Rose Quarter highway lanes would pay for 7 years of transit fares

@sarahmirk

The fight for eco justice means fighting #racism

@PDX_NAACP Summit for Climate Justice in Black & Brown Communities moderated by @JoAnnPDX

Uplifting conversation about centering voices from the margins, building power through organizing, sources of hope, and a just transition 💕✊🌎 #GreenNewDeal #FarelessTransit #UpWithRiders pic.twitter.com/4r48pvZAfI

— Sarah Iannarone (she/her) (@sarahforpdx) February 20, 2020

Candidate for US Congress OR-01 calls for #freepublictransit

@SiebeforORD1

For many, cars are a burden

Too many are stuck with car ownership w/up to a third or more of income going to total cost of ownership. People don't want car ownership; they want reliable transit. Corps profit on car enslavement. #FreePublicTransit #GND #StrugglingClass Photo by Anthony from Pexels pic.twitter.com/qOc1Od5mez

— Albert Lee For Congress 🌹 (@AlbertLee2020) February 6, 2020

Another reason for #freepublictransit -- fewer cars in the city means more room for trees

⁦1/ @PPSConnect⁩ just cut down one of #Portland’s largest street trees. pic.twitter.com/WGQFO4oWN4

— Scott Kocher (@Scott_Kocher) January 30, 2020

How you gonna pay for #freepublictransit?

Trolls keep asking who's gonna pay for free public transit, while we keep throwing good money after bad on more highways. Rose Quarter now up to $795 million for less than two miles of widening. How many free buses would that pay for?

In light of the Governor’s letter, No More Freeways continues to demand that ODOT conduct a rigorous Environmental Impact Statement that could clarify whether ODOT is telling the truth in their claims that the Rose Quarter Freeway Expansion would somehow be the first in America that reduced traffic congestion, lowered carbon emissions or improved air pollution. Our independent analysis of ODOT’s traffic projections revealed numerous, easily-challenged assumptions and discrepancies with significant implications to the project’s public health and climate considerations. The public deserves nothing short of full accountability, transparency and honest assessment of these impacts for a proposed half billion dollar investment in fossil-fuel infrastructure on the dawn of our hastily arriving climate emergency.

https://nomorefreewayspdx.com/2020/01/07/800-million-frickin-dollars/ 

Clatsop Cty, OR, K-12 #freepublictransit

CLATSOP COUNTY — Beginning this month, all K-12 students in Clatsop County will have access to free public transportation, helping them get to school and back, as well as to extracurricular activities. The initiative launches as communities across Oregon are working together to address barriers that students face in getting to school.

https://www.myoregon.gov/2020/01/07/free-public-transportation-will-help-students-get-to-school/