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May 18, 2021 • 5 tweets • 8 min read • Read on X
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"Let's be honest - the history of urban freeways in America is insidious." @MoveMpls' @MaryMorseMarti #Road2RuinSummit
@MoveMpls @MaryMorseMarti .@BethOsborneT4A shares information from @T4America's Congestion Con document; cities that increased freeway miles yet did not increase poluation still spent more time in congestion anyway. Induced demand is real! #Road2RuinSummit
@MoveMpls @MaryMorseMarti @BethOsborneT4A @T4America Regan Patterson (@Regan_Felice) giving the run down on just how abysmally unhealthy air pollution from cars and diesel trucks can be - especially for children. #Road2RuinSummit
@MoveMpls @MaryMorseMarti @BethOsborneT4A @T4America @Regan_Felice Just the coolest, most thoughtful and urgent stuff from Keith Baker and Reconnect Rondo, showing the theft of intergenerational wealth that directly targeted Black Minnesotans in St Paul with the construction of I-94. "We can quantify the loss." #Road2RuinSummit
@MoveMpls @MaryMorseMarti @BethOsborneT4A @T4America @Regan_Felice "We don't just need freeway mitigation - we need freeway removal...they are not equivelent. Mitigation keeps the macro problems in place" @IanLockwoodPE #Road2RuinSummit

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Jun 20, 2023
might be time to make a list of all of the requested investments that *didn't* get funding from the GO Bonds from the state legislature because we gave $250m for the Interstate Bridge Replacement.

first up, a $45m health and recreation center at OSU-Cascades near Bend
transportation advocates had requested $50m for fixing up SW Hall Boulevard in Tigard, $100m for ODOT's Great Streets program and were angling for $30m for SE Powell too.

in christmas tree bill there's only $1m for Great Streets, $3m for Hall.

#orleg

olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Dow… Image
doesn't appear to be any money for Bridge of the Gods, either. Another bridge over the Columbia River sorely in need of seismic retrofit. Helluva lot cheaper, too

columbiagorgenews.com/news/funds-sou…
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Jun 19, 2023
MAJOR ACTION ALERT

IBR freeway lobbyists snuck in language asking for A FULL BILLION DOLLARS (not the $250m originally floated) in general obligation bonds for a BILL GETTING VOTED OUT OF COMMITTEE TOMORROW.

We'll have an action alert up ASAP, all hands on deck! #orleg #orpol
the bill is HB 5005, the omnibus General Obligation Bond bill. We're going to be asking you to email legislators to remove Sections 5-7 which allocate $250m of bonding in 2025, 2027 and 2029.

that's not highway money - that's general money that should be going to schools/housing “SECTION 5. In addition to ...
This is ODOT's backroom deal.

Despite overwhelming opposition from the public towards giving the agency a blank check for this big freeway, and significant support for right-sizing this bridge, freeway lobbyists snuck this language into HB 5005: #orleg

olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Mea…
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Jun 7, 2023
lol, @OregonDOT/@UrbMobilityOfc out here celebrating "national safety month" by showing a photo of the gigantic fucking freeway expansion they are building in clackamas that is robbing the state of money to fix ODOT's actually lethal dangerous streets. complete propaganda #orleg screenshot if the I-205 imp...
@OregonDOT @UrbMobilityOfc seriously, do they have no shame? traffic fatalities are skyrocketing across the state, in large part because @OregonDOT spends all their money on freeways and doesn't fix TV Highway, Se Powell, McLoughlin.

guess hiding that is the point of hiring glitzy PR consultants! #orleg
@OregonDOT @UrbMobilityOfc maybe instead of patting themselves on the back for rebranding massive freeway projects as "safety investments" @OregonDOT should prioritize investments in our orphan highways? #orleg

portlandtribune.com/news/womans-de…
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Nov 22, 2022
Over 30 comments submitted today in opposition to @OregonDOT's proposed $1.45 billion rose quarter freeway expansion!

We'll be sharing some of the best comments in the weeks ahead.

Submit yours at nomorefreewayspdx.com/lidsnotlanes This is not my first commen...
@OregonDOT "Please please please, stop making more room for cars, our kids literally can't breathe. It's not worth it, they are worth more than this."

nomorefreewayspdx.com/lidsnotlanes My 4-year-old kid just got ...
@OregonDOT "The science used to support freeway expansions is inaccurate and outdated and should be reevaluated. Portland has seen a record high of vehicular violence in the last year."

nomorefreewayspdx.com/lidsnotlanes : I am writing today to dem...
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May 18, 2021
ok, buckle up, folks. We're about to get started w/ the Rose Quarter Freeway Expansion joint meeting of the Executive Steering Committee, Historic Albina Advisory Board, and the Community Advisory Oversight Committee.

starts at 4, we'll be livetweeting
to our knowledge, it's the first time the ESC (largely elected officials) the HAAB (Albina community members) and the COAC (contractors) have all met on same meeting

ODOT's been rumored to be intending to use this meeting to push back on community groups calling for better caps
We share the opinions of our pals at City Observatory:
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Feb 24, 2021
The documents @oregondot didn't want you to see:

NMF asked ODOT repeatedly over last few months about the freeway width. ODOT lied, and repeatedly said if we wanted to know more, we'd need to do a FOIA.

Unbeknownst to them, we already did a FOIA, and knew they were lying:
@OregonDOT First document is from 2017; 2nd is from 2019. It took *months* of FOIA efforts to get our hands on these very basic documents showing what @oregondot intends to build in the Albina neighborhood.

It shouldn't take months of legal posturing to find out what ODOT intends to build
@OregonDOT .@Joe_Cortright testified to the OTC about the freeway width in November.

OTC directed ODOT staff to meet with Joe, who asked point blank about the width.

ODOT's response, a month later?

"uhhh look at the EA. that's the width. file a FOIA if you wanna know more."
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