What City Observatory did this week 1. Carmaggedon never comes, Portland edition. It’s a favored myth that any reduction in road capacity will automatically trigger gridlock, and highway engineers regularly inveigh against reallocating road capacity to promote safety or facilitate…
The Great Disconnect By Jason Segedy City Observatory is pleased to publish this guest commentary from Akron’s Jason Segedy. It originally appeared on his blog. As this decade draws to a close, the story of urban America is increasingly…
Once again, Carmaggedon doesn’t materialize; Shutting down half of the I-5 Interstate Bridge over the Columbia River for a week barely caused a ripple in traffic It’s a teachable moment if we pay attention: traffic adapts quickly to limits in…
What City Observatory did this week Equity and Metro’s $5 billion transportation bond. This week, Portland residents are voting on a proposed $5 billion payroll tax/bond measure to fund a range of transportation projects. A favorite talking point of advocates…
What City Observatory did this week 1. Why free parking is one of the most inequitable aspect of our transportation system. There’s a lot of well-founded anger over the inequitable aspects of transportation: the burdens of policing, fare enforcement, and…