De-congestion pricing works
If it can make it there, it can make it anywhere: It’s up to you New York, New York. The big urbanism news of the past few weeks has been the debut and stunning early
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Commentary
And, we’re back (almost)
If you are a regular reader of City Observatory, you know that we’ve been experiencing some technical difficulties for the pas two months. I’m pleased to report that we’ve largely restored the functionality of the
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History shows IBR modeling is simply wrong
Highway department’s are selling multi-billion dollar highway widening projects based on flawed traffic projections. The projections prepared for the predecessor of the proposed $7.5 billion Interstate Bridge Replacement project predicted traffic would grow 1.3 percent
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The Week Observed, November 9, 2024
What City Observatory Did This Week IBR Traffic Forecasts Violate Portland Region’s Climate Commitments.  Portland’s adopted Regional Transportation Plan commits the Metro area to reduce total vehicle miles traveled by 12 percent over the next
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IBR: Planning for a world that no longer exists
The Interstate Bridge Project’s traffic projections pretend that the massive shift to “work-from-home” never happened The IBR traffic projections rely almost entirely on pre-Covid-pandemic data, and ignore the dramatic change in travel patterns. Traffic onÂ
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IBR’s DSEIS uses the least accurate forecast
Oregon and Washington have commissioned not just one forecast of future traffic levels on I-5 and I-205, but three different forecasts. IBR officials are clinging to the one forecast that is the least accurate, and
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