What City Observatory did this week America’s least and most segregated metro areas: Evidence from Census 2020. Racial segregation remains a chronic problem in US metropolitan areas. Data from Census 2020 provides a hyper-detailed, decadal check-in on the state of segregation. The good news is that Black-white segregation continues, slowly, to decline in virtually all […]
The Week Observed, October 22, 2021 Read More »
The latest Census data show that Black/White segregation is decreasing in large metro areas. Racial segregation still prevails in most American cities, but varies widely across the nation. Portland is one of America’s least segregated metros One pervasive and lingering hallmark American geography is racial residential segregation: our metropolitan areas have literally been divided by
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What City Observatory did this week Ten reasons you can’t trust DOT claims that widening highways reduces pollution. Highway departments are fond of ginning up traffic projections and air quality analyses claiming that wider highways will reduce pollution. It’s an elaborate con. We take a close look at Portland’s proposed $1.2 billion I-5 Rose Quarter
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10 reasons not to believe phony DOT claims that widening highways reduces pollution We know that transportation is the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the US, and that our car dependent transportation system is the reason Americans drive so much more and consequently produce far more greenhouse gases per capita than residents of
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