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City Observatory: What matters to the success of cities.
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The Week Observed: October 16, 2026
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What City Observatory Did This Week
Another exploding whale: The I-205 Abernethy Bridge will now cost at least $885 million, more than three and half times to $248 million price tag that the Oregon Department...
The Week Observed: October 9, 2026
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What City Observatory Did This Week
The Rose Quarter freeway widening sucks . . . sucks up all the transportation money in Portland for the forseeable future. The large...
The Week Observed: October 2, 2026
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A phony success story from the Oregon Department of Transportation. ODOT has a real problem with highway projects going way over budget, so it came as a surprise to read las...
The Week Observed: September 25, 2026
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Oregon DOT: First, third, and nearly worst. Rankings tell a lot about how you are performing. Here are two facts that the members of the Governor’s Transportation Vision Tas...
The Week Observed: September 18, 2026
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Carmaggdon does a no show in Portland. The Oregon Department of Transportation predicted that closing a mile-long stretch of Interstate 5 in Portland would produce devastati...
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