Portland voters resoundingly defeated a proposed multi-billion dollar payroll tax to pay for transportation projects The two areas slated for the biggest benefits voted against the measure:Â The Southwest Corridor and East Portland both opposed
Why—and where—Metro’s $5 billion transportation bond measure failed Read Post »
What City Observatory did this week 1. Achieving equitable transportation: Reallocate road space and price car travel. New York has recorded a kind of “Miracle on 14th Street.” By largely banning through car traffic, its
The Week Observed, November 6, 2020 Read Post »
Advocates for a $5 billion transportation bond that Portland area voters will be deciding in November are making a specious argument about it being an equity measure. Its largest single project, a multi-billion dollar light
Equity and Metro’s $5 Billion Transportation Bond Read Post »
What City Observatory did this week 1. Now we are six. We marked City Observatory’s sixth birthday this week, and took a few moments to reflect back on the journey, and to thank all those
The Week Observed, October 23, 2020 Read Post »
The greatest urban myth of the Covid-19 pandemic is that fear of density has triggered an exodus from cities. US Post Office data show that the supposed urban exodus was just a trickle, and Americans
The amazing disappearing urban exodus Read Post »
What City Observatory did this week 1. Covid-19 is now worst in rural areas and red states. Early on in the pandemic, it seemed like everyone attributed the spread of the Coronavirus to big cities
The Week Observed, October 16, 2020 Read Post »
