Thread by @nomorefreeways

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

@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…

@OregonDOT @UrbMobilityOfc in all this shitposting it's easy to lose sight that there are real human lives on the line. ODOT's negligence and malfeasance actively harms the most vulnerable road users in our communities.

Then they hire comms staff to go paper over their failures with PR drivel like this

@OregonDOT @UrbMobilityOfc imagine if ODOT actively drew attention to all of the state's failure to fund these crucial safety investments, demanding bigger investment!

instead it's "let's find a way to create some ~content~ to talk about our gigantic billion dollar freeways, who cares if it's accurate"

@OregonDOT @UrbMobilityOfc how many more people will die on @OregonDOT's streets because the agency (and the legislature that funds them) refuse to admit that their transportation spending priorities are antithetical to actually stopping the bloodshed and carnage on our dangerous streets? #orpol #orleg