Clean Air and Good Roads at Odds No More

Transportation Should be Considered On Its Own Merits Portland, OR – June 25, 2015: Today, Oregon’s Governor confirmed what had become clear to many over the last week: Oregonians don’t have to choose between good roads and clean air. Representatives of groups as disparate as Oregon’s schools and utility ratepayers objected to a proposed “replacement” for clean air legislation that had been tacked on to a transportation bill. Legislators rejected the package and decided much needed transportation funding should be considered on its own merits. “Oregonians deserve clean air and safe roads. To pit one against the other is a false ...