Fischer 🛠️🚇

cars do come with daily delays due to “traffic”. not actually a particularly well performing mode if you measure it by the same standards as a transit system

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I’ve known a lot of people over the years who’ve been surprised to learn they were eligible for honored citizen fares. everyone should go check here: trimet.org/fares/honore...

gas prices going up but @trimet.org is still $2.80 :D

the more you can charge for rent, the less public subsidy you need for each unit so it is typically going to be cheaper. stuff like cost rent or mixed income developments are going to be closer in cost to market rate than nonprofit LIHTC developments for sure though

the legislature ignored less regressive alternatives to their chosen cuts, then laughed at and chided the people trying to tell them how badly they’d screwed up

yeah, I think the goals of the set aside policy are really good but it would be good to talk about if the actual program could be doing more. I do like that we have a tool to direct housing construction in the east portland neighborhoods that are about to get a bunch of infra investment

how much of these funds are restricted specifically for affordable housing production (vs housing production in general)? curious if you’d consider financing for market rate development where the money would go further

claude code should probably be less pushy about asking for arbitrary tool permissions lol

Throughout, I suggested that we should approach gap financing as a lender with a stake rather than a grant maker. We can support capital stacks with low-cost revolving loan capital, which keeps some skin in the game for the city and plants a seed for future yield.

The greatest thing we can do for national security, energy independence, and reducing healthcare expenses is to:
1. Re-legalize building apartments/plexes every urban city 🏘️
2. Low-interest (2-3%) loans to infill developers
3. Fund transit with sub 15 min. frequencies 🚍
4. Give everyone an E-Bike ⚡🚲

this is a pro studio apartment account. small apartments are good for small households, a large and growing demographic in many cities

there are plenty of rent burdened one person households, opposing buildings with studios in them is silly and people should be more embarrassed about it

I’ve heard there’s going to be a seasonal ice rink but if I can’t find a source for that I’ll take it off the site

Map of Portland including the borders of council districts and noting the first names of victims in the approximate location of 2025 deadly crashes.

In 2025, 39 people were killed in traffic crashes in Portland, 38% below recent years and the lowest since 2018.

Details: www.portland.gov/transportati...

Haven't yet listened to all of this work session re: Portland Housing Bureau's unspent funds, but isn't this statement, that SDCs fund the IH program, incorrect? www.portland.gov/auditor/coun...

do you know if the LSE paper correctly accounted for inflation? I haven’t checked their math myself but it sort of reads like they’re comparing nominal housing prices to real wages

thank you, I also had to google it and then copied it from a random k-pop stan tweet

@acab_bitch whoever told ted wheeler that this hair dye was a good idea ...lol thank you for your service screenshot of ted wheeler at a city council meeting with bleached hair

how could I ever forget

Things you see in single stair buildings: people storing shoes and umbrellas, and I guess horse heads, in the stairwell because it’s only shared with a small number of residents

I would assume his answer would be that portland’s vibrancy started fading around when we ended parking minimums

he should be quoted as “perennial bike lane opponent andrew hoan” in articles about transportation

imagining what 82nd ave could have been like without duncan hwang, christine lewis, and the 82nd ave coalition and man it gets dark fast lol

because he’s nearly brain dead, he’s currently advocating to cut funding for homeless services and put even more people on the street than there are currently

andrew hoan is probably more personally responsible for the state of portland than anyone else in the city. can’t think of another person who’s done more work to drive businesses out of downtown and make it less livable

looks pretty nice tbh

massive victory for the dontsavelloyd.com movement

instead of being very dead, pedestrians will be somewhat dead

for the upcoming OK-SEN special election we need an okahoma native with strong progressive creds who doesn’t look like a polished beltway insider. I am of course talking about @golikehellmachine.com