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This week's comic on the oversized luxury truck fad

#comics #cartoons #transportation #cars

In the 2010s, we were told new tech would revolutionize transportation.

As BMW faces backlash for sticking a Spider-Man ad on its center console, we can see what it really amounted to: cars that collect vast quantities of data on us and which automakers are desperate to use to push ads on us too.

https://disconnect.blog/bmws-in-car-spider-man-ad-is-a-warning-sign/

#tech #bmw #transportation #transport #cars #driving #spiderman

A new Book Review has been published in JTH!

"Book Review: We Are All Migrants. A History of Multicultural Germany by Jan Plamper" by Annemarie Steidl.

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It used to be that Google Maps had the feature where you could create your own custom maps. Esri (ArcGIS), too.

Because I want to make two simple maps of the Boston area (one of the city with perhaps a 2-mile border and another more zoomed out), I’m curious to know if any of you can recommend a tool for this. (Or an existing map.)

#cartography #maps #transit #transportation #Boston #greaterBoston

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PBOT has words about more street repairs in Portland:

(July 2, 2026) The paving season continues for the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT), as crews will start grinding and repaving an estimated 1.1 lane miles on N Killingsworth Street, between N Borthwick and N Williams avenues, on Tuesday, July 7.

During construction, Portlanders can expect daytime noise and travel delays, particularly during the morning and evening commute. N Killingsworth will remain open with a single travel lane.

The work is funded by Fixing Our Streets, Portland's voter-approved 10-cent gas tax and heavy vehicle use tax for fixing our streets and making them safer for all.

This area of N Killingsworth is a key commercial corridor for North Portland, connecting Jefferson High School, the Portland Community College Cascade Campus and numerous restaurants and shops in the Humboldt neighborhood.

The corridor serves TriMet Line 72, a Frequent Service route and the busiest bus line in Oregon. Transit riders should check trimet.org for impacts.

Sidewalks will remain open at all times for pedestrians.

The maintenance paving crews expect to work from about 6 a.m. to 5 p.m., Mondays through Thursdays. Crews will complete one travel lane before starting on the next. The work is expected to be completed by Wednesday, July 15.

The traveling public is advised to expect delays, travel cautiously, observe all closures and directions by flaggers, and use alternate routes if possible. Local access to residences and businesses will remain available.

This work is weather-dependent, and the schedule may change.

Learn more about PBOT’s road maintenance work and see the schedule of planned projects at portland.gov/pavement

Visit Fixing Our Streets online to learn about how PBOT is using program funds to repave streets and fix potholes, build sidewalks, install new signals and streetlights, and much more.

#PBOT #Portland #PDX #transportation

More work from PBOT:

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This week's comic on the enshittification of flying

#corporations #consumers #transportation #travel #cartoon #comic #flying

The insurance company told the HOA that it wanted corner concrete work done. ADA ramps are required here. Now, a couple of years ago, when the city resurfaced the street, crews installed one, but not at this particular corner. Anyway, the HOA paid to have it installed.

I have no idea why I wrote that paragraph. Here's today's missive from PBOT:

(May 26, 2026) Crews with the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) will improve ADA ramps on NW 23rd Avenue at NW Marshall and at NW Lovejoy streets starting on Wednesday, May 27 through the end of August.

The work will require closures of travel lanes and sidewalks in the area, for several days to several weeks at a time. Work will support NW 23rd Avenue's main street pedestrian activity, including businesses and emergency room access at Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center.

From May 27 through late August, PBOT sidewalk crews will generally update one corner at a time, to limit the impact on traveling public in this business district that has high population density and pedestrian traffic. For each phase of construction, there will be different closures of travel lanes, sidewalks or parking lanes, so check the Travel Impact Biweekly Updates on the project website for specific details through the summer and plan to observe barricades, traffic signage and instructions from crews at the scene.

Lane and sidewalk closures will be in place all hours, all days, during periods when crews have to dig below the sidewalk and street surface. Some adjustments to stormwater infrastructure will require digging trenches several feet deep. Crews are expected to be present generally 6:30 a.m. through 3:30 p.m. Monday to Thursday and 6 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. every other Friday.

PBOT paving crews are expecting to return this fall to repave the impacted areas on these two blocks on NW 23rd, after the ramp upgrades have been completed.

#Portland #Oregon #PBOT #transportation

You think bike and bus lanes causes traffic? Wait till you hear about cars!

