transportation policy
Portland’s War on Cars 1: Losing the War on the Automobile
by Randal O’Toole Introduction to the series: Portland’s War on Cars By Naomi Inman This July, Cascade published a new report by adjunct scholar Randal O’Toole, “The Portland Transportation Disaster: The High Cost of Anti…
Cascade Questions Evidence Behind Metro’s War on Cars
Cascade President John A. Charles, Jr. Submits Testimony to Metro Council on its Transportation Demand Management Strategy and the 82nd Avenue Transit Project. Cascade President, John A. Charles, Jr. delivered pointed…
Transportation – Cascade Policy Institute
Driving new ideas for better Oregon roads. For at least the last 50 years, much of the U.S. transport economy has been characterized by government monopolies and private-sector cartels (such as taxi operations), administered…
Shrinking 82nd Avenue: John Charles Responds to Tyler Frisbee
By John A. Charles, Jr. At TriMet’s December 10 board meeting, director Tyler Frisbee lectured attendees on the need for 82nd Avenue business owners and motorists to embrace the reduction of roadway capacity by 50 percent so…
TriMet Retreat Should Focus on Crisis, Not Expansion
By John A. Charles, Jr. On November 12, the TriMet Board will hold their Board Retreat at Gresham City Hall. In reviewing their agenda, the first thing you’d notice is what’s missing: the lack of urgency in addressing the…
$2 Trillion and No One Aboard
By Randal O’Toole Since 1965, when Congress began subsidizing urban transit, taxpayers have spent well over $1.4 trillion on transit. When adjusted for inflation to today’s dollars, that’s more than $2.1 trillion: that’s…
Decision Time for TriMet’s 82nd Ave. Road Diet
By John A. Charles, Jr. TriMet’s “Road Diet” planned for 82nd Avenue is headed for a final decision on November 7th. While one might believe that “building a better 82nd Avenue” would take cars into account, the Portland…
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