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.
Funding of the caps has set into motion a fascinating discussion about the future of the Rose Quarter.
Everything coming up roses for ODOT — except for the part where they want to expand I-5.
Everything about this project is wildly popular – except for the freeway widening part.
Years of promises and work to rebuild trust hangs in the balance.
Funding a project that will make the neighborhood stronger seems to be much more popular than funding one that would do the opposite.
Given rising disagreements, it’s time to learn more about Multimodal Mixed-use Areas.
Warner’s letter is informed by major concerns shared with him by PBOT’s modal advisory committees.
Regardless of PBOT’s intent here, the episode has left a bad taste in the mount of many committee members.
The nonprofit group asked for a public hearing, but ODOT said no. So NMF held their own.
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
No More Freeways has created a public comment generator site that feeds directly into ODOT’s records.
“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