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Aisle Be Damned: Dems and GOP Unite in Oregon In Bid To Legalize Kei Trucks
Tiny trucks bring people together across the political spectrum — and they could help save lives and budgets.
January 22, 2026
Exploding Costs Could Doom One of America’s Greatest Highway Boondoggles
The Interstate Bridge Replacement Project and highway expansion between Oregon and Washington was already a boondoggle. Then the costs ballooned to $17.7 billion.
January 8, 2026
Popular Cycling Roads and Trails Threatened by Trump’s Public Lands Sell-off
Oregon advocates are concerned about how Trump's controversial policy would impact biking in the state — and beyond.
June 24, 2025
How to Build a Better Sustainable Transportation Pilot
Pop-up projects and trial runs can build support for new street safety ideas and new alternatives to driving — or they can turn the public against a project before it even gets off the ground. A new study outlined how to avoid the most common pilot pitfalls.
April 15, 2025
Take a Virtual Bikeway Tour of the Southern Oregon Cities of Ashland and Talent
Start your thanksgiving vacation early with a virtual ride through some of America's best bike paths.
November 26, 2024
Boondoggle: Oregon Highway Widening Gets ‘Reconnecting Communities’ Cash
The US Department of Transportation just awarded $450 million to the $1.9-billion Rose Quarter 1-5 project, which opponents have long called one of America’s most-notorious highway boondoggles.
April 8, 2024
Bikeway Lessons From Medford, Oregon
Streetsblog L.A. Editor Joe Linton shares worthwhile bike, bus, and walk features spotted during a recent trip to Medford, Oregon
November 29, 2023
Highway Boondoggles 2023: This Bridge is a Bridge Too Far
Presented by local transportation authorities as a simple bridge replacement, an expensive, oversized highway expansion threatens to worsen congestion in Vancouver and Portland
November 27, 2023
Advocates Unite to Start a Worldwide Bike Bus Revolution
Bike buses have taken the internet by storm. Now, a new organization is working to launch them all over the world.
November 9, 2023
This is What Victory Looks like, Freeway Fighters
In the end, a lot of bad freeway projects die not with a bang, but a whimper. But we still need to celebrate the win.
September 18, 2023
