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TriMet lobbies for more freeways in a misguided ‘fix’ for Portland congestion

We don’t need your congestion solutions. Signed, Portland.

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February 22, 2017

Michael Andersen (Contributor)

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Even in suburban Oregon, drive-alone trips are a shrinking share of new commutes

The Portland metro area seems to have already discovered how to slow the growth of traffic congestion.

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May 17, 2016

Michael Andersen (Contributor)

106 Comments


As Portland’s biking stagnation continues, it faces an unfamiliar problem: more congestion

Portlanders have started noticing something they haven’t been accustomed to for a decade.

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August 19, 2015

Michael Andersen (Contributor)

200 Comments


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More biking = better driving. So why isn’t this said more often?

One passage has a twinge of unfamiliarity in Portland’s transportation conversation these days.

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July 29, 2015

Michael Andersen (Contributor)

57 Comments


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