ODOT is really building an 8-lane mega-freeway at the Rose Quarter You can tell from the tortured rhetoric about “auxiliary” lanes that the Oregon Department of Transportation is falling all over itself to make the
The Hidden Rose Quarter MegaFreeway Read Post »
`State DOT officials have crafted an Environmental Assessment that conceals more than it reveals In theory, the National Environmental Policy Act is all about disclosing facts. But in practice, that isn’t always how it works
The black box: Hiding the facts about freeway widening Read Post »
There’s no evidence that widening the I-5 freeway at the Rose Quarter will reduce crashes. ODOT used a model that doesn’t work for freeways with ramp-meters When ODOT widened I-5 lanes and shoulders near Victory
The Rose Quarter: ODOT’s Phony safety claims Read Post »
Why Portland’s freeway fight is so important to the future of cities everywhere The plan to widen the I-5 Rose Quarter Freeway in Portland, at a cost of $500 million, is a tragic error for
Why Portland shouldn’t be widening freeways Read Post »
What City Observatory did this week 1. Widening freeways increases car travel and carbon emissions. Induced demand from additional freeway capacity is now so well proven that it’s referred to “The Fundamental Law of Road
The Week Observed, March 8, 2019 Read Post »
The fundamental injustice of pollution from urban freeways Item: In the past two years, Portland Public Schools has spent nearly $12.5 million of its scarce funds to clean up the air at Harriet Tubman Middle
Why do poor school kids have to clean up rich commuter’s pollution? Read Post »
