News Over the past six years, the state of Oregon has handed out $295 million in subsidies to local governments and private companies to help build and repair ports, rail lines and public transit. Th More
The Train To Zero
Union Pacific conceded up front that state subsidies to improve its rails wouldn’t create jobs.
News Over the past six years, the state of Oregon has handed out $295 million in subsidies to local governments and private companies to help build and repair ports, rail lines and public transit. Th More
No Such Thing As Free Coffee
Oregon’s Transportation Department is losing control of rest areas—and the cost of keeping them safe and clean doubles.
News For the Oregon Department of Transportation, February is the cruelest month. Legislators are wrestling with health-care... More
Murmurs: ODOT Backlash and Schaufler Unbowed
Fixing a city charter right out of Dickens.
Murmurs WW reported recently about the Oregon Department of Transportation program that has given Union Pacific—with billions in profits—state subsidies of $24.7 million to fix its own track under the lot More
Gravy Train
Union Pacific has billions in profits. So why is Oregon subsidizing the rail giant?
News When it comes to shipping companies, few are bigger than Union Pacific. The rail giant controls 32,000 miles of track across most of the Western U.S. Last year, the company had profits of $3.3 bil More
The Runaway Bridge Budget
State transportation officials stood by as planning costs for the Interstate 5 Columbia River Crossing ballooned.
News The freeway project Oregon and Washington want to build across the Columbia River has already cost taxpayers $136 million. More
Why the New Grand Avenue/MLK Viaduct Feels Like a Rollercoaster
News Drivers using the newly-finished, $95 million Grand Avenue/MLK Boulevard Viaduct in Southeast Portland—two years behind schedule and about three times the cost of the original estimate—may feel a little like they're on a ride at Oaks Park.The road surface is wavy, and the sections of new sidewalk are visibly out of alignment. But an Oregon Department of Transportation spokesman says the project ... More
Watch the Video: ODOT Makes Promises on CRC—Will It Keep Them?
News As the endless process grinds on around the possible development of a new bridge between Vancouver and Portland, it's sometimes hard to remember who said what to whom about the Columbia River Crossing and when they said it. In the wake of a recent letter from the governors of Oregon and Washington urging the project proceed despite a variety of concerns, David Osborn at the Stop the CRC Coalition ... More
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