The proposed re-design of the I-5 Rose Quarter Project now includes two deadly hairpin freeway off-ramps. Just last week, Brandon Coleman was killed at a similar hairpin highway ramp in downtown Portland The Oregon Department
Rose Quarter’s Killer Ramps Read Post »
Earlier, we branded Portland Metro’s proposed Regional Transportation Plan (RTP) a climate fraud because in falsely claimed the region was reducing greenhouse gases, and falsely claimed its transportation investments were on track to meet adopted
Doubling down on climate fraud in Metro’s RTP Read Post »
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak proclaims the primacy of drivers “We are a nation of drivers” Those who don’t own cars, or can’t, or choose not to drive, are second class citizens The transportation culture
Britain’s Caste System of Transportation Read Post »
What if we regulated new car ownership the same way we do new housing? A recent story about Singapore caught our eye: In Singapore, you can’t even buy a car without a government issued “certificate”—and
What if we regulated cars like we do houses? Read Post »
What City Observatory did this week This is what victory looks like. Freeway fighting is hard, drawn-out work. StateDOTs and their allies have vast funding for public relations campaigns to sell giant projects; citizen activists
The Week Observed, September 15, 2023 Read Post »
Bad projects die with a whimper, not a bang Freeways are promoted with extravagant—and usually false—p.r. campaigns, but their death is just a bureaucratic footnote Freeway fights are often long, drawn-out affairs, that involve challenging
This is what victory looks like, Freeway Fighters Read Post »
