The fundamental injustice of pollution from urban freeways Item:Â In the past two years, Portland Public Schools has spent nearly $12.5 million of its scarce funds to clean up the air at Harriet Tubman Middle
Why do poor school kids have to clean up rich commuter’s pollution? Read Post »
There’s a huge demographic divide between those who use freeways and neighbors who bear their costs When it comes time to evaluate the equity of freeway widening investments, it’s important to understand that there are
Freeway widening for whomst? Read Post »
Widening I-5 in Portland apparently made traffic congestion worse Oregon’s Department of Transportation (ODOT) is proposing to spend half a billion dollars to add two lanes to Interstate 5 at the Rose Quarter in Portland,
Backfire: How widening freeways can make traffic congestion worse Read Post »
Widening I-5 actually increased crashes, instead of reducing them, and an even wider freeway won’t be less congested if crashes don’t decline. We’re going to dig deep into Portland’s proposed freeway-widening controversy today, and in
A wider freeway won’t reduce traffic Read Post »
Spending half a billion dollars to widen a mile of I-5 will have exactly zero effect on daily congestion. The biggest transportation project moving forward in downtown Portland isn’t something related to transit, or cycling
Rose Quarter freeway widening won’t reduce congestion Read Post »
If you’re serious about dealing with climate change, the last thing you should do is spend billions widening freeways. April 22 is Earth Day, and to celebrate, Oregon is moving forward with plans to drop
Happy Earth Day, Oregon! Let’s Widen Some Freeways! Read Post »
