City Observatory
City Observatory: What matters to the success of cities.
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The Week Observed: September 4, 2026
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What City Observatory Did This Week
Carmaggedon is coming. (JK, it’s not). Transportation departments love a good doomsday prophecy. Whenever a major urban freeway closes for construction or emergency repairs,...
The Week Observed: August 28, 2026
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What $2 billion in R&D investments says about Oregon’s business climate. It’s time to bury the phony doom-loop narratives about Oregon’s economy that have been paraded in th...
The Week Observed: August 21, 2026
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Oregon’s transportation finance system is in crisis, and the Oregon Department of Transportation’s leadership is essentially playing a game of “extend and pretend” with the...
The Week Observed: August 14, 2026
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Bankrupt: The cost of the I-5 Rose Quarter freeway widening has exploded to $3.5 billion, making the second highest cost highway project (per mile) in the nation. The Oregon...
The Week Observed: August 7, 2026
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Portland’s Advanced Seminar on Sports Economics. Rather than simply roll-over to self-serving, bought-and-paid-for economic impact studies calling for a massive subsidy for...
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