IBR re-wrote the definition of congestion to make I-5 traffic look worse For decades, Oregon DOT has defined traffic congestion as freeway speeds below 35 MPH. Now, for the Interstate Bridge project, IBR has moved
Moving the goalposts: Redefining traffic congestion Read Post »
What City Observatory Did This Week They’re digging in the wrong place:Â Â A new, independent analysis by national traffic expert Norm Marshall of Smart Mobility, Inc., shows that the proposed IBR project fails to fix the
The Week Observed, October 25, 2024 Read Post »
What City Observatory Did This Week Forecasting the impossible: The case for the $7.5 billion Interstate Bridge Replacement project is based on deeply flawed traffic models that ignore the bridge’s capacity limits, and predict plainly
The Week Observed, October 18, 2024 Read Post »
The case for the $7.5 billion Interstate Bridge Replacement project is based on deeply flawed traffic models that ignore the bridge’s capacity limits, and predict plainly unrealistic levels of traffic growth if the bridge isn’t
IBR: Forecasting the impossible Read Post »
The Interstate Bridge Replacement Project simply can’t tell the truth about current traffic levels or recent growth rates. IBR reports inflate the current level of traffic on I-5 bridges by nearly 5,000 vehicles per day
The Interstate Bridge Project’s Flawed Traffic Data Read Post »
What City Observatory Did This Week There’s no evidence of a housing bubble. Strong Towns Chuck Marohn has a recent blog post proclaiming that the US housing market is the midst of another bubble, similar
The Week Observed, August 30, 2024 Read Post »