#cars #bike #BikeTooter #urbanism #cities #transportation #traffic

Rochester is making changes after ranking among least bike-friendly mid-sized cities

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIFpFbEZ0lI #BikeTooter #NewYork #Transportation

Part of a long email from PBOT:

(May 7, 2026) The Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) advises the traveling public to expect short duration lane closures along NE Halsey Street, between NE 47th and NE 59th avenues the week of May 11 and again the week of May 25, for repairs and repaving.

A PBOT contractor will be repairing and repaving NE Halsey around the intersections at NE 57th and NE 60th avenues, requiring one-way travel and detours for two separate one-week periods. During lane closures, local access only will be provided in that direction of travel to the area between NE 47th and 57th avenues.

Crews will remove and replace the asphalt and base layer below the road surface, major maintenance work that requires significant time in each section. The fresh pavement and recently installed sidewalks and traffic signals are all part of the bureau’s $9.7 million NE 60th Avenue and Halsey Street Area Improvement Project. The project is improving safety on NE Halsey, a high crash corridor, and improving pedestrian access to bus and MAX light rail stops in the area. Modern traffic signals will be adjustable to ease traffic through the area as well.

The work this month involves two one-week lane closures, alternating direction through the corridor.

#PBOT #Portland #Oregon #Transportation

Rare that I get a chance to dig into a passion of mine - #urban transit development!

Read about my one-time home, #Jakarta & how its transformed from the world's most congested city to a model for the global south - but there's still a long way to go.

https://indevelopmentmag.com/jakarta-transit-transformation/

#Indonesia #southeastasia #SEAsia #transportation #transport #trains

More roadwork by PBOT for 82nd Avenue in Portland. From an email:

(May 5, 2026) - The Portland Bureau of Transportation's (PBOT) safety and maintenance upgrade of 82nd Avenue continues, with months of work to provide new, smooth pavement and replace failing sections of roadway starting on Monday, May 18, and continuing on weekdays through the end of July.

This is the second summer of paving significant stretches of the corridor, after crews repaved and repaired roughly 1.4 centerline miles of 82nd Avenue in 2025.

The first section of paving will take place on SE 82nd Avenue between SE Clinton and Brooklyn streets. Contractors will then pave additional segments of the corridor between SE Brooklyn and Bush streets; NE Thomson to Hancock; and lastly SE Schiller Street and SE Foster Road.

The existing pavement on NE/SE 82nd Avenue is severely deteriorated in these sections, with cracking and water infiltration that extends below the surface of the roadway.

Full details, updates available from PBOT

Paving this summer will begin in SE Portland and move to different sections, roughly a month at a time. From week to week, work schedules are weather dependent, but hours are expected to generally stay between 7 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday.

#Portland #Oregon #PBOT #transportation

A hole hath appeareth.

From PBOT:

(May 1, 2026) Following the emergence of a sinkhole earlier this afternoon, Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) crews from the Environmental Systems Division are conducting emergency repairs on SW Alder Street between 2nd and 3rd avenues.

To safely repair the street, it must be closed to all motor vehicles overnight, with the expectation that it will be open by early Saturday morning.

Crews arrived on site at about 4:45 p.m. and early assessments showed a sinkhole sized at approximately 6x6x4 feet. A camera investigation followed and found two holes leaking from a 12” main line of clay pipe from 1898 running between two maintenance holes. These leaks had slowly been forming a cavity under the road surface. As can be the case with sinkholes, particularly in warmer months, this cavity was exposed when temperatures warmed this week and the asphalt softened.

Crews will now excavate the road and replace the pipe before covering the road with a steel plate. PBOT paving crews will return early next week to resurface the road and give it a new, smooth surface.

The traveling public is advised to expect delays, travel cautiously, observe all closures and directions by flaggers, and use alternate routes if possible. Local access to residences and businesses will remain available. Public transit riders should check TriMet.org for service impacts.

#Portland #PBOT #Oregon #transportation #sinkhole

PBOT seems to be telling us that they'd like more money to do something beyond a "short-term fix" for a failing roadway.

(April 30, 2026) The Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) will pave seven critical blocks of NW 23rd Avenue from NW Northrup to Vaughn streets starting on Monday, May 4 with work starting at 6 a.m. and continuing through 4:30 p.m. Monday to Thursday.

