What City Observatory this week Robert Moses strikes again:Â One of the most infamous decisions of “The Power Broker” was to build the overpasses on the Long Island Expressway too low to allow city buses
The Week Observed, January 26, 2024 Read Post »
ODOT isn’t giving buses the shoulder, it’s giving transit the finger. IBR is planning a transitway for the new $7.5 billion interstate bridge that can’t be used by buses. It’s sketching in a “bus on
Bus on shoulder: Stalking horse for freeway widening Read Post »
What City Observatory this week Why does it take four years and $200 million for consultants to serve up a warmed-over version of the Columbia River Crossing? The Interstate Bridge Replacement Project’s director admitted that
The Week Observed, January 19, 2024 Read Post »
Why does it take four years and $200 million to serve up a warmed-over version of the Columbia River Crossing? The Interstate Bridge Replacement Project’s director admitted that he’s just pushing “basically the same” project
Why spend $200 million on consultants for “basically the same project”? Read Post »
What City Observatory did this week The pernicious myth of “Naturally Occurring” Affordable Housing. One of the most dangerous and misleading concepts in housing reared its ugly head in the form a a new publication
The Week Observed, January 12, 2024 Read Post »
Housing doesn’t “occur naturally” Using zoning to preserve older, smaller homes doesn’t protect affordability There’s no such thing as “Naturally Occurring Affordable Housing”–older, smaller homes become affordable only if supply and demand are in balance,
The pernicious myth of “naturally occurring” affordable housing Read Post »
