Here’s how to make the $7.5 billion IBR project suck less
The bike facility is clearly inadequate and won’t attract riders unless key changes are made.
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Oregonians struggle to comment on Interstate Bridge project due to ‘make believe’ traffic data
“How are we supposed to understand the environmental impacts when there’s nothing in there we can believe?”
Catching up on the Interstate Bridge freeway project with Je Amaechi (Video)
What activists are thinking as we dive into the draft environmental impact statement.
Podcast: The fight for a ‘right sized’ Interstate Bridge project
A boost in the arm for the “Right Size” coalition.
Advocates push ‘right size, right now’ message to lawmakers in Salem
Today’s many conversations should go a long way to help awaken legislators from their slumber.
Guest Opinion: Freeway fight moves to Salem and we need you!
Fighting freeway expansion is a marathon, not a sprint, but right now we need to sprint to Salem.
Just Crossing Alliance gains momentum for I-5 freeway fight at first fundraising party
There’s one vital ingredient needed to influence the debate around a multi-billion dollar effort to expand I-5 between Portland and Vancouver: Money. Last night in a shaded backyard in the Creston-Kenilworth neighborhood, well over 100 people gathered for a house party that raised thousands of dollars for the Just Crossing Alliance, an upstart coalition of … Read more
Skeptics fear Interstate Bridge will be too high for bikers and walkers
In response to climate and transportation activists who are wary of expanding I-5, both Interstate Bridge Replacement Program (IBRP) leadership and politicians who voted ‘aye’ on the project have gestured to a consolation prize. IBRP planners – correctly – point out that the current bridge is unfriendly to people using active transportation, given the small … Read more
