/tags/roads roads en-US Copyright Wed, 05 Jun 2024 13:43:00 GMT /politics-government/2024-06-05/oregon-lawmakers-begin-work-on-transportation-package-focused-on-maintaining-roads Seven years ago, lawmakers poured more than $5 billion into improving roads, bridges and public transit in Oregon. Now, lawmakers are in the earliest stages of crafting the next likely multi-billion dollar transportation package – but this time around, the focus is more on maintaining existing roads than expanding or building new ones. Wed, 05 Jun 2024 13:43:00 GMT /politics-government/2024-06-05/oregon-lawmakers-begin-work-on-transportation-package-focused-on-maintaining-roads Julia Shumway /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2013-10-01/traffic-calming-or-driver-irritating-the-road-diet-explored There are few middle-of-the-road (sorry) opinions about the concept known as "road diet."This is the process of taking a four-lane road and turning it… Tue, 01 Oct 2013 17:05:00 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2013-10-01/traffic-calming-or-driver-irritating-the-road-diet-explored Geoffrey Riley