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Editorial: Councilors’ blind faith in ODOT is a perilous political strategy

It’s time to try and set the record straight

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April 30, 2025

Jonathan Maus (Publisher/Editor)

42 Comments


Guest Opinion: What you’ve heard about the Interstate Bridge Replacement project is false

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May 11, 2022

Guest Opinion

25 Comments


Remember to take ODOT’s congestion pricing survey

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May 5, 2022

Taylor Griggs

15 Comments


Colorado’s new transportation reform rules could serve as an example for Oregon

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December 28, 2021

Taylor Griggs

40 Comments


Opinion: Portland’s scooter success exposes stark double standard

Maybe it’s time to critically appraise the failed, 110-year experiment with cars.

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January 18, 2019

Joe Cortright

133 Comments


2017 Year-in-review: More driving, more dying

If people drove fewer miles, we’d save more lives.

joe cortrightvision zero

January 18, 2018

Joe Cortright

80 Comments


Guest post: The death of Flint Street, one of Portland’s major bike routes

All in the name of a wider I-5.

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December 18, 2017

Joe Cortright

41 Comments


Planned widening of I-5 at the Rose Quarter is Portland’s next big freeway fight

All signs point to a robust debate.

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August 29, 2017

Jonathan Maus (Publisher/Editor)

148 Comments


Oregon’s climate change hypocrisy on full display in transportation bill debate

The climate doesn’t care about your politics.

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June 9, 2017

Jonathan Maus (Publisher/Editor)

142 Comments


Guest opinion: ODOT management audit misleads, omits key facts

“An audit that fails to acknowledge and document the agencies failures cannot provide any practical advice on how to prevent their recurrence.”

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February 1, 2017

Joe Cortright

34 Comments


Active Transportation Summit dispatch: Vision Zero and the myth of freight

The summit kicked off with talk of reforming government, freight myths, and street safety.

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March 14, 2016

Jonathan Maus (Publisher/Editor)

12 Comments


Guest article: How should Portland pay for streets?

1. Don’t tax houses to subsidize cars.

joe cortrightStreet Fee Proposal

January 9, 2015

Michael Andersen (Contributor)

122 Comments


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