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Emily Kemper<p>Yes, Taylor Griggs! E-bikes are the future! <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://pdx.social/@portlandmercury" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>portlandmercury</span></a></span> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/eBikesAreTheFuture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eBikesAreTheFuture</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BikeTooter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BikeTooter</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/portland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>portland</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/pcef" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pcef</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.portlandmercury.com/street-view/2024/07/01/47279561/street-view-let-portlands-e-bike-revolution-begin" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">portlandmercury.com/street-vie</span><span class="invisible">w/2024/07/01/47279561/street-view-let-portlands-e-bike-revolution-begin</span></a></p>
Cathy Tuttle<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@pdxblake" class="u-url mention">@<span>pdxblake</span></a></span> <br /><a href="https://social.ridetrans.it/tags/Oregon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Oregon</span></a> + <a href="https://social.ridetrans.it/tags/PDX" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PDX</span></a> talk <a href="https://social.ridetrans.it/tags/Climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Climate</span></a> <a href="https://social.ridetrans.it/tags/Cost" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Cost</span></a> <a href="https://social.ridetrans.it/tags/Equity" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Equity</span></a>.<br />Talk is not enough.</p><p>Check this <a href="https://social.ridetrans.it/tags/PCEF" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PCEF</span></a> presentation on 12/15/22 by <a href="https://social.ridetrans.it/tags/Portland" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Portland</span></a> BPS Climate Policy Analyst Kyle Diesner (starts at 40:33) <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9p_GUSpf7o" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=i9p_GUSpf7</span><span class="invisible">o</span></a></p><p>He was honest about <a href="https://social.ridetrans.it/tags/carbon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>carbon</span></a> <a href="https://social.ridetrans.it/tags/emissions" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>emissions</span></a>:</p><p>We&#39;ve done the easy stuff well<br />We&#39;ve flatlined when we need to speed up<br />Reductions now are mostly not driven by <a href="https://social.ridetrans.it/tags/policy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>policy</span></a><br />25% of emissions come from <a href="https://social.ridetrans.it/tags/electricity" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>electricity</span></a> generation (and Ecars won&#39;t save us)<br /><a href="https://social.ridetrans.it/tags/Transportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Transportation</span></a> is HUGE emissions problem: 42%</p>
Cathy Tuttle<p>Right Sizing for Reality</p><p><a href="https://social.ridetrans.it/tags/Oregon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Oregon</span></a> has elected some brilliant political leaders. Rep <a href="https://social.ridetrans.it/tags/KhanhPham" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>KhanhPham</span></a> is one of them. She serves on the State <a href="https://social.ridetrans.it/tags/Transportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Transportation</span></a> Committee.</p><p>Pham is challenging why $7.5 Billion of DOT money is going into an ill-defined mega-project rather than where our priorities must be: <a href="https://social.ridetrans.it/tags/PublicTransit" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PublicTransit</span></a>, <a href="https://social.ridetrans.it/tags/Safe" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Safe</span></a> <a href="https://social.ridetrans.it/tags/Streets" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Streets</span></a>, connected communities and <a href="https://social.ridetrans.it/tags/Climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Climate</span></a> solutions.</p><p>None of the $7.5 Billion is for <a href="https://social.ridetrans.it/tags/LightRail" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LightRail</span></a>, <a href="https://social.ridetrans.it/tags/BikeLanes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BikeLanes</span></a>, <a href="https://social.ridetrans.it/tags/Walkways" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Walkways</span></a>.</p><p> <a href="https://social.ridetrans.it/tags/JustTransitAlliance" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>JustTransitAlliance</span></a> <a href="https://social.ridetrans.it/tags/PCEF" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PCEF</span></a><br /><a href="https://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/2022/12/opinion-up-to-75-billion-for-interstate-bridge-replacement-project-time-to-rightsize-for-reality.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">oregonlive.com/opinion/2022/12</span><span class="invisible">/opinion-up-to-75-billion-for-interstate-bridge-replacement-project-time-to-rightsize-for-reality.html</span></a></p>