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 »
Despite legal pledges to reduce greenhouse gases to address climate change, Portland’s transportation greenhouse gas emissions are going up, not down. State, regional and city governments have adopted climate goals that purport to commit us
Happy Earth Day, Oregon! Widening Freeways Kills the Planet! Read Post »
If you’re serious about dealing with climate change, the last thing you should do is spend billions widening freeways. The Oregon Department of Transportation is hell-bent on widening freeways and destroying the planet April 22
Happy Earth Day, Oregon! Let’s Waste Billions Widening Freeways! Read Post »
Here’s a thought:  Let’s fight traffic congestion using the same techniques DOT’s use to promote safety. Let’s have costumed superheroes weigh in against congestion, and spend billions on safety, instead of the other way around.
Let’s use a marketing campaign to solve traffic congestion Read Post »
Oregon’s Department of Transportation concedes it was lying about crashes on I-5 at the Rose Quarter For more than a year, we and others have been calling out the Oregon Department of Transportation for its
Oregon DOT admits it lied about I-5 safety Read Post »
ODOT hid its plans to build a $3 billion Columbia River Crossing in the Rose Quarter Freeway Widening Environmental Assessment The carefully crafted marketing campaign for the I-5 Rose Quarter Freeway widening project is adamant
There’s a $3 billion bridge hidden in the Rose Quarter Project EA Read Post »
