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

https://twitter.com/TheGaryWarner/status/1671200750574370816

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…

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

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

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 @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

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

"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

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

Another day, another round of public testimony to an ODOT advisory committee!

Tune in shortly to hear No More Freeways, Tubman students at @SunrisePDX advocates testify to ODOT's Historic Albina Advisory Committee:

@SunrisePDX we're underway! testimony about to begin shortly. Tune in, should be good stuff.