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Podcast: Cascade CounterPoint
Episode: QP: Roads Are Infrastructure Worthy of Investment
Description: Full Text: The Oregon Transportation Commission recently decided how to allocate $412 million in discretionary federal funds from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. The commission’s plan, though, was quickly criticized by a coalition of environmental and transportation groups.
The coalition complained that the spending plan prioritizes “highways over community safety,” even though about half of the funds will be spent on various “climate-friendly” transportation projects, investments in safer biking and walking routes, and improved ADA accessibility.
Prior to the commission’s decision, the coalition of activists had crafted its own vision for how to allocate the...