The proposed design of the $2.1 billion I-5 Rose Quarter Project includes two deadly hairpin freeway off-ramps. Everyone focuses on the part of the Rose Quarter than involves covering over part of the I-5 freeway.Â
Rose Quarter’s Deadly Off Ramps Read Post »
Despite legal pledges to reduce greenhouse gases to address climate change, Oregon’s transportation greenhouse gas emissions are going up, not down. State, regional and city governments have adopted climate goals that purport to commit to
Happy Earth Day, Oregon! Let’s spend billions widening freeways! Read Post »
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 megaprojects. Motor fuel revenue is
OregonDOT’s real financial problem isn’t revenue. It’s mega project cost overruns Read Post »
Portland transportation: PBOT is broke, the city has a $600 million annual O&M deficit, 50% of streets are in “poor or very poor” condition, and traffic deaths are up sharply. So why is spending $1.9
If we’re so broke, why are we spending $2 billion to widen a mile of freeway? 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 »
The key to being on-time and under-budget:Â Orwellian double-speak Oregon DOT projects are always on-time and under budget–because the agency simply disappears its original schedules and budgets. Delayed, half-finished projects are officially described as “On-time
Moving the goalposts Read Post »
