When #ODOT spent $3M (of "All Roads Lead to Safety if you're in a car, but still obivously not really because we kill a lot of [#drivers]" money) to make an on-ramp traffic swirley around a grocery store, they chose to prioritize vehicle volumes and speeds over safety. The similar-looking mile of Cap Hwy south of here was, just a few years prior, reallocated with quick-build materials at a cost of $250k/mile. It's about 8 miles to downtown #Portland. Somebody please help us with this math 🥴
So what is going on here, is that the straight flat used-to-be-a-train grade and all of the available right-of-way space on it, is used up by the state highway department to maximize the number of cars sitting at a red light or waiting in line to reach the next bottleneck. In this case, it's the Ross Island Bridge over one mile away. 🤣 5:30pm every damn weekday like this #pdxTraffic#pdxBikes. #TrafficProtectedBikeLane
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