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Transportation

Report on the Portland June 4th Transportation Roadshow

June 12, 2024 by Lynn Spitaleri Handlin

By Lynn Spitaleri The Oregon State Joint Committee on Transportation is putting on forums around the state from June 4, 2024 through September 27, 2024. The first one was in Portland. The June 4th Roadshow was preceded by … Read more

Tags No More Freeways PDX, Sunrise Movement, Transportation, Youth vs ODOT

Rumble on the River #15: Transportation

April 24, 2024April 10, 2024 by XRPDX

Join us as we discuss Transportation, with an extraordinary line-up of panelists.Thursday May 2, 2024, Info tables 5:30 PM, panel 6:30 PMSt. Andrew Catholic Church806 NE Alberta St., Portland Panel Includes: Abby Griffith: OPAL/Bus Riders Unite! … Read more

Tags Action of the Week, carpools, I-5 freeway widening, No More Freeways PDX, Rumble on the River, safety funding, Transportation

Update: Metro’s Regional Transportation Plan 

December 13, 2023 by XRPDX

Metro’s  Regional Transportation Plan 2023  should be setting us up for a safer, habitable future. Instead, it doubles down on cars by doubling our new roadway spending and cutting transit investment to a third of our … Read more

Tags City of Portland, Metro, Transportation, zany bits

Metro’s Regional Transportation Plan 

November 23, 2023November 8, 2023 by Diana Meisenhelter

Metro’s next Regional Transportation Plan should be setting us up for a safer, habitable future. Instead, it doubles down on cars by doubling our new roadway spending and cutting transit investment to a third of … Read more

Tags Action of the Week, City of Portland, Metro, Transportation

Push back on Metro’s Regional Transportation Plan 

October 25, 2023 by Diana Meisenhelter

XRPDX is working with Portland’s Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) and others on protesting Metro’s proposed Regional Transportation Plan.  The Regional Transportation Plan, or RTP, is a comprehensive document describing all of the planned improvements on public roads … Read more

Tags Transportation

Testimony to Metro Council: Don’t Widen I-5

January 12, 2022 by Lynn Spitaleri Handlin
Youth climate activists with banner: Climate Leaders Don't Widen Freeways

I fully support the kids who are leading this charge… They are fighting for their lives. We should not sacrifice their futures for a temporary small reduction in commute time for some people.

Tags BIPOC, Climate Justice, Congestion pricing, I-5 freeway widening, Transportation, Youth vs ODOT

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