What City Observatory did this week Our apologies to City Observatory readers for our website outage on 19-22 May. More meaningless congestion pseudo science. A new study from the University of Maryland claims that traffic
The Week Observed, May 27, 2022 Read Post »
A new study calculates that twenty percent of all time “lost” in travel is due to traffic lights Finally, proof for the Lachner Theorem: Traffic signals are a major cause of traffic delay Another classic example
More Congestion Pseudo Science Read Post »
What City Observatory did this week Another exploding whale:Â The cost of the I-205 bridge project doubles in four years. Famously in the 1960s, the Oregon State Highway Department tried to dispose of the carcass
The Week Observed, May 20, 2022 Read Post »
It now looks like Oregon DOT’s I-205 Abernethy Bridge rebuild, advertised as costing $248 million, will really cost $500 million The project’s estimated cost has doubled in just four years, and still has further cost
Yet another exploding whale: ODOT’s freeway widening cost doubles Read Post »
What City Observatory did this week Just Say “No” to freeway widening zealots. George Santayana meet David Bragdon: Those who don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat the failures of the past. A year
The Week Observed, May 13, 2022 Read Post »
The Oregon and Washington highway departments are at it again, pushing a 10- or 12-lane, five mile long freeway widening project that’s likely to cost at least $5 billion. They’re responding to objections with a
Just say no: How to deal with highway widening zealots Read Post »
