😀🚲Dec 10

"This is no time to be driven by ideological rigidity" say the car washers, cartoon villains*, insurance, and crash repair companies demanding 100% of lanes remain a car-dominated shitshow. #transit #climateDenial #Portland #TriMet (* "metro chamber of commerce" was "Portland business alliance" until that name became synonymous with cartoon villainry)

https://bikeportland.org/2025/12/08/61-businesses-sign-onto-letter-opposing-full-bat-lanes-on-82nd-avenue-398486

61 businesses sign onto letter opposing bus lanes on 82nd Avenue

With an update on the project expected to come at a TriMet Board meeting this Wednesday, groups on both sides of this issue are making their voices heard.

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Show threadGrinch-stanDec 10
@enobacon Also most of the members in the PBA didn't actually live in Portland. They're mostly wealthy surburbanites who commute to their businesses in the city. So the name wasn't accurate.
Show threadgreenpepper22Dec 10

@Karstan @enobacon would suburbanites be commuting on 82nd tho? The 205 runs pretty parallel to 82nd most of the way, I’d think that most suburban commuters would rather be on the highway vs a city road.

I will say as someone who lives by 82nd and drives and walks up and down it all the time, better bus service would be great, but any type of construction really heavily impacts traffic in a bad way, so I do understand the resistance to a long term project

Show threadGrinch-stanDec 10

@greenpepper22 @enobacon I was responding to the name change of "Portland Business Alliance" to the "Metro chamber of commerce" or whatever they're calling themselves these days.

While I think their commute is a factor, I'm not sure if that's the main source of their opposition. I think it's more a generic resistance to change and a fundamental misunderstanding of who their customers are (at least for the non-auto-based businesses).

Show threadNate AllenDec 10
@Karstan @greenpepper22 @enobacon Sixty one small businesses who announce they don't want my money, including, unfortunately, Fubonn Market.
Show threadgreenpepper22
@mossyfoot @Karstan @enobacon if ur looking for other Asian grocery stores in the area, Hong Phat and Boo Han are both pretty solid in my experience and I don’t see either of them on that list
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Show threadNate AllenDec 10
@greenpepper22 @Karstan @enobacon yeah I've been to Hong Phat. Honestly it probably will be H-Mart that gets my new Asian grocery business in the future.
Show threadEtienne le Marchand (Steve J)Dec 10
@enobacon @greenpepper22 @Karstan @mossyfoot I shop at both of those pretty regularly. Hong Phat has some stuff I haven't found at H-Mart, and H-Mart has some stuff I haven't found at Hong Phat. I love them both.