What City Observatory did this week 1. Widening freeways increases car travel and carbon emissions. Induced demand from additional freeway capacity is now so well proven that it’s referred to “The Fundamental Law of Road
The Week Observed, March 8, 2019 Read Post »
The fundamental injustice of pollution from urban freeways Item:Â In the past two years, Portland Public Schools has spent nearly $12.5 million of its scarce funds to clean up the air at Harriet Tubman Middle
Why do poor school kids have to clean up rich commuter’s pollution? Read Post »
There’s a huge demographic divide between those who use freeways and neighbors who bear their costs When it comes time to evaluate the equity of freeway widening investments, it’s important to understand that there are
Freeway widening for whomst? Read Post »
What pretends to be an environmental assessment is actually a thinly-veiled marketing brochure In theory, an environmental impact statement is supposed to be a disclosure document. The idea behind the National Environmental Policy Act was
Orwellian freeway-widening Read Post »
Portland’s $500 million Rose Quarter Freeway Widening Project is being sold as a way to reduce congestion:Â But it won’t work In three recent commentaries at City Observatory, we’ve explored whether a wider freeway at
Wider freeways don’t reduce congestion Read Post »
We can calculate how much added freeway lanes will induce additional car travel The takeaway:Â the I-5 freeway widening project in Portland lead to 10 to 17 million more miles of vehicle travel annually, which
Widening the I-5 Freeway will add millions of miles of vehicle travel Read Post »
