ODOT grabs a billion dollars that could be used for bikes, pedestrians and transit, and allocates it to pay highway bills. Oregon highways are out of compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, and the
The Color of Money: Bailing out highways with flexible federal funds Read Post »
Oregon and Washington are being asked to spend $7.5 billion on a giant bridge:Â Why won’t anyone show pictures of what it would look like? The Oregon and Washington highway departments are using an old
What are they hiding? Why highway builders won’t show their $7.5 billion freeway Read Post »
What City Observatory did this week Oregon’s transportation finance in crisis: Testimony to the Joint Ways and Means Committee. On March 16, City Observatory’s Joe Cortright testified to the Oregon Legislature’s budget-writing committee about the
The Week Observed, March 23, 2023 Read Post »
Oregon’s transportation finance in crisis: Testimony to the Joint Ways and Means Committee. On March 16, City Observatory’s Joe Cortright testified to the Oregon Legislature’s budget-writing committee about the financial crisis confronting the state’s transportation
Oregon’s transportation fiscal crisis Read Post »
Do we need a federal commission on housing affordability? Bruce Katz, author of “The New Localism” is calling for a national commission to come up with recommendations for dealing with the nation’s housing crisis.
Housing affordability? Localism is the problem, not the solution Read Post »
What City Observatory did this week Why does a $500 million bridge cost $7.5 billion? For almost two decades the Oregon and Washington highway departments have been saying they want to replace the I-5 bridges
The Week Observed, March 17, 2023 Read Post »
