If you’re serious about dealing with climate change, the last thing you should do is spend billions widening freeways. April 22 is Earth Day, and to celebrate, Oregon is moving forward with plans to drop
Happy Earth Day, Oregon! Let’s Widen Some Freeways! Read Post »
Earlier this month, City Observatory’s Joe Cortright was interviewed for HFO TV. The interview focused on recent developments in Portland’s housing market, and explored the reasons behind the growth in rents in the middle part
Video: Portland’s Housing Market Read Post »
Attention freeway builders! Want to make up for dividing the community and destroying neighborhoods? How about replacing the homes you demolished? One of the carefully crafted talking points in the sales pitch for the $450
Housing reparations for Northeast Portland Read Post »
What City Observatory did this week 1. The Dow of Cities. The most predictable feature of any media business report is a recitation of the daily movements of major stock indices, like the Dow Jones
The Week Observed, April 13, 2018 Read Post »
The “body count” view of suburban population misses the value people attach to cities Lately, we’ve seen a barrage of comments suggesting that the era of the city is over, and that Americans, including young
A critical look at suburban triumphalism Read Post »
They’ll be lined up around the block because the price is too low–just like every day on urban roads Today’s that day, folks. Ben and Jerry are giving away free ice cream to everyone who
The Ben & Jerry’s crash course in transportation economics Read Post »
