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Opinion: MAX at 40 – How light rail helped empty Portland’s transit system
O'Toole argues TriMet's light-rail investment cut bus service, drove fare hikes, and reduced Portland-area transit commuters from 9.6% in 1980 to 3.8% by 2024.
Opinion: Portland’s War on Cars Part 4 – A smarter automobile strategy to end gridlock
O'Toole argues fuel wasted in Portland-area congestion has sextupled since 1982, generating 250,000 tons of extra greenhouse gases annually.
Opinion: Portland’s War on Cars 3 – Ending the war on automobiles
O'Toole argues Portland should add toll lanes, fix safety hazards, and redesign TriMet routes to end its anti-auto policies.
Opinion: Portland’s War on Cars 2 – The overlooked benefits of driving cars
Portland-area drivers reach ten times as many jobs in 60 minutes by car as by transit, per Cascade Policy Institute.
Opinion: Portland’s War on Cars – Part 1
Since Portland halted freeway expansion in 1982, commuter congestion time has tripled and fuel waste has sextupled to 34.7 million gallons annually.
Opinion: Portland’s War on Cars 1 – Losing the war on the automobile
Cascade Policy Institute launches a month-long series examining Portland's 50-year campaign to reduce personal automobile use through transit and bike-lane prioritization.
Like your gas-powered car? The state wants to ban them by 2030
House Bill 1287 calls for a ban on new gas cars and trucks being sold in Washington from 2030 onwards and would apply to privately owned trucks and cars in the state.
Construction on Chelatchie Prairie Railroad could begin on new building this spring
YACOLT — After holding a groundbreaking ceremony this past October, members of the Chelatchie Prairie Railroad Association Board of Directors are looking forward to construction beginni…