20 AM
I am begging people to stop crossing the chains on Interstate. Every day someone almost gets themselves killed doing it and I’m so tired of having close calls like that.
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frankly i don't give a fuck what the owner of two car washes thinks would be best for the future of 82nd avenue. it's not his avenue and he can pound sand
October 16, 2025 at 7:55 PM
frankly i don't give a fuck what the owner of two car washes thinks would be best for the future of 82nd avenue. it's not his avenue and he can pound sand
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Anyone who wants to bring back the cars is just plain wrong and the list of reasons why just keeps growing.
NEW: There's been a 51-percent drop in injuries an a 55-percent drop in crashes year-over-year within the congestion relief zone in just the first 12 days of the program. nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/01/23/c...
Congestion Relief Zone is Also a CRASH Relief Zone: Data - Streetsblog New York City
Congestion pricing critics will have one less reason to say the toll isn't working
nyc.streetsblog.org
January 23, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Anyone who wants to bring back the cars is just plain wrong and the list of reasons why just keeps growing.
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This is the greatest graphic I've ever seen. Thank you.
January 14, 2025 at 12:47 AM
This is the greatest graphic I've ever seen. Thank you.
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Huge news: City of Portland wins federal funding to study tearing out the Kirby Avenue off-ramp dividing the Boise/Eliot neighborhoods in North Portland
NMF’s friends at the Eliot Neighborhood Association deserve a ton of credit for pushing for this for years
www.wyden.senate.gov/news/press-r...
NMF’s friends at the Eliot Neighborhood Association deserve a ton of credit for pushing for this for years
www.wyden.senate.gov/news/press-r...
Wyden, Merkley, Bonamici, Dexter Announce $5 Million for Sustainable Community Development Projects in Portland Metro Area | U.S. Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon
The Official U.S. Senate website of Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon
www.wyden.senate.gov
January 9, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Huge news: City of Portland wins federal funding to study tearing out the Kirby Avenue off-ramp dividing the Boise/Eliot neighborhoods in North Portland
NMF’s friends at the Eliot Neighborhood Association deserve a ton of credit for pushing for this for years
www.wyden.senate.gov/news/press-r...
NMF’s friends at the Eliot Neighborhood Association deserve a ton of credit for pushing for this for years
www.wyden.senate.gov/news/press-r...