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Opinion: Portland’s War on Cars Part 4 – A smarter automobile strategy to end gridlock

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|Date: Wednesday, August 19, 2026

Opinion: Portland’s War on Cars Part 4 – A smarter automobile strategy to end gridlock

O'Toole argues fuel wasted in Portland-area congestion has sextupled since 1982, generating 250,000 tons ...

O'Toole argues fuel wasted in Portland-area congestion has sextupled since 1982, generating 250,000 tons of extra greenhouse gases annually. ...

Wednesday, August 19, 2026
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Opinion: Portland’s War on Cars 3 – Ending the war on automobiles

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|Date: Wednesday, August 12, 2026

Opinion: Portland’s War on Cars 3 – Ending the war on automobiles

O'Toole argues Portland should add toll lanes, fix safety hazards, and redesign TriMet routes to end its ...

O'Toole argues Portland should add toll lanes, fix safety hazards, and redesign TriMet routes to end its anti-auto policies. ...

Wednesday, August 12, 2026
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Opinion: Portland’s War on Cars 2 – The overlooked benefits of driving cars

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|Date: Tuesday, August 4, 2026

Opinion: Portland’s War on Cars 2 – The overlooked benefits of driving cars

Portland-area drivers reach ten times as many jobs in 60 minutes by car as by transit, per Cascade Policy ...

Portland-area drivers reach ten times as many jobs in 60 minutes by car as by transit, per Cascade Policy Institute. ...

Tuesday, August 4, 2026
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Opinion: Portland’s War on Cars – Part 1

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|Date: Wednesday, July 29, 2026

Opinion: Portland’s War on Cars – Part 1

Since Portland halted freeway expansion in 1982, commuter congestion time has tripled and fuel waste has ...

Since Portland halted freeway expansion in 1982, commuter congestion time has tripled and fuel waste has sextupled to 34.7 million gallons annually. ...

Wednesday, July 29, 2026
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Opinion: Portland’s War on Cars 1 – Losing the war on the automobile

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|Date: Wednesday, July 29, 2026

Opinion: Portland’s War on Cars 1 – Losing the war on the automobile

Cascade Policy Institute launches a month-long series examining Portland's 50-year campaign to reduce per ...

Cascade Policy Institute launches a month-long series examining Portland's 50-year campaign to reduce personal automobile use through transit and bike-lane prioritization. ...

Wednesday, July 29, 2026
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Opinion: The 21st century road to no affordable housing

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|Date: Wednesday, July 15, 2026

Opinion: The 21st century road to no affordable housing

O'Toole argues urban growth boundaries — not federal inaction — are the root cause of unaffordable housin ...

O'Toole argues urban growth boundaries — not federal inaction — are the root cause of unaffordable housing. ...

Wednesday, July 15, 2026
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Letter: TriMet’s history of over-predicting light rail ridership

Posted by ClarkCountyToday.com
|Date: Thursday, June 4, 2026

Letter: TriMet’s history of over-predicting light rail ridership

TriMet's MAX Green Line carried ~10,000–11,000 weekday riders in 2024–2026, less than a third of its 2020 ...

TriMet's MAX Green Line carried ~10,000–11,000 weekday riders in 2024–2026, less than a third of its 2020 forecast. ...

Thursday, June 4, 2026
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Opinion: $2 trillion and no one aboard

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|Date: Monday, May 11, 2026

Opinion: $2 trillion and no one aboard

Randal O'Toole argues $2.1 trillion in federal transit subsidies has produced fewer riders per capita tha ...

Randal O'Toole argues $2.1 trillion in federal transit subsidies has produced fewer riders per capita than 60 years ago. ...

Monday, May 11, 2026
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Letter: Update – Extremely low bus ridership does not justify expensive TriMet light rail

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|Date: Thursday, April 23, 2026

Letter: Update – Extremely low bus ridership does not justify expensive TriMet light rail

Camas resident challenges IBR's $3.5 billion light rail plan with C-TRAN ridership data showing transit u ...

Camas resident challenges IBR's $3.5 billion light rail plan with C-TRAN ridership data showing transit use has halved since 2006. ...

Thursday, April 23, 2026
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Letter: IBR Models 2024 transit ridership, instead of using actual 2024 ridership data

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|Date: Saturday, October 18, 2025

Letter: IBR Models 2024 transit ridership, instead of using actual 2024 ridership data

Camas resident Douglas Tweet argues that IBR ridership projections rely on past data instead of actual C- ...

Camas resident Douglas Tweet argues that IBR ridership projections rely on past data instead of actual C-TRAN usage, overstating demand for a light rail extension and justifying an unnecessary, costly ...

Saturday, October 18, 2025
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