Let’s talk about the I-5 freeway cap
Funding of the caps has set into motion a fascinating discussion about the future of the Rose Quarter.
I-5 Rose Quarter Project
Rose Quarter project keeps rolling as FHWA gives green light
Everything coming up roses for ODOT — except for the part where they want to expand I-5.
I-5 caps and Broadway ‘civic main street’ projects funded with $488 million federal grants
Everything about this project is wildly popular – except for the freeway widening part.
‘This is not okay’: Black committee members respond to Rose Quarter funding shortfall at emotional meeting
Years of promises and work to rebuild trust hangs in the balance.
Funding picture for ODOT’s Rose Quarter freeway expansion looks bleak
Funding a project that will make the neighborhood stronger seems to be much more popular than funding one that would do the opposite.
PBOT comments on I-5 Rose Quarter project reveal tension around obscure, yet pivotal, policy
Given rising disagreements, it’s time to learn more about Multimodal Mixed-use Areas.
PBOT says state’s I-5 Rose Quarter project ‘is not there yet’
Warner’s letter is informed by major concerns shared with him by PBOT’s modal advisory committees.
PBOT staffer urged volunteer advisory committee to edit letter on controversial project
Regardless of PBOT’s intent here, the episode has left a bad taste in the mount of many committee members.
Portlanders speak out against I-5 expansion at ‘People’s Public Hearing’
The nonprofit group asked for a public hearing, but ODOT said no. So NMF held their own.
Portland’s bicycle and pedestrian advisory committees raise grave warnings about I-5 Rose Quarter project
Despite the City of Portland’s attempts to calm them down, the city’s bicycle and pedestrian advisory committees remain deeply concerned about the I-5 Rose Quarter Project. The controversial, $1.4 billion Oregon Department of Transportation project that seeks to widen I-5 through Portland’s central city and build a large cover over freeway traffic in order to … Read more
Activists work to take advantage of I-5 Rose Quarter comment period
No More Freeways has created a public comment generator site that feeds directly into ODOT’s records.
ODOT opens comment period for I-5 Rose Quarter, and activists seize the moment
“ODOT is using these sleights of hand to hide the fact that they don’t want to study an alternative that does not add additional lanes of freeway into the neighborhood.” -Aaron Brown, No More Freeways The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) has released the long-awaited Supplemental Environmental Assessment (SEA) for its I-5 Rose Quarter expansion … Read more