"The Interstate Bridge replacement project has always believed it could bully the Coast Guard into approving a much lower fixed span, and its combination of arrogance and hubris have delayed, and once again threaten to kill this project." www.clarkcountytoday.com/opinion/opin...

"There were no surprises with votes and everything went pretty much as planned by Democratic leaders, a sentence I haven’t been able to write about this legislative process since it began back in May." @jonathanmaus.bsky.social bringing the heat #orleg #orpol bikeportland.org/2025/09/30/d...

imagine what we could do with the highway trench through albina if we decided against adding more freeway lanes to it

another world is possible

great stuff from our friends in Minnesota! Which major highways should Oregon study turning into community boulevards?

This is a great short piece worth thinking about when it comes to transportation & urbanism. “We cannot optimise both proximity and mobility. Proximity and Mobility cannot be friends. We settle into one of two worlds: (a) high proximity, low mobility or (b) high mobility, low proximity.”

Show up at city hall tomorrow morning to support @pnwelcome.bsky.social’s Inner Eastside for All campaign. Build homes, not highways!

BikeLoud is planning a series of rides for Monday Sept 29 to Sunday Oct 5! Can YOU make next week a #WeekWithoutDriving? @americawalks.bsky.social @bikeportland.org @strongtownspdx.bsky.social @shift2bikes.bsky.social @ojta.org @nomorefreewayspdx.com @trecpdx.bsky.social @pnwelcome.bsky.social

So excited to share my newest project: Transit Talks! A video series where we talk about transit on transit. I’ll be interviewing elected and other community leaders on the bus! Follow 1000 Friends on Instagram so you don’t miss out. www.instagram.com/reel/DO9K4Mi...

No. via @humantransit.bsky.social

“It’s reckless to embark on this project before you know whether you’re going to get some or any of the billion dollars you’re counting on from the federal government” - @cityobservatory.bsky.social’s Joe Cortright quoted in the @columbian.com www.columbian.com/news/2025/se...

juxtaposition between the state planning to practically lay off every snowplow operator across the mountain passes while the interstate bridge jabronies steamroll forward with a ten billion dollar freeway expansion despite having no money in hand + no coherent design plans is breathtaking

Hope y'all saw the terrific reporting from Anthony Macuk and KGW News on the utter disaster that is the gajillion dollar Interstate Bridge Replacement. www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWwq...

At the communities I’ve highways panel now. Opening statements about how freeways destroyed housing, displaced black communities and it is still happening.

My takeaway from this Sean Duffy letter to the Governor of Maryland is that there's no way in hell they are going to issue a Record of Decision for an Interstate Bridge Replacement that includes light rail. www.transportation.gov/briefing-roo...

A thread today from #yimbytown conference. Walkability comes from both land use and transportation policy. Adding housing to walkable neighborhoods lets more people enjoy walkability, as does making streets better.

just sharing this for no reason

this is so embarrassing www.opb.org/article/2025...

We’re excited to be in Connecticut for @yimbytown.bsky.social but a welcome note from AASHTO at the train station is quite an ominous start

also possibly the most ambitious mass displacement / housing destruction event in American history - just impossible to wrap your brain around the scale of decades of consequences of the federal government paying cities to destroy so many homes of so many Black and brown communities

if you're at @yimbytown.bsky.social, say hi, i'll share some @pnwelcome.bsky.social/@nomorefreewayspdx.com buttons 11am Sun "We're Winning the Housing Fight + Losing the Transportation Fight. Why?" 10am Tues "YIMBY Case for Freeway Fighting: Reimagining Highways for Pro-Homes Advocates" #yimbytown

This is tomorrow!

Finally the two sides meet in the media. ODOT’s fiscal irresponsibility has been a progressive talking point for years, and now the center/right/conservatives are using it too as ODOT comes under unprecedented scrutiny ahead of special session.

Nice of the Oregonian to cite NMF co-founder and @cityobservatory.bsky.social’s Joe Cortright in their Sunday editorial chastising ODOT’s lack of accountability for spending www.oregonlive.com/opinion/2025...

No more $$ for @oregondot.bsky.social big budget busting, traffic inducing highway mega projects @bikeportland.org @nomorefreewayspdx.com @usa.streetsblog.org @tinakotek.bsky.social www.wweek.com/news/2025/08...

