What City Observatory Did This Week How Metro’s RTP illegally favors driving and violates state climate rules. Oregon’s planning rules require Portland area transportation plans to prioritize investments that reduce vehicle miles traveled–but the region’s transportation plan illegally prioritizes spending for…
Oregon’s planning rules require Portland area transportation plans to prioritize investments that reduce vehicle miles traveled Metro’s adopted Regional Transportation Plan devotes most of its resources to providing additional capacity for car travel Metro’s own climate analysis shows investments in…
Must Read Portland advocates sue to block Rose Quarter Freeway widening. There’s a new chapter in the long-running battle to block the Oregon Department of Transportation’s I-5 Rose Quarter Freeway widening project, a 10-lane mile and a half expansion that…
Must Read Induced Demand and Climate Denial. As we’ve long said, the favorite folk tale of state DOTs and highway boosters is the idea that the primary solution to reducing greenhouse gas emissions is lowering the amount of time cars…
What City Observatory Did This Week The cost of the Interstate Bridge Replacement (IBR) is going up: But we won’t tell you how much . . . And we’re not going to tell you until a year from now, after the…