No More Freeways
@nomorefreewayspdx.com
We’re the grassroots community effort to stop ODOT’s polluting, costly, dumb freeway expansions.
Climate leaders don’t widen freeways ❌🛣️❌
Climate leaders don’t widen freeways ❌🛣️❌
Having one of ODOT's five bosses vote "no" and request a delay on a project of this scale — one that has vast bureaucratic inertia behind it — is unheard of.
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'No' vote an ominous first for Interstate Bridge project
While it was just a procedural step, Commissioner Jeff Baker was not having it.
bikeportland.org
October 30, 2025 at 10:27 PM
full implementation would almost certainly cost less than the hundreds of millions we’ve spent just planning the rose quarter freeway expansion, let alone the ibr.
looking at the full rose lane vision map and thinking: damn www.portland.gov/transportati...
October 30, 2025 at 1:48 AM
full implementation would almost certainly cost less than the hundreds of millions we’ve spent just planning the rose quarter freeway expansion, let alone the ibr.
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ODOT is hiring. Do you know anyone, @nomorefreewayspdx.com? oregon.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/SOR_Ex...
Rose Quarter Program Director
Initial Posting Date: 10/27/2025 Application Deadline: 11/17/2025 Agency: Department of Transportation Salary Range: $10,589 - $16,379 Position Type: Employee Position Title: Rose Quarter Program Dire...
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October 29, 2025 at 7:48 PM
ODOT is hiring. Do you know anyone, @nomorefreewayspdx.com? oregon.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/SOR_Ex...
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Fun panel!
Packed house for the @opb.org / @wgbh.org live taping of the cross over Big Dig / Stop Requested podcast! NMF co-founder @chrissmith.us is on tonight’s panel
October 29, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Fun panel!
well this looks awesome
“From the 1950s to the 1970s, federal contractors building the system deliberately mapped routes that rammed through and dismantled Black neighborhoods — payback, some say, for gains made during the Civil Rights Movement.”
Why Do Highways Run Through Black Neighborhoods?
The documentary “Interstate” exposes how highway routes are by design.
wordinblack.com
October 28, 2025 at 10:35 PM
well this looks awesome
NMF co-founder Joe Cortright @cityobservatory.bsky.social spoke to KGW about the latest updates on the Interstate Bridge Replacement - turns out the project is not doing so hot!
Where’s the accountability from the Oregon legislature and the Governor?
#orpol #orleg
Where’s the accountability from the Oregon legislature and the Governor?
#orpol #orleg
October 28, 2025 at 6:39 AM
NMF co-founder Joe Cortright @cityobservatory.bsky.social spoke to KGW about the latest updates on the Interstate Bridge Replacement - turns out the project is not doing so hot!
Where’s the accountability from the Oregon legislature and the Governor?
#orpol #orleg
Where’s the accountability from the Oregon legislature and the Governor?
#orpol #orleg
The revolving door between highway consultants and agencies is truly maddening
Greg Johnson had a massive conflict of interest. He was a WSP Senior VP. Hired as the IBR Administrator he managed a $76 million contract with WSP.
October 25, 2025 at 10:29 PM
The revolving door between highway consultants and agencies is truly maddening
ODOT’s lost their director for the Rose Quarter, twice lost the director of the Urban Mobility Office in the last year, and now lost the director of the IBR.
#orpol #orleg
#orpol #orleg
IBR is losing its leader, Greg Johnson, at a very bad time: It is two years behind schedule, late on producing a new cost estimate that will push its price to almost $10 billion, is unlikely to get Coast Guard approval, and may lose $2 billion in federal grants. cityobservatory.org/ibr-johnson_...
IBR’s problems are much deeper than its leadership – City Observatory
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October 25, 2025 at 10:28 PM
October 24, 2025 at 9:14 PM
spending billions to widen a freeway to an airport is a particularly egregious way to spend public infrastructure money to burn the planet down. kudos to @awalkerinla.bsky.social for this run down on the LAX-pressway www.torched.la/air-traffic-...
Air traffic control
The LAX-pressway must be stopped
www.torched.la
October 24, 2025 at 6:27 PM
spending billions to widen a freeway to an airport is a particularly egregious way to spend public infrastructure money to burn the planet down. kudos to @awalkerinla.bsky.social for this run down on the LAX-pressway www.torched.la/air-traffic-...
Meanwhile, ODOT and regional policymakers and the Oregon Legislature continue to funnel hundreds of millions of dollars towards proposed freeway expansions that are also getting defunded instead of filling budget holes to replace bridges that’ll otherwise fall in the river when The Big One comes
The construction of a new Burnside Bridge that can withstand a Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake is being delayed again due to uncertain federal funding.
