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Joe Cortright, City Observatory Testimony to the Oregon Transportation Commission May 8, 2025 Thank you for the opportunity to testify. I’m Joe Cortright with City Observatory. As you remember I testified...
Subways for stormwater: Another subsidy for cars and contributor to high household costs. In Seattle, cars and trucks; roads and parking lots are responsible for half of stormwater volumes, and...
What City Observatory Did This Week Leave the car at home, take the income. For years, City Observatory has calculated that Portland earns a billion dollar a year “green dividend”...
Portland can earn an even bigger green dividend if it reduces the amount of driving in the region Mayor Keith Wilson makes the connection between less driving and greater prosperity...
What City Observatory Did This Week ODOT’s Deceptive Rose Quarter Freeway Expansion. For six years, the Oregon Department of Transportation has systematically concealed plans to build a massive 160-foot-wide freeway...
Editor’s Note: At a recent Portland City Council Committee hearing, two city commissioners challenged No More Freeways assertions that the Oregon Department of Transportation’s $1.9 billion Rose Quarter is actually...