Portland and Oregon leaders shouldn’t commit to a $5-billion project without an investment grade analysis (IGA) of toll revenues.
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The Oregon DOT has experienced massive cost overruns on all of its largest construction projects…and has systematically concealed and understated the frequency and scale of those cost overruns.
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When the pandemic shut down our town, I realized how much I'd taken for granted the neighbors who showed up every day to make our community work.
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Widening freeways is no way to promote equity.
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Let’s step back and evaluate the status of some recent, high-profile zoning reforms.
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Next month, the Portland Metro government is being asked to approve $36 million in additional funds for further planning of a massive freeway project. It should say no.
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Oregon’s Department of Transportation is making phony claims that widening highways reduces pollution. Here’s why they’re wrong.
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ODOT has resorted to some truly cheap and deceptive marketing tactics to promote their new freeway-widening project.
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Here’s a roundup of five highway boondoggles that are threatening neighborhoods right now in the U.S. Think of it as a hall of shame.
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The inequities in the tax assessment system are national. But the solutions will have to come from the bottom-up.
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The Oregon Department of Transportation has been authorized to issue revenue bonds to finance potentially billions of dollars of highway widening projects.
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Why do some cities make it so hard to find shade…or create your own?
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A malignant legacy lives on through a recent bill proposed in Oregon.
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Why do predictions of “Carmageddon” so often fail to materialize? Recent lane reductions on a major bridge in Portland may hold answers, if we pay attention.
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Don’t underestimate the power of kindness in building stronger, more resilient cities. Its true strength is proven in crisis—as in Oregon’s recent wildfires.
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Big data and new technology make bold promises about solving urban problems. Not only do they fall well short of solutions, but can actually make things worse.
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Portland, Oregon has joined the ranks of cities ending their apartment bans and allowing the next increment of residential development everywhere. Here’s a run-down of why they just might have passed the best such policy yet.
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If we’re willing to learn, this experiment shows us how to fight congestion and get a more efficient transportation system.
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The Oregon Department of Transportation’s lies about safety are so blatant they can be seen 400 miles away.
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Today’s trendiest neighborhood will be tomorrow’s old news. Should this matter to a Strong Towns advocate?
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