That does seem like a particularly bad time to try and get people to support public transit investments

Didn’t the vote happen in 2020?

In amazing transit news: Seattle opened the new extension of their light rail that connects the Bellevue line to the rest of the system

The timing is excellent, as thousands of commuters can now avoid spiking gas prices and ride in style

#transit #transitsky #trains #urbanism #cityplanning

Bus Schedules

If you’re going downtown today for the protest in Corvallis, consider taking the bus

It’s free and you avoid having to try and find parking on a very busy day

#bus #transit #pedestrianism #urbanism

What a perfect way to celebrate the spike in oil prices: Committing to paying as much as $15 billion to expand freeway capacity. And Oregon and Washington will force future generations to pay for this automobile infrastructure, that will mostly go unused because of high tolls.

The Interstate Bridge Project is channelling their inner Robert Moses: Say anything, promise anything to get the project started. They'say $7.5 Billion for "Phase 1," but their design means they'll be back and insist you pay for Phases 2/3. Start construction and you're on the hook for $15 billion

I’m glad to see that there is pressure to right size the project, but advocates need to make sure that happens

They are still adding additional lanes
They will try to pull funding to the interchanges
They will likely Delay the light rail

#orleg #odot #carcentric #highwayexpansion #transitsky

It is extra unfortunate that Oregon Democrats have failed to fund transit & cut investment in bicycling/rail as a fuel crisis begins

There are transportation alternatives Oregon should have invested in, but they took every opportunity to support cars above all

#orleg #transitsky #carcentric

Bill moves forward despite concerns over Safe Routes and rail program funding Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Did you know that 10s of $Ms to Amtrak cascades was defunded Tuesday? It’s OK though. None of that money paid for Trains according to Senator Lieber

bikeportland.org/2026/03/03/b...

Can you imagine if @tinakotek.bsky.social and @governorferguson.bsky.social got together and put out a similar press release, promising to rebuild the IBR at it's current size and avoiding this absolutely preposterous $15 billion IBR boondoggle?

www.nj.com/news/2026/03...

I’m slowly working in my community but it’s an uphill battle

The timeline is definitely a broader effort to avoid public participation

But I still think that transit advocates need to build stronger and wider networks so that when funding is threatened we can get hundreds of people writing in/calling even on extremely short notice

To square Oregon’s budget, lawmakers say many state agency jobs must go unfilled • Oregon Capital Chronicle Oregon’s budget writers warned that the state’s current $128 million deficit will worsen in the years ahead due to federal changes.

ODOT's budget is fucked, and they could cut funding for their proposed multibillion dollar, litigation-challenged, oversized, polluting freeway expansions or cut 60% of a successful Safe Routes to School program

guess which oregon's democrats chose! #orleg
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Adding lanes won’t alleviate congestion. The promised yellow line extension is the last thing that would be built (easily cut)

The cost could be reduced if the project was scoped to just be the bridge & adjacent interchanges (instead of the several additional miles of roadwork in Washington)

Today the Oregon legislature voted to raid a puny pot of money the state uses as matching funds to apply for federal grants for modest rail improvements, directing $ instead for backlogged road maintenance

Of course leg didn’t touch the $160m of bonding money queued for a doomed $2b freeway project

I’m disappointed that we continue to have representatives with these priorities, but I think there is something to be said for the general public’s disinterest around transit funding

Testimony submitted was approximately ~150 pieces, which is not a lot given the scope of the bill
#orleg #transitsky

Bill moves forward despite concerns over Safe Routes and rail program funding Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

One of the architects of the bill, Senator Kate Lieber, acknowledged anger from opposing voices. She said folks should channel that into helping defeat the "no gas tax" ballot measure, which blames for creating ODOT's $288 million budget hole.

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It should not take 5 years of tireless advocacy to maintain the bus service we already have.

The bill also doesn’t touch the millions of dollars ODOT intends to use for bonding to pay for another $160 million allocation towards the doomed, $2 billion Rose Quarter Freeway Expansion.

These cuts to Safe Routes were a deliberate political choice.

They got a watered-down compromise bill through after the main bill failed and they had to call a special session

The republicans kneecapped it even more, but it’s still the result of a supermajority that is very ineffective at legislating

URGENT ALERT: Lawmakers Poised to Decimate Rail in Oregon. Tell them a multimodal future isn’t up for negotiation. mailchi.mp/ecdd31f6180e...

There is still time to submit testimony to the Oregon legislature and call your representatives

Don’t let them kneecap our rail funding and direct bike registration fee to supporting highways

#orleg #carcentric #amtrak #transitsky #urbanism

🚨 URGENT ALERT 🚨

Lawmakers Poised to Decimate Rail in Oregon with a Last Minute Amendment.

Tell them a multimodal future isn’t up for negotiation!

Read more here, and follow the link within to submit testimony us20.campaign-archive.com?u=79ec7d0773...

Legislators may make a mistake that will decimate rail in this state. Don't let them.

Send in testimony RIGHT NOW

Transportation advocate have warned legislators that highway expansion funding is unsustainable and now the that bill is coming due they’re cutting bicycle and train funding to make up for part of it

Please write into your legislators

#orleg #transitfunding #carcentric #bicycling #transitsky

Bill seeks to cut $25 million from Safe Routes and bike path program to balance ODOT budget Taking from safety near schools and off-street paths to pay for highway maintenance. Ouch.

Oregon Trails Coalition is urging its members to contact legislators and say "no"

bikeportland.org/2026/03/02/b...

This isn’t Corvallis specific but if you want to help secure funding for transit please write in

In context of how much highway expansions cost, 3 million is tiny

#transitsky #orleg #carcentric #buses #transitfunding #urbanism

Republican OR House Rep. Shelly Boshart Davis introduced a bill that prevents DEQ from enforcing Clean Truck Rule & says ODOT cannot require automakers to sell more lower emission vehicles.

Boshart Davis also owns a trucking company. www.bosharttrucking.com/boshart-truc...

Also:

Wait a minute! I just realized she’s Albany’s representative! Both Albany Transit System and Linn-Benton loop are Fareless, and both have definitely benefitted from STIF funds!