ODOT’s peer review panel admits it didn’t validate Rose Quarter travel forecasts ODOT has claimed a "peer review panel" vindicated its air pollution analysis Now the panel says they didn't look into the accuracy of ODOT's travel forecast Travel forecasts are critical, because they determine air a... → By Joe Cortright 14.4.2021 Discussion |
Wholly Moses: Pave now, pay later Oregon legislation goes whole hog on highways HB 3065 would launch a whole new round of freeway boondoggles, and plunge the state into debt to pay for them The classic Robert Moses scam: Drive stakes, sell bonds ... → By Joe Cortright 6.4.2021 Discussion |
How ODOT destroyed Albina, part 3: The Fremont Bridge ramps ODOT's Fremont Bridge wiped out multiple blocks of the Albina neighborhood A freeway you've never heard of leveled dozens of blocks in North and Northeast Portland The stub of a proposed "Prescott Freeway" still scar... → By Joe Cortright 7.4.2021 Discussion |
Greenwashing auto infrastructure: Natick’s diverging diamond A proposed interchange in Natick, Mass. is a classic example of greenwashing The diverging diamond is an idea entirely given over to making things better for cars, and creates a disorienting, circuitous and dangerous wo... → By Joe Cortright 23.3.2021 Discussion |
An open letter to the Oregon Transportation Commission For years, the Oregon Department of Transportation has concealed its plans to build a ten lane freeway through Portland's Rose Quarter We're calling on the state to do a full environmental impact statement that assesses... → By Joe Cortright 18.3.2021 Discussion |
ODOT’s peer review panel admits it didn’t validate Rose Quarter travel forecasts
ODOT has claimed a "peer review panel" vindicated its air pollution analysis Now the panel says they didn't look into the accuracy of ODOT's travel forecast Travel forecasts are critical, because they determine air a... →
Discussion
|Wholly Moses: Pave now, pay later
Oregon legislation goes whole hog on highways HB 3065 would launch a whole new round of freeway boondoggles, and plunge the state into debt to pay for them The classic Robert Moses scam: Drive stakes, sell bonds ... →
Discussion
|How ODOT destroyed Albina, part 3: The Fremont Bridge ramps
ODOT's Fremont Bridge wiped out multiple blocks of the Albina neighborhood A freeway you've never heard of leveled dozens of blocks in North and Northeast Portland The stub of a proposed "Prescott Freeway" still scar... →
Discussion
|Greenwashing auto infrastructure: Natick’s diverging diamond
A proposed interchange in Natick, Mass. is a classic example of greenwashing The diverging diamond is an idea entirely given over to making things better for cars, and creates a disorienting, circuitous and dangerous wo... →
Discussion
|An open letter to the Oregon Transportation Commission
For years, the Oregon Department of Transportation has concealed its plans to build a ten lane freeway through Portland's Rose Quarter We're calling on the state to do a full environmental impact statement that assesses... →
Discussion
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