Hope you had a chance to check out @wweek.com's interview of @cityobservatory.bsky.social's Joe Cortright. Is anyone in the Governor's Office or the Oregon Legislature willing to hold ODOT accountable? #orleg #orpol www.wweek.com/news/2025/08...

Inner Eastside for All Ride Sat, Aug 16 Meet 1pm, Roll 1:30 Colonel Summers Park End: Ankeny & 28th Rainbow Plaza) to eat & chat about allowing more people to live in our most bike friendly neighborhoods. with @pnwelcome.bsky.social @strongtownspdx.bsky.social www.shift2bikes.org/calendar/eve...

"National transportation reform advocates, though, argue that stories like Wilson's are just one example of how voters across the country are embracing candidates who pledge bold action to make transportation safer, more affordable, and less reliant on automobiles — and rejecting those who don't."

Seems like city staff are scared of one meeting with bike folks, after dozens and dozens of secret meetings with undisclosed group of … some unknown other people

Milwaukee tore out their urban freeways to make room for more housing Portland wants to spend billions doubling the width of I-5 through North Portland. #orleg #orpol

Absolutely maddening watching people testify in favor of a massive freeway expansion because their commute sucks, apparently not realizing that they thing they're testifying in favor of >will not improve their commute<.

Greg Johnson claims IBR is needed to fight congestion, based on 2019 data claiming 143,000 weekday vehicles: New ODOT data show 2024 volume is 127,000 AWDT, >10% lower. Traffic & commuting have changed dramatically since COVID, which IBR fails to address. cityobservatory.org/ibr_ignores_...

Rep. Susan McLain falsely testifies to City IBR will improve the climate: "Climate was a filter we put everything through"--In fact, the Interstate Bridge Project plans for a 25% increase in driving, when state law and regional plans call for a 12% decrease. cityobservatory.org/ibr-contradi...

"Placemaking"

This morning the Transportation & Infrastructure Committee will cover some housekeeping and then receive presentations on the Interstate Bridge Replacement Program! We will hear from @nomorefreewayspdx.com and Mayor McErny-Ogle from Vancouver, Washington. www.portland.gov/council/agen...

“representative mcclain, I’m glad you found a parking spot” — real words just spoken when introducing a state rep who’s about to speak in favor of a freeway expansion to the city council

Good morning! The City of Portland's Transportation and Infrastructure Committee is meeting today at 9:30 to get a presentation about the Interstate Bridge Replacement. No More Freeways and the Just Crossing Alliance will be testifying about our concerns. Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_c_...

oh hey that’s @nomorefreewayspdx.com song

This thread is well worth your time.

sure sounds familiar bsky.app/profile/jswa...

"It is nonsensical to waste money spreading more pavement when we are failing to find adequate funds for maintenance." we missed this great letter by @aortarail.org's Dan McFarlane, published in the Oregonian last week: www.oregonlive.com/opinion/2025...

imagine a future with no more freeways

Hey @pbotinfo.bsky.social, remove freeways, not diverters 🗣️🗣️🗣️

"Lawyer claims groundbreaking for I-5 Rose Quarter project would be illegal" Thanks to @bikeportland.org for the coverage. Is ODOT going to break the law starting a gajillion dollar freeway expansion without the money in hand to pay for it? #orleg #orpol bikeportland.org/2025/08/06/l...

Joe Cortright bringin' the heat

This is insane. Forcing local governments to subsidize state government ...

"As Oregon lawmakers prepare to return for a special session focused on transportation, the Rose Quarter and other high-profile projects are on the back burner." www.opb.org/article/2025...

"The real financial crisis is ODOT’s excessive spending and dramatic cost overruns on a handful of billion-dollar-a-mile highway expansion projects." @cityobservatory.bsky.social's Joe Cortright published an op-ed in the Sunday @oregonian.com: #orleg #orpol www.oregonlive.com/opinion/2025...

Remember two months ago when Oregon’s Republican legislators hired some highway building consultants to come up with an “ODOT accountability plan” with the top recommendation of “ODOT should just hire more consultants” despite decades of evidence that’s why ODOT was so damn wasteful? #orpol #orleg