A tech-centered vision of the future of the Pacific Northwest envisions creating a series of new urban centers 40 to 100 miles away from the region’s current largest cities—Seattle, Vancouver and Portland. The answer to sustainability isn’t building new cities…
Oregon DOT’s own consultants say congestion pricing would be a better way to fix congestion at the I-5 Rose Quarter than spending $800 million. Pricing would improve traffic flow and add capacity equal to another full lane of traffic, according…
Drawings don’t constitute restorative justice ODOT shows fancy drawings about what might be built, but isn’t talking about actually paying to build anything Just building the housing shown in its diagrams would require $160 million to $260 million Even that…
What City Observatory this week 1. Fighting climate change is inherently equitable. While there’s a growing recognition of the existential threat posed by climate change, it’s becoming increasingly frequent to pit equity concerns against decisive action to reduce greenhouse gas…
It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it. Upton Sinclair It’s even harder to get a trucking industry lobbyist or a highway department booster to understand something when their salaries depend on not…