😀🚲"ODOT’s own analysis of the project shows an increased risk in pedestrians being hit by [with] cars."
“ODOT is planning on spending $1.45 billion to increase the chance that somebody will end up in the hospital or morgue, but they won’t spare a few million dollars to make improvements on our deadly orphan highways, like SE Powell Blvd. or Tualatin Valley Highway” https://www.portlandmercury.com/transportation/2023/01/06/46284894/advocates-fear-increased-pedestrian-deaths-in-planned-rose-quarter-project
“ODOT is planning on spending $1.45 billion to increase the chance that somebody will end up in the hospital or morgue, but they won’t spare a few million dollars to make improvements on our deadly orphan highways, like SE Powell Blvd. or Tualatin Valley Highway” https://www.portlandmercury.com/transportation/2023/01/06/46284894/advocates-fear-increased-pedestrian-deaths-in-planned-rose-quarter-project
Advocates Fear Increased Pedestrian Deaths in Planned Rose Quarter Project
The state transportation department’s billion dollar project aiming to reduce congestion along the Interstate 5 Rose Quarter corridor will increase the risk of cars hitting pedestrians near the I-5 off-ramp by the Moda Center, the department’s project analysis shows. Planners with the Oregon Department of Transportation’s (ODOT) project team say the design is still in the preliminary stages and can be adjusted, while pedestrian advocacy groups argue that this is another example of ODOT prioritizing...