What City Observatory did this week Secret plans show ODOT is planning a 10-lane freeway in the Rose Quarter. Â City Observatory has obtained previously un-released plans showing that the $1.9 billion I-5 Rose Quarter project
The Week Observed, December 1, 2023 Read Post »
What City Observatory did this week 5 million miles wide of the mark.Portland’s regional government Metro, has proposed a regional transportation plan (RTP) that purports to achieve state and regional policies to reduce greenhouse gas
The Week Observed, November 17, 2023 Read Post »
Metro’s Regional Transportation Plan (RTP) claims it will meet state and regional climate objectives by slashing vehicle travel more than 30 percent per person between now and 2045. Meanwhile, its transportation plan actually calls for
Lying about climate: A 5 million mile a day discrepancy Read Post »
What City Observatory did this week Snow-Job:Â Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) threatens to slash snow-plowing and other safety maintenance unless it is given more money, while spending billions on a handful of Portland area
The Week Observed, November 10, 2023 Read Post »
Oregon’s Department of Transportation (ODOT) says it doesn’t have enough money to maintain roads, fix potholes or even plow snow. This is a Big Lie: Mega-projects and their cost-overruns, not maintenance, are the cause of
ODOT Snow Job: Give us more money, or we’ll stop plowing your roads Read Post »
What City Observatory did this week Killer off-ramps. The Oregon Department of Transportation’s $1.9 billion I-5 Rose Quarter widening has been repeatedly (and falsely) portrayed as a “safety” project, but the latest re-design of the
The Week Observed, November 3, 2023 Read Post »
