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Portland Metro Regional Transportation Plan Increases Global Warming Pollution Nearly 50%

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Metro recently released data showing that the $14- 20 Billion in projects proposed for the region's transportation system would increase global warming pollution by 49% by 2035.  Startling, this projection is worse than building nothing for the next 25 years.

This disconnect between the projects and state law that calls for a 75% reduction in global warming pollution by 2050 led the Willamette Week to name Metro its Rogue of the Week


Coalition for a Livable has released an analysis of the Regional Transportation Plan, including a critique that the region plans to spend billions on road expansions.  This massive road expansion plan will undermine Metro’s goals because it increases global warming pollution, adds traffic, encourages low-density development, increase air toxics, and discourages walking and biking.


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