Construction delayed again on earthquake-ready Burnside Bridge in Portland
The construction of a new, earthquake-ready Burnside Bridge has been delayed — again — due to uncertain federal funding. Multnomah County is still moving forward with the design phase.
www.opb.org
October 21, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Meanwhile, ODOT and regional policymakers and the Oregon Legislature continue to funnel hundreds of millions of dollars towards proposed freeway expansions that are also getting defunded instead of filling budget holes to replace bridges that’ll otherwise fall in the river when The Big One comes
"The Interstate “bridge replacement” gets marketed primarily as a project to serve cyclists and pedestrians. But its really about widening five miles of freeway, ostensibly to move 180,000 cars a day, something you’d never know by looking at project renderings."
#orleg #orpol #walege #pdx
#orleg #orpol #walege #pdx
Greenwashing the Interstate Bridge Project
https://cityobservatory.org/greenwashing-the-interstate-bridge-project/
https://cityobservatory.org/greenwashing-the-interstate-bridge-project/
October 17, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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We'll be there.
Save the date! We're so excited about this upcoming livetaping of @opb.org's Stop Requested series, coming up on Tuesday October 28:
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The Big Dig x OPB’s Stop Requested LIVE: a conversation about what to do with Portland’s highways
Every American city is divided by crumbling old highways. Every city is trying to figure out what to do with them. Join Ian Coss, host of the Peabody-Award winning podcast
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October 12, 2025 at 12:34 AM
We'll be there.
Save the date! We're so excited about this upcoming livetaping of @opb.org's Stop Requested series, coming up on Tuesday October 28:
literary-arts.org/event/opb-th...
literary-arts.org/event/opb-th...
The Big Dig x OPB’s Stop Requested LIVE: a conversation about what to do with Portland’s highways
Every American city is divided by crumbling old highways. Every city is trying to figure out what to do with them. Join Ian Coss, host of the Peabody-Award winning podcast
literary-arts.org
October 8, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Save the date! We're so excited about this upcoming livetaping of @opb.org's Stop Requested series, coming up on Tuesday October 28:
literary-arts.org/event/opb-th...
literary-arts.org/event/opb-th...
"The Interstate Bridge replacement project has always believed it could bully the Coast Guard into approving a much lower fixed span, and its combination of arrogance and hubris have delayed, and once again threaten to kill this project."
www.clarkcountytoday.com/opinion/opin...
www.clarkcountytoday.com/opinion/opin...
Opinion: A bridge too short, again - ClarkCountyToday.com
Joe Cortright argues the I-5 Bridge replacement faces the same Coast Guard clearance issues that doomed the Columbia River Crossing, risking delays and federal funding.
www.clarkcountytoday.com
October 1, 2025 at 5:17 AM
"The Interstate Bridge replacement project has always believed it could bully the Coast Guard into approving a much lower fixed span, and its combination of arrogance and hubris have delayed, and once again threaten to kill this project."
www.clarkcountytoday.com/opinion/opin...
www.clarkcountytoday.com/opinion/opin...
"There were no surprises with votes and everything went pretty much as planned by Democratic leaders, a sentence I haven’t been able to write about this legislative process since it began back in May."
@jonathanmaus.bsky.social bringing the heat
#orleg #orpol
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@jonathanmaus.bsky.social bringing the heat
#orleg #orpol
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Democrats pass anemic transportation bill as Republicans grandstand to bitter end
It's not the transportation bill any Oregon Democrats wanted, but it's the only one they could pass.
bikeportland.org
September 30, 2025 at 11:31 PM
"There were no surprises with votes and everything went pretty much as planned by Democratic leaders, a sentence I haven’t been able to write about this legislative process since it began back in May."
@jonathanmaus.bsky.social bringing the heat
#orleg #orpol
bikeportland.org/2025/09/30/d...
@jonathanmaus.bsky.social bringing the heat
#orleg #orpol
bikeportland.org/2025/09/30/d...
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imagine what we could do with the highway trench through albina if we decided against adding more freeway lanes to it
In the heart of Seoul, a ribbon of water now threads through where an expanse of asphalt once stood. The Cheonggyecheon Stream restoration, which replaced a major elevated motorway with an ecological and recreational corridor, has become a powerful case study in placemaking and traffic evaporation.🧵
September 30, 2025 at 5:17 PM
imagine what we could do with the highway trench through albina if we decided against adding more freeway lanes to it
another world is possible
A former expressway. Now a place for an evening stroll. Nighttime on the Cheonggyecheon River in Seoul.
