Bryan Wasetis

Community, systems, and policy focused. Tweets about land use, transit, and housing. Opinions mine. ❤️

[Suzette Smith @suzettesmith]

“To be clear, fatal overdoses are up in Oregon, but they’re also up everywhere,” Davis said, summarizing the data. “The question is are overdoses up more than they would’ve been without Measure 110?”

Narrator: They were not.

https://t.co/9wcyRl0W9g

[Bryan Wasetis @bwasetis]

This is an excellent, data based piece on 110. Great work @thenation !
“The War on Drugs has been lost, but the path to repair has just begun.”

[Partnership for Safety & Justice @PSJoregon]

“Oregon is not alone; many states are dealing with similar problems—it is just that Oregonians refused to perpetuate further harm under the guise of tackling them." - @thenation

https://t.co/ugwEt3CjhM

#healingnothandcuffs #communitycare #communityfirst

[Cathy Tuttle supports Good Trouble @CathyTuttle]

Now fund factory retrofits for e-bikes and cargo-bikes.

[(((Matthew Lewis))) cults & consequences @mateosfo]

… epidemic of traffic violence even more.

The good news is, if we solve for housing and traffic violence, we dramatically accelerate progress on climate and can hit our emissions reduction targets.

But if we don’t solve housing and violence, we fail on climate.

[Bryan Wasetis @bwasetis]

@stephrouth 👏👏👏🙌

[Portland Bureau of Transportation @PBOTinfo]

Registration is now open for Portland's 32nd Annual Traffic and Transportation Class!

Get an inside look at the transportation history, projects and policies that shape Portland. Apply by Thursday, Sept. 14.

Details: https://t.co/iEMSOPfy40

[Bryan Wasetis @bwasetis]

@BikePortland Great news! 👏👏👏

[BikePortland @BikePortland]

Here's how Multnomah County wants to end traffic deaths

- This intriguing new report from the County Health Department was overshadowed at last week's traffic safety press conference.

https://t.co/cqhMfM4n6S

[Bryan Wasetis @bwasetis]

Nice work @multco! Great to see some actual, research based solutions. 👏👏👏

[BikePortland @BikePortland]

Here's how Multnomah County wants to end traffic deaths

- This intriguing new report from the County Health Department was overshadowed at last week's traffic safety press conference.

https://t.co/cqhMfM4n6S

[Sam Balto @CoachBalto]

I always like reminding people that this infrastructure already exists & nobody is advocating to have them removed. "If diverters are so bad and you don't want a new one at X location. Why aren't you trying to remove the diverter that already exists at Y location?"

[Bryan Wasetis @bwasetis]

@CoachBalto I no longer practice but am happy to connect you with someone good! Do you need a transactional attorney or is this dispute related?

[Kelcie Smolin Grega @KelcieGrega]

As of now, we're 9965 signatures. So close to 10k!

If you haven't already, sign the petition today to remind Portland leaders that we need PSR!

👇👇👇

https://t.co/3nTG75gWBe

[Ray Delahanty | CityNerd @Nerd4Cities]

So many bad policies and so much inertia is because of these kinds of unexamined assumptions. Just so very lazy and damaging

[Blanchet House & Farm @blanchethouse]

Sign the petition to save Portland Street Response (PSR)! We need to fully fund and expand PSR, the city program that sends mental health workers — instead of police — to 911 calls related to people having behavioral health crises outside. At Blanchet House, we rely on PSR almost daily to respond to people in distress outside our doors. There is no equivalent to PSR. When someone is experiencing a mental health episode it's not appropriate to call the police. They need mental health workers to sit with them and unpack their complex needs in order to get them appropriate care. Please sign the petition at https://t.co/5PfI704mPM

[Brent Toderian @BrentToderian]

“The solution was pretty simple all along. Turns out, when u put more stuff near people, they don’t have to travel as far, & that has huge impacts on what we’re able to achieve economically & environmentally.”

Better land-use.

More housing, less traffic. https://t.co/itNtlYqL0l

[Bryan Wasetis @bwasetis]

@Jonathan_Maus @PBOTinfo @JeffSpeckFAICP For sure! And thanks - just trying to let people know that there are good resources for transit laymen like myself :) (great stuff, @JeffSpeckFAICP !)

[Jerome Alexander Horne @jahorne]

"The traffic we observe at any point in time is not a fixed and inexorable amount that must be “served,” but is simply the behavioral response of humans to the set of transportation choices available to them."

https://t.co/XvYeU9WjM5

[Jonathan Maus @Jonathan_Maus]

@PBOTinfo frustrating to hear PBOT staff sounding defeatist in meetings abt new revenue sources because "we've heard they are very unpopular at this time." They are always unpopular!! We can't wait for ppl to vote to tax themselves... we just have to do it, rip off bandaid and move fwd.

[Sandy Chung☮️ @Sandy_Chung_PDX]

Per the US federal agency on homelessness: Criminalization “policies are ineffective, expensive, and actually worsen the tragedy of homelessness. There is a better way to respond to this crisis.” https://t.co/lH2dVyaINN