What City Observatory Did This Week A Non-Denial Denial:Â An independent traffic analysis of the proposed $7.5 billion Interstate Bridge Replacement (IBR) project shows that it won’t solve the actual traffic bottleneck between Portland and
The Week Observed, April 4, 2025 Read Post »
IBR and Metro effectively admit critics are right about problems with their traffic modeling The real traffic problems on I-5 are outside the IBR project area, and won’t be solved by the $7.5 billion project
A non-denial denial Read Post »
What City Observatory Did This Week ODOT’s “Strategic Review”: Conflicted consultants whitewashing mis-management. The Oregon Department of Transportation is again trying convince the Legislature and the public that it isn’t incompetent at managing highway construction.Â
The Week Observed, March 28, 2025 Read Post »
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
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What City Observatory Did This Week ODOT’s real financial problem isn’t revenue. ODOT’s financial crisis isn’t a result of falling revenue, instead it has been caused by massive cost overruns on highway expansion megaprojects, extravagant
The Week Observed, March 21, 2025 Read Post »
ODOT and WSDOT are over-estimating future traffic on the I-5 bridge because they’re over stated the willingness to pay for travel time savings The result will be an under-utilized, over-built I-5 bridge, and congestion on
Value of Time: Mis-estimating tolls and traffic Read Post »
