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The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT’) has a big management problem: huge cost overruns on highway mega-projects. Just three Portland area highway projects—The Interstate Bridge Replacement, the I-5 Rose Quarter freeway widening and the I-205
What City Observatory Did This Week Portland celebrates Earth Day by dropping billions on wider freeways! Despite legal commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, Oregon’s transportation emissions have increased 5% since 2013, directly contradicting Portland’s
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What is economic segregation? Economic segregation is the physical separation of households according to income: Low income people are concentrated...
The urban core is the nucleus of the metropolitan area and its health is vital to regional economic success. Certain...
Talent drives city success: The biggest single factor explaining urban economic success is human capital.
It’s frequently claimed that traffic congestion imposes high and rising costs on the economy. But is that true?
Density, land use patterns and the transportation system interact to determine how well cities fulfill their fundamental task of bringing...
Generating new ideas and creating new businesses drives city economies and national economic growth.
A key measure of economic success has to be whether we provide widely shared opportunities for economic advancement.
The quality of life in cities is an essential ingredient and contributor to economic prosperity.
The creation and allocation of living space within a metropolitan area shapes our well-being and the regional economy.