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IBR and Metro effectively admit critics are right about problems with their traffic modeling The real traffic problems on I-5 are outside the IBR project area, and won’t be solved...
What City Observatory Did This Week ODOT’s “Strategic Review”: Conflicted consultants whitewashing mis-management. The Oregon Department of Transportation is again trying convince the Legislature and the public that it isn’t...
The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT’) has a big management problem: huge cost overruns on highway mega-projects. Just three Portland area highway projects—The Interstate Bridge Replacement, the I-5 Rose Quarter...
What City Observatory Did This Week ODOT’s real financial problem isn’t revenue. ODOT’s financial crisis isn’t a result of falling revenue, instead it has been caused by massive cost overruns...
ODOT and WSDOT are over-estimating future traffic on the I-5 bridge because they’re over stated the willingness to pay for travel time savings The result will be an under-utilized, over-built...
The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) blames its financial crisis on declining revenue from cleaner, more efficient cars. The reality is that the agency suffers from chronic overspending on highway...