
Replacing the I-5 Interstate Bridge Is Not a Solution for Anything
By John A. Charles, Jr. Over the next four weeks, the Oregon legislature…
Read Blog DetailBy John A. Charles, Jr. Over the next four weeks, the Oregon legislature…
Read Blog DetailBy John A. Charles, Jr. Over the next five weeks, the Oregon legislature…
Read Blog DetailBy Eric Fruits, Ph.D. In about 18 months, Portland-area drivers will be paying…
Read Blog DetailEric Fruits, Ph.D.Cascade Policy Institute Submitted to theOregon Department of TransportationApril 6, 2023…
Read Blog DetailBy Eric Fruits, Ph.D. In about 18 months, Portland-area drivers will be paying…
Read Blog DetailBy John A. Charles, Jr. In 2017, when the Oregon Legislature authorized a…
Read Blog DetailBy Eric Fruits, Ph.D. Last week’s snowstorm was more than a snow-pocalypse, it…
Read Blog DetailBy Eric Fruits, Ph.D. This next week is going to be a big…
Read Blog DetailBy Eric Fruits, Ph.D. What do spy balloons, a state liquor scandal, and…
Read Blog DetailBy Eric Fruits, Ph.D. At the end of last year, the Oregon Environmental…
Read Blog DetailBy Eric Fruits, Ph.D. “We got a full tank of gas, half a…
Read Blog DetailBy Eric Fruits, Ph.D. ‘Tis the season for holiday wishes. And, toward that…
Read Blog DetailBy Eric Fruits, Ph.D. If the Oregon Department of Transportation has its way,…
Read Blog DetailBy Eric Fruits, Ph.D. It’s the day after Election Day and the votes…
Read Blog DetailBy Eric Fruits, Ph.D “What’s the one thing you’d do to fix Oregon?”…
Read Blog DetailBy Mia Tiwana Portland City Council is trying its best to bring electric…
Read Blog DetailBy Eric Fruits, Ph.D. Are you ready to pay a toll to cross…
Read Blog DetailBy Taylor Marks Over-promised and under-delivered. Throughout its 18-year life, TriMet’s Yellow Line…
Read Blog DetailMay 19, 2022 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contacts:Micah PerryOffice: (503) 242-0900Mobile: (303) [email protected]…
Read Blog DetailBy Micah Perry For years, Portland residents have dealt with homeless individuals parking…
Read Blog DetailBy Micah Perry The Oregon Transportation Commission recently decided how to allocate $412…
Read Blog DetailBy Eric Fruits, Ph.D. With the retirement of Bob Stacey earlier this month,…
Read Blog DetailBy John A . Charles, Jr.TO: Metro Transportation Planning DepartmentFM: John A. Charles,…
Read Blog DetailBy Rachel Dawson Oregon elected officials and appointed staff love to claim they…
Read Blog DetailBy Eric Fruits, Ph.D. Apparently, “COVID time” is a real thing. A week…
Read Blog DetailLight rail has problems with reliability despite massive government funding. By Stew Robertson…
Read Blog DetailThe “No More Freeways” mantra is extending Portland’s worst bottleneck By Vlad Yurlov…
Read Blog DetailThe Portland metro region tried everything to reduce automobile reliance. It’s time to…
Read Blog DetailBy John A. Charles, Jr. President Trump is not the only one refusing…
Read Blog DetailBy Rachel Dawson Where are all the electric cars in Oregon? If you…
Read Blog DetailBy Rachel Dawson Want to help a low-income individual prosper economically? Give them…
Read Blog DetailBy Vlad Yurlov Metro is expected to spend over $1.4 billion this fiscal…
Read Blog DetailOregon’s Business Community Is Challenging the $7.8 Billion Measure By Vlad Yurlov After…
Read Blog DetailBy John A. Charles, Jr. Last month, the Metro Council voted to send…
Read Blog DetailBy Eric Fruits, Ph.D. On July 24th, the New York Times ran a…
Read Blog DetailBy Rachel Dawson TriMet’s weekly system boardings were down 68% in May compared…
Read Blog DetailBy Eric Fruits, Ph.D. While much of the region is stuck at home…
Read Blog DetailBy Rachel Dawson When it comes to commuting during COVID-19, private vehicles are…
Read Blog DetailBy Eric Fruits, Ph.D. Last week, the Oregon Transportation Commission took a significant…
Read Blog DetailMarch 9, 2020 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: John A. Charles, Jr. (503)…
Read Blog DetailBy John A. Charles, Jr. After eight years of bragging that the proposed…
Read Blog DetailBy Rachel Dawson The Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT), the agency charged with…
Read Blog DetailBy Eric Fruits, Ph.D. “It’s time to get this done!” Governor Kate Brown…
Read Blog DetailBy Rachel Dawson Oregon state officials recently celebrated helping the state reach 25,000…
Read Blog DetailBy Rachel Dawson Is it possible to spend billions of dollars on transportation…
Read Blog DetailBy Eric Fruits, Ph.D. How did you get to work today? If you’re…
Read Blog DetailBy Rachel Dawson TriMet has proven time and again that it is unable…
Read Blog DetailBy Rachel Dawson Portland hasn’t seen 50 road fatalities since 1996. With 43…
Read Blog DetailBy Rachel Dawson TriMet’s MAX Yellow Line first opened 15 years ago in…
Read Blog DetailBy Rachel Dawson TriMet may have found a better alternative to the proposed…