September 29, 2025 at 1:47 AM
another world is possible
great stuff from our friends in Minnesota!
Which major highways should Oregon study turning into community boulevards?
Which major highways should Oregon study turning into community boulevards?
Last week, we published a report outlining three roadway design concepts to consider for the future of the Olson Memorial Highway.
www.ourstreetsmn.org/2025/09/17/n...
www.ourstreetsmn.org/2025/09/17/n...
September 26, 2025 at 6:43 PM
great stuff from our friends in Minnesota!
Which major highways should Oregon study turning into community boulevards?
Which major highways should Oregon study turning into community boulevards?
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This is a great short piece worth thinking about when it comes to transportation & urbanism.
“We cannot optimise both proximity and mobility. Proximity and Mobility cannot be friends. We settle into one of two worlds: (a) high proximity, low mobility or (b) high mobility, low proximity.”
“We cannot optimise both proximity and mobility. Proximity and Mobility cannot be friends. We settle into one of two worlds: (a) high proximity, low mobility or (b) high mobility, low proximity.”
September 24, 2025 at 6:24 PM
This is a great short piece worth thinking about when it comes to transportation & urbanism.
“We cannot optimise both proximity and mobility. Proximity and Mobility cannot be friends. We settle into one of two worlds: (a) high proximity, low mobility or (b) high mobility, low proximity.”
“We cannot optimise both proximity and mobility. Proximity and Mobility cannot be friends. We settle into one of two worlds: (a) high proximity, low mobility or (b) high mobility, low proximity.”
Show up at city hall tomorrow morning to support @pnwelcome.bsky.social’s Inner Eastside for All campaign. Build homes, not highways!
Portland, it's time to show up for more homes for our neighbors! We are excited that housing champion and Portland: Neighbors Welcome founding board member @candaceavalos.bsky.social will be a special guest at our rally outside of City Hall at 8:45AM on September 25th.
September 24, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Show up at city hall tomorrow morning to support @pnwelcome.bsky.social’s Inner Eastside for All campaign. Build homes, not highways!
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BikeLoud is planning a series of rides for Monday Sept 29 to Sunday Oct 5!
Can YOU make next week a #WeekWithoutDriving?
@americawalks.bsky.social @bikeportland.org @strongtownspdx.bsky.social @shift2bikes.bsky.social @ojta.org @nomorefreewayspdx.com @trecpdx.bsky.social @pnwelcome.bsky.social
Can YOU make next week a #WeekWithoutDriving?
@americawalks.bsky.social @bikeportland.org @strongtownspdx.bsky.social @shift2bikes.bsky.social @ojta.org @nomorefreewayspdx.com @trecpdx.bsky.social @pnwelcome.bsky.social
Not everyone can choose to drive a car.
#WeekWithoutDriving starts next Monday Sep. 29-Oct. 5
Join the national movement❤️ Bring along your friends❤️ Get local leaders involved❤️
And please consider donating in support of @americawalks.bsky.social Accessible Communities For All❤️ ➡️ buff.ly/EO1sMxc
#WeekWithoutDriving starts next Monday Sep. 29-Oct. 5
Join the national movement❤️ Bring along your friends❤️ Get local leaders involved❤️
And please consider donating in support of @americawalks.bsky.social Accessible Communities For All❤️ ➡️ buff.ly/EO1sMxc
September 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM
BikeLoud is planning a series of rides for Monday Sept 29 to Sunday Oct 5!
Can YOU make next week a #WeekWithoutDriving?
@americawalks.bsky.social @bikeportland.org @strongtownspdx.bsky.social @shift2bikes.bsky.social @ojta.org @nomorefreewayspdx.com @trecpdx.bsky.social @pnwelcome.bsky.social
Can YOU make next week a #WeekWithoutDriving?
@americawalks.bsky.social @bikeportland.org @strongtownspdx.bsky.social @shift2bikes.bsky.social @ojta.org @nomorefreewayspdx.com @trecpdx.bsky.social @pnwelcome.bsky.social
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So excited to share my newest project: Transit Talks! A video series where we talk about transit on transit. I’ll be interviewing elected and other community leaders on the bus! Follow 1000 Friends on Instagram so you don’t miss out. www.instagram.com/reel/DO9K4Mi...
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September 23, 2025 at 7:24 PM
So excited to share my newest project: Transit Talks! A video series where we talk about transit on transit. I’ll be interviewing elected and other community leaders on the bus! Follow 1000 Friends on Instagram so you don’t miss out. www.instagram.com/reel/DO9K4Mi...
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