Monkey-wrenching road pricing R.I.P. Road Pricing in Oregon: Dead before its even tried More than just money, the demise of pricing monkey-wrenches state transportation policy It's no surprise: ODOT's attempts to implement pricing have been hal... → By Joe Cortright 14.3.2024 Discussion |
A yawning chasm: Patterns of neighborhood distress in US metros There's a yawning chasm of neighborhood level economic distress across US metro areas. While about 1 in 6 US neighborhoods is classed as distressed, some metro areas have large concentrations of distress, while others ha... → By Joe Cortright 6.3.2024 Discussion |
Three big flaws in ODOT’s Highway Cost Allocation Study There are good reasons to be dubious of claims that trucks are being over-charged for the use of Oregon roads. The imbalance between cars and trucks seems to stem largely from the Oregon Department of Transportation''s ... → By Joe Cortright 6.2.2024 Discussion |
Bad data: Not a decline in travel An imagined decline in trip-making is the result of bad data analysis USDOT counted fewer trips in 2022, because it used a different, and less reliable survey method USDOT's social media created a false perception th... → By Joe Cortright 21.12.2023 Discussion |
Down is not up: The truth about traffic, congestion and trucking A central message of the highway building sales pitch is that traffic is ever-growing and ever worsening, and that we have no choice but to throw more money at expanded capacity. The Oregon Department of Transportation ... → By Joe Cortright 4.12.2023 Discussion |
Monkey-wrenching road pricing
R.I.P. Road Pricing in Oregon: Dead before its even tried More than just money, the demise of pricing monkey-wrenches state transportation policy It's no surprise: ODOT's attempts to implement pricing have been hal... →
Discussion
|A yawning chasm: Patterns of neighborhood distress in US metros
There's a yawning chasm of neighborhood level economic distress across US metro areas. While about 1 in 6 US neighborhoods is classed as distressed, some metro areas have large concentrations of distress, while others ha... →
Discussion
|Three big flaws in ODOT’s Highway Cost Allocation Study
There are good reasons to be dubious of claims that trucks are being over-charged for the use of Oregon roads. The imbalance between cars and trucks seems to stem largely from the Oregon Department of Transportation''s ... →
Discussion
|Bad data: Not a decline in travel
An imagined decline in trip-making is the result of bad data analysis USDOT counted fewer trips in 2022, because it used a different, and less reliable survey method USDOT's social media created a false perception th... →
Discussion
|Down is not up: The truth about traffic, congestion and trucking
A central message of the highway building sales pitch is that traffic is ever-growing and ever worsening, and that we have no choice but to throw more money at expanded capacity. The Oregon Department of Transportation ... →
Discussion
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