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This presentation shows how a small band of neighborhood activists killed a destructive highway project planned to run through the heart of Portland, OR, neighborhoods in the 1970's.

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Killing Portland Oregon¡¯s Proposed Western Bypass Freeway, 1989-1995Molly O¡¯ReillyAmerica Walks
A Tiny Group ¨C A Big Victory
Tiny Group ¨C Big VictoryHow does a very small group of citizens defeat the Oregon Department of Transportation?We had good luck! We worked hard and smart!
A Strategy with Many FrontsWe listened and learnedWhat concerns people?What did bureaucracies want, and say?Strengths and vulnerabilities of the Bypass proposal?Language: transpo-speak vs. citizen-speakWhere and how can we affect the outcome?
We Were EverywhereReinterpreted ODOT¡¯s numbersThe study didn¡¯t really say the Bypass would accomplish very much, long termJoined every committeeCitizens Advisory Committee, METRO, etc. Reframed the issueBroadened question to include our answers
Stopping a Highway: Sensible Transportation Options For People (Stop) PWPB
Stopping a Highway: Sensible Transportation Options For People (Stop) PWPB
We took our story to community meetingsVisual Preference SurveysCongestion would expand to the metro perimeterSolutions? New light rail lines, TODs¡°If Freeways were theanswer, Los Angeles would be paradise¡±
Stopping a Highway: Sensible Transportation Options For People (Stop) PWPB
Congestion and Vehicle Use: LUTRAQvs. The Western Bypass.
Moving the Process Demanded one EIS for a 3-stage projectServed on the ODOT Citizens Advisory CommitteeServed on METRO¡¯s Transportation Policy Alternatives Committee (TPAC)Became neighborhood association officersMonitored City, County meetings
Being EffectiveShow up preparedRead all materials Identify areas where your issue can be inserted/deletedBe nimble; opportunities pop up!Reframe and put your reframing forwardBuild partnerships, the broader and unlikelier the betterUse volunteer strengths and interests
Well?We split the alliance.We gave powerful Bypass opponents options to work for, and political cover to oppose the project.We did the grunt-work to take the Bypass out of the METRO Transportation Plan.We declared victory; no bypass built.
Contact InformationMolly O¡¯ReillyAmerica Walksmoreilly@americawalks.org208-255-7336

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Stopping a Highway: Sensible Transportation Options For People (Stop) PWPB

  • 1. Killing Portland Oregon¡¯s Proposed Western Bypass Freeway, 1989-1995Molly O¡¯ReillyAmerica Walks
  • 2. A Tiny Group ¨C A Big Victory
  • 3. Tiny Group ¨C Big VictoryHow does a very small group of citizens defeat the Oregon Department of Transportation?We had good luck! We worked hard and smart!
  • 4. A Strategy with Many FrontsWe listened and learnedWhat concerns people?What did bureaucracies want, and say?Strengths and vulnerabilities of the Bypass proposal?Language: transpo-speak vs. citizen-speakWhere and how can we affect the outcome?
  • 5. We Were EverywhereReinterpreted ODOT¡¯s numbersThe study didn¡¯t really say the Bypass would accomplish very much, long termJoined every committeeCitizens Advisory Committee, METRO, etc. Reframed the issueBroadened question to include our answers
  • 8. We took our story to community meetingsVisual Preference SurveysCongestion would expand to the metro perimeterSolutions? New light rail lines, TODs¡°If Freeways were theanswer, Los Angeles would be paradise¡±
  • 10. Congestion and Vehicle Use: LUTRAQvs. The Western Bypass.
  • 11. Moving the Process Demanded one EIS for a 3-stage projectServed on the ODOT Citizens Advisory CommitteeServed on METRO¡¯s Transportation Policy Alternatives Committee (TPAC)Became neighborhood association officersMonitored City, County meetings
  • 12. Being EffectiveShow up preparedRead all materials Identify areas where your issue can be inserted/deletedBe nimble; opportunities pop up!Reframe and put your reframing forwardBuild partnerships, the broader and unlikelier the betterUse volunteer strengths and interests
  • 13. Well?We split the alliance.We gave powerful Bypass opponents options to work for, and political cover to oppose the project.We did the grunt-work to take the Bypass out of the METRO Transportation Plan.We declared victory; no bypass built.
  • 14. Contact InformationMolly O¡¯ReillyAmerica Walksmoreilly@americawalks.org208-255-7336