What City Observatory Did This Week A costly cargo cult in Portland:Â A proposal to spend $30 million per year subsidizing the revival of container shipping operations at the Port of Portland is misguided effort
The Week Observed, May 24, 2024 Read Post »
Portland’s $30 Million Container Shipping Folly Cargo cults are a well-documented sociological phenomenon:Â Â Cargo cults were religious movements that emerged among indigenous people in Melanesia during the early to mid-20th century. The cults were inspired byÂ
Cargo Cult Comeback: Cost–$30 million a year Read Post »
What City Observatory Did This Week The Oregon Department of Transportation can and should mitigate the negative impacts of its highway construction projects, including social and economic impacts. ODOT’s massive $1.9 billion I-5 Rose Quarter
The Week Observed, May 17, 2024 Read Post »
The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) has proposed a $1.9 billion freeway widening project for Portland’s Rose Quarter. The agency proposes to cover a portion of the freeway in what it calls “restorative justice” for
Oregon DOT can and should mitigate past damage from highways Read Post »
What City Observatory Did This Week Another Oregon Department of Transportation exploding whale.*Â The cost of one of OregonDOT’s megaprojects, the expansion of the I-205 Abernethy Bridge over the Willamette River south of Portland just
The Week Observed, May 10, 2024 Read Post »
The $7.5 Billion Interstate Bridge Project is two years behind schedule IBR’s Draft SEIS was supposed to be complete in December 2022—It now won’t be done before December 2024. This two-year delay means the environmental
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