Read Blog DetailBy Rachel Dawson Portland’s temporary gas tax should stay just that: temporary. Portland…
Read Blog DetailBy Eric Fruits, Ph.D. “Good in theory, bad in practice.” Sure, it’s a…
Read Blog DetailBy Rachel Dawson TriMet unveiled five new battery-electric buses (BEBs) in April 2019,…
Read Blog DetailBy John A. Charles, Jr. TriMet recently marked the ten-year anniversary of the…
Read Blog DetailBy Micah Perry Driving around Portland could get a lot more expensive. The…
Read Blog DetailBy John A. Charles, Jr. Portland-area motorists who have to regularly cross the…
Read Blog DetailBy John A. Charles, Jr. Portland politicians claim to be concerned about carbon…
Read Blog DetailBy John A. Charles. Jr. Executive Summary Portland has an international reputation for…
Read Blog DetailJune 6, 2019 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: John A. Charles, Jr. 503-242-0900…
Read Blog DetailBy Miranda Bonifield TriMet recently announced its first “zero-emission” bus is ready to…
Read Blog DetailBy Eric Fruits, Ph.D. I’ve got a big family, which means we do…
Read Blog DetailBy John A. Charles, Jr. The Portland regional government known as Metro recently…
Read Blog DetailBy Eric Fruits, Ph.D. After teaching an evening class at Portland State University,…
Read Blog DetailBy Miranda Bonifield TriMet’s ridership has been steadily declining in recent years, to…
Read Blog DetailBy Justus Armstrong The Oregon Department of Transportation recently published its Tier 1…
Read Blog DetailFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: John A. Charles, Jr. 503-242-0900 [email protected] PORTLAND, Ore….
Read Blog DetailA Proposal for a Pilot Project By Eric Fruits, Ph.D. Summary and recommendation…
Read Blog DetailBy John A. Charles, Jr. Many Portland drivers probably wonder why there are…
Read Blog DetailBy John A. Charles, Jr. The TriMet board recently voted to replace the…
Read Blog DetailBy Justus Armstrong ABC’s Shark Tank may be coming to the Portland region—not…
Read Blog DetailBy John A. Charles, Jr. The TriMet Board recently approved a plan to…
Read Blog DetailBy Jakob Puckett Oregonians have a proud tradition of giving back to distinguished…
Read Blog DetailBy Jakob Puckett Do you need to be protected from your own judgment?…
Read Blog DetailBy Rachel Dawson Decreasing ridership paired with increasing costs makes for a bad…
Read Blog DetailBy John A. Charles, Jr. Oregon employers began receiving notices this week regarding…
Read Blog DetailBy Scott Shepard and John A. Charles, Jr. The Oregon legislature recently adjourned…
Read Blog DetailBy John A. Charles, Jr. February marked the nine-year anniversary of the Westside…
Read Blog DetailBy John A. Charles, Jr. February marked the nine-year anniversary of the Westside…
Read Blog DetailBy John A. Charles, Jr. The Oregon legislature recently adjourned and once again…
Read Blog DetailBy Scott Shepard and John A. Charles, Jr. The Oregon Legislature is currently…
Read Blog DetailBy Scott Shepard Scott Shepard is a lawyer and was a visiting law…
Read Blog DetailBy John A. Charles, Jr. TriMet has been recruiting a new General Manager…
Read Blog DetailBy John A. Charles, Jr. The Oregon Legislature convened again this week. A…
Read Blog DetailBy John A. Charles, Jr. The Oregon Department of Transportation is hosting three…
Read Blog DetailBy John A. Charles, Jr. In November the regional government, Metro, released the…
Read Blog DetailBy John A. Charles, Jr. Earlier this year the state legislature passed a…
Read Blog DetailBy Jessica Miller Portland has a longstanding history of attempting to socially engineer…
Read Blog DetailBy John A. Charles, Jr. Some members of the Oregon Legislature think you…
Read Blog DetailBy John A. Charles, Jr. Last week the TriMet Board adopted a budget…
Read Blog DetailBy John A. Charles, Jr. Earlier this week the Oregon House of Representatives…
Read Blog DetailBy John A. Charles, Jr. Oregon stopped building new highways in 1983 when…
Read Blog DetailBy John A. Charles, Jr. The Portland Auditor released the 2016 Annual Community…
Read Blog DetailBy Lydia White It’s not news that free-market visionaries provide better service than…
Read Blog DetailBy John A. Charles, Jr. TriMet and Metro are promoting the idea of…
Read Blog DetailSeptember 5 marked the official 30th anniversary of the opening of TriMet’s light…
Read Blog DetailStudy Finds That Transportation Funding Should Be a State and Local Responsibility May…
Read Blog DetailRecently TriMet announced that after two years of planning for an expensive new…
Read Blog DetailThe U.S. Department of Transportation announced this week that Portland is one of…
Read Blog DetailTriMet’s ridership is declining and its level of fixed-route service is lower today…
Read Blog DetailTriMet is currently seeking new spending authority in SB 1510 to help finance…
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