What City Observatory Did This Week Portland celebrates Earth Day by dropping billions on wider freeways! Despite legal commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, Oregon’s transportation emissions have increased 5% since 2013, directly contradicting Portland’s
The Week Observed, April 25, 2025 Read Post »
Despite legal pledges to reduce greenhouse gases to address climate change, Oregon’s transportation greenhouse gas emissions are going up, not down. State, regional and city governments have adopted climate goals that purport to commit to
Happy Earth Day, Oregon! Let’s spend billions widening freeways! Read Post »
What City Observatory Did This Week Congestion pricing can work anywhere, even where there isn’t much transit. While New York City garners headlines for its congestion pricing triumph, Louisville, Kentucky demonstrates that pricing works brilliantly
The Week Observed, April 18, 2025 Read Post »
New York City is getting all the attention–much deserved–for the breath-taking success of congestion pricing. Speeds are up, congestion is down, there are fewer crashes, less noise, more people on the streets and better business.
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What City Observatory Did This Week Cities and the First Amendment. In order to exercise the right to assemble peaceably, people need a place to assemble, and cities provide these places. Last week’s demonstrations in
The Week Observed, April 11, 2025 Read Post »
Cities and city streets are the place where we exercise our most fundamental rights. “The right of the people peacefully to assemble” guaranteed by the First Amendment only has meaning if the people have a
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