Hard earned lessons: Don’t repeat the mistakes of the failed CRC The Oregon and Washington highway departments are at it again, reviving the same half-truths and propaganda that doomed their first Columbia River Crossing fiasco a decade ago Instead of fixing the real problems in the ... → By David Bragdon 10.5.2021 Discussion |
The real “I-5” project: $5 billion, 5 miles, $5 tolls The intentionally misleading re-brand of the failed Columbia River Crossing conceals the key fact that it is a 12-lane wide, 5 mile long freeway that just happens to cross a river, not a "bridge replacement." It's vastl... → By Joe Cortright 3.5.2021 Discussion |
Getting real about restorative justice in Albina Drawings don't constitute restorative justice ODOT shows fancy drawings about what might be built, but isn't talking about actually paying to build anything Just building the housing shown in its diagrams would requi... → By Joe Cortright 26.4.2021 Discussion |
Who got trillions? We found the real speculators profiting from higher housing costs In 2020, US residential values increased by $2.2 trillion Those gains went disproportionately to older, white, higher income households Capital gains on housing in 2020 were more than three times larger than the tota... → By Joe Cortright 5.5.2021 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... → By Joe Cortright 14.4.2021 Discussion |
Hard earned lessons: Don’t repeat the mistakes of the failed CRC
The Oregon and Washington highway departments are at it again, reviving the same half-truths and propaganda that doomed their first Columbia River Crossing fiasco a decade ago Instead of fixing the real problems in the ... →
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|The real “I-5” project: $5 billion, 5 miles, $5 tolls
The intentionally misleading re-brand of the failed Columbia River Crossing conceals the key fact that it is a 12-lane wide, 5 mile long freeway that just happens to cross a river, not a "bridge replacement." It's vastl... →
Discussion
|Getting real about restorative justice in Albina
Drawings don't constitute restorative justice ODOT shows fancy drawings about what might be built, but isn't talking about actually paying to build anything Just building the housing shown in its diagrams would requi... →
Discussion
|Who got trillions? We found the real speculators profiting from higher housing costs
In 2020, US residential values increased by $2.2 trillion Those gains went disproportionately to older, white, higher income households Capital gains on housing in 2020 were more than three times larger than the tota... →
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... →
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