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No More Freeways @nomorefreewayspdx.com · 6d

a little girl is asking why not both while standing in a kitchen .

ALT: a little girl is asking why not both while standing in a kitchen .

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No More Freeways @nomorefreewayspdx.com · 7d

"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...

Opinion: A bridge too short, again - ClarkCountyToday.com

Joe Cortright argues the I-5 Bridge replacement faces the same Coast Guard clearance issues that doomed the Columbia River Crossing, risking delays and federal funding.

www.clarkcountytoday.com

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No More Freeways @nomorefreewayspdx.com · 7d

otoh, if they keep failing to raise money, all the freeway expansions are hosed

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No More Freeways @nomorefreewayspdx.com · 7d

"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...

Democrats pass anemic transportation bill as Republicans grandstand to bitter end

It's not the transportation bill any Oregon Democrats wanted, but it's the only one they could pass.

bikeportland.org

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pumpkin spice amb 🎃 @amb.fyi · 8d

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

Melissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife.com · 8d

In the heart of Seoul, a ribbon of water now threads through where an expanse of asphalt once stood. The Cheonggyecheon Stream restoration, which replaced a major elevated motorway with an ecological and recreational corridor, has become a powerful case study in placemaking and traffic evaporation.🧵

Nighttime photos of the Cheonggyecheon Stream in Downtown Seoul, a former motorway restored into a linear park with wide footpaths, terraced seating, accented lighting, and abundant greenery.

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No More Freeways @nomorefreewayspdx.com · 9d

another world is possible

Jason Thorne @jasonthorne.bsky.social · 10d

A former expressway. Now a place for an evening stroll. Nighttime on the Cheonggyecheon River in Seoul.

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No More Freeways @nomorefreewayspdx.com · 12d

great stuff from our friends in Minnesota!

Which major highways should Oregon study turning into community boulevards?

Our Streets @ourstreetsmn.org · 14d

Last week, we published a report outlining three roadway design concepts to consider for the future of the Olson Memorial Highway.

www.ourstreetsmn.org/2025/09/17/n...

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Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 14d

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.”

What we mean be high proximity/low mobility verses high mobility/low proximity.

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No More Freeways @nomorefreewayspdx.com · 14d

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

Portland: Neighbors Welcome @pnwelcome.bsky.social · 17d

Portland, it's time to show up for more homes for our neighbors! We are excited that housing champion and Portland: Neighbors Welcome founding board member @candaceavalos.bsky.social will be a special guest at our rally outside of City Hall at 8:45AM on September 25th.

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BikeLoudPDX @bikeloudpdx.bsky.social · 14d

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

Cathy Tuttle @cathytuttle.bsky.social · 14d

Not everyone can choose to drive a car.

#WeekWithoutDriving starts next Monday Sep. 29-Oct. 5

Join the national movement❤️ Bring along your friends❤️ Get local leaders involved❤️

And please consider donating in support of @americawalks.bsky.social Accessible Communities For All❤️ ➡️ buff.ly/EO1sMxc

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If you can drive or afford a car, you may not understand what it’s like to rely on walking, rolling, transit and asking for rides. But for nearly a third of people living in the United States – people with disabilities, young people, seniors and people who can’t afford cars or gas – this is our every day.
We created the Week Without Driving experience so that those who have the option to drive can learn firsthand about the barriers and challenges that nondrivers face and work with nondrivers to create more accessible communities for all.

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cassie @wilsonxcassie.bsky.social · 15d

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...

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Edward Russell @byerussell.com · 14d

No.

via @humantransit.bsky.social

Should We Let Public Transit Die?

Urban-rural hostility is fueling a public transportation crisis in US cities. But demands to abandon bus and train riders ignore the economic and social costs of cutting service.

www.bloomberg.com

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No More Freeways @nomorefreewayspdx.com · 15d

“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...

I-5 Bridge replacement slogs through permitting as costs rise

The torturously slow pace and increasingly expensive price to replace the Interstate 5 bridge across the Columbia River have some Oregon and Washington lawmakers growing uneasy and frustrated.

www.columbian.com

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pumpkin spice amb 🎃 @amb.fyi · 16d

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

No More Freeways @nomorefreewayspdx.com · 16d

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...

Interstate Bridge Replacement project held up by federal delays, leaving lawmakers anxious

YouTube video by KGW News

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No More Freeways @nomorefreewayspdx.com · 16d

3. The cost of the bridge is definitely going up, likely to $9-10 billion. At the same time the US DOT funds are very, very much in doubt. IBR hasn't even applied for the $1 billion for light rail, and IBR could lose existing $2.1 billion federal grants if they don't start by next Sept.
#orpol

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No More Freeways @nomorefreewayspdx.com · 16d

2. The Coast Guard has long insisted that it needs 178 feet of navigation clearance--IBR is hoping it can apply political pressure to USCG to approve the fixed span, but that is looking increasingly less likely.

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No More Freeways @nomorefreewayspdx.com · 16d

1. IBR is in danger of failing to meet the needed deadlines for completing its EIS and getting a Record of Decision.

yikes!

#orleg #orpol

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No More Freeways @nomorefreewayspdx.com · 16d

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...

Interstate Bridge Replacement project held up by federal delays, leaving lawmakers anxious

YouTube video by KGW News

www.youtube.com

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America Walks @americawalks.bsky.social · 22d

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

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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 19d

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...

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America Walks @americawalks.bsky.social · 24d

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.

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No More Freeways @nomorefreewayspdx.com · 21d

just sharing this for no reason

Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 21d

If you're not happy with how the state transportation system is being planned and implemented, I'm not saying you shouldn't be mad at WSDOT...but you should be more mad at the state legislature.

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No More Freeways @nomorefreewayspdx.com · 21d

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

Vote on a transportation funding bill is likely to be delayed again, extending Oregon’s special session

Democrats had been planning for a Wednesday vote, but a key senator is still too unwell to attend.

www.opb.org

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No More Freeways @nomorefreewayspdx.com · 26d

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

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pumpkin spice amb 🎃 @amb.fyi · 27d

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

Nilo @nilo.bsky.social · 29d

Really the most ambitious transportation project in human history in a very real way.

Patrick Kennedy [Undo Damage] @humanecosystem.bsky.social · Aug 15

INTERLUDE:
DYK: 1/10th of US interstate highway system was built through the center of cities, costing half of the well over budget program. For the amount spent on these highways, we could have built the equivalent of 36 Paris Metro systems at the cost of Montreal's initial subway lines in 1960s.

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