During the week of May 4 through 7, resurfacing of NW 23rd Avenue will occur between NW Vaughn and Quimby streets. From May 11 through 14, resurfacing will occur between NW Quimby to Northrup streets.

In 2010, PBOT paved NW 23rd Avenue from West Burnside to Lovejoy Street as part of a Capital Improvement Project. At that time the bureau rebuilt corner ramps and removed historic streetcar rails which were the cause of significant pavement deficiencies.

This current paving project is a short-term fix to address critical pavement failures on NW 23rd Avenue. The street’s base (the support structure under the driving surface) has failed, causing extensive surface cracking, potholes, and water infiltration that extends below the surface of the roadway. The conditions are leading to unsafe conditions for people traveling along and across the corridor.

The resurfacing will support NW 23rd Avenue's main street activity, including businesses and emergency room access at Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center. It will improve conditions on the Neighborhood Main Street until the Montgomery Park Streetcar Extension can address the street's structural issues and broader streetscape needs.

Throughout construction, all businesses and sidewalks will remain open, as will pedestrian access throughout the corridor. Both lanes and parking will reopen at the end of each workday at approximately 4:30 p.m., and both lanes and parking will be open on Friday and over the weekend.

#Portland #PBOT #PDX #transportation

Somehow we always have a ton of cash for bombs and surveillance, but America can barely get food, healthcare, or energy on a consistent basis, and our transportation is shit. I wonder how much longer this can go on. May Day tomorrow!
#climate #healthcare #MayDay #transportation

PBOT does great work with a limited budget. It distresses me that our government will happily gut our agencies, and simultaneously cut needed programs. In PBOT's case, they have *never* been sufficiently funded to deal with Portland's ageing infrastructure, especially its bridges. I cheer whenever they are funded to get some work done.

From a PBOT email today:

(April 28, 2026) The Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) will close SE Foster Road between SE Barbara Welch Road to 162nd Avenue on Wednesday, April 29 for from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. to remove existing road striping and install rumble strips. Following the single-day closure, from Thursday, April 30 through Friday, May 1, SE Foster Road will be reopened to motor vehicle traffic with flaggers conducting periodic lane closures as crews install new high visibility striping from SE Barbara Welch Road to Jenne Road.

During the full closure of SE Foster Road on Wednesday, April 29, traffic will be detoured via SE Barbara Welch Road to SE Clatsop Street to SE 162nd Avenue.

The traveling public is advised to expect delays, travel cautiously, observe all closures and directions by flaggers, and use alternate routes if possible. Local access to residences and businesses will remain available. Public transit riders should check TriMet.org for service impacts.

This work is weather-dependent, and the schedule may change.

This section of SE Foster Road experiences a higher rate of road departure crashes than other streets in Portland.

Rumble strips are patterns of grooves on a roadway surface that create a physical vibration and audible sound when a vehicle's tires pass over them. This sensory feedback serves as a safety measure to alert drivers, particularly those who are drowsy or distracted, that they are drifting out of their lane of travel. Rumble strips help drivers self-correct their steering, which can prevent crashes, and they are particularly effective at reducing roadway departure crashes and head-on collisions.

This project is funded with approximately $170,000 from the Oregon Department of Transportation’s All Roads Transportation Safety Program.

#PBOT #Portland #PDX #transportation

Yay, PBOT! Their email:

(April 27, 2026) The Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) advises the traveling public that lane closures will be required for a city contractor to build safety improvements starting today at NE 122nd Avenue and NE Halsey Street.

The intersection was ranked the fourth most dangerous in Portland, with 79 crashes, including one traffic death and 61 injuries in four years ending 2023. Targeting safety investments on the most dangerous streets in Portland is a key part of Vision Zero, the citywide goal of reducing and eventually eliminating traffic deaths and serious injuries.
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Starting today, the contractor's crews will reconstruct ADA curb ramps to improve access for pedestrians and people who depend on mobility devices, complete stormwater upgrades to prevent street flooding, and make traffic signal adjustments to improve safety.

Work could take up to three months and will occur during daytime hours. Travelers should expect delays, lane closures, and noise.

Crews expect to work from about 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday through Friday.

The traveling public is advised to expect delays, travel cautiously, observe all closures and directions by flaggers, and use alternate routes if possible. Local access to residences and businesses will remain available. For months, PBOT staff have been notifying area businesses and residents of this and other work coming soon.

This work is weather-dependent, and the schedule may change.

#PBOT #Portland #transportation