A recent study of 100 US cities found that — between 1993 to 2017 — billions were spent to expand highway capacities by 42% but, instead of reducing congestion, traffic delays actual went up 144%!

You'd think that if your freeway is clogged up every rush hour, adding an extra lane would reduce the congestion. You'd be wrong.

And an uprising against Oregon state government plans to widen the I-5 freeway here in Portland may end up changing how cities around the country decide to use the hundreds of billions of dollars in highway funds coming to them from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.

A recent study of 100 US cities found that — between 1993 and 2017 — billions were spent to expand highway systems' capacities by 42 percent, far faster than the cities were growing population-wise. But instead of reducing congestion, traffic delays actually went up by 144 percent.

Read more at HartmannReport.com.

-Thom

Friday's Daily Stack

Article: "Trump discussed having local law enforcement seize election machines with Michigan lawmakers" by Andrew Roth.

Article: "Michael Flynn Is Still at War" by Robert Draper.

Article: "So what was Trump's plan after seizing the voting machines? " by Lucian K. Truscott IV.

Article: "Inside Trump's plan to have National Guard and US marshals seize voting machines " by Bob Brigham.

Article: "The Shocking Truth About Freeway Congestion" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Colorado's new transportation reform rules could serve as an example for Oregon" by Taylor Griggs.

Site: "NoMoreFreewaysPDX.com".

Article: "Hey ODOT! We'll see you in court." by NoMoreFreewaysPDX.

Article: "DoT rescinded a key approval" by Phillip A. Ditzler.

Article: "Feds say Portland's I-5 Rose Quarter project needs new review" by Courtney Vaughn.

Article: "State Highway Induced Frequency of Travel Calculator" by RMI.

Article: "The Congestion Con" by Transportation for America.

Article: "How cities are clamping down on cars" by Francesca Perry.

Article: "One State Is Showing Us How to End America's Addiction to Highway Expansion" by Alissa Walker.

Instagram: "Youth versus ODOT".

Site: "Sunrise Movement PDX".

Article: "A Secretive Hedge Fund Is Gutting Newsrooms" by McKay Coppins.

Article: "The Obsolete Man" (The Twilight Zone) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Lunar New Year 2022: Welcoming the Year of the Tiger" by Maggie Hiufu Wong.

Article: "Original sin" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Book of Leviticus" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Book of Deuteronomy" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Book of Joshua" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Book of Isaiah" by Wikipedia.

Audio: "If Freedom Failed: A Matter of Fact".

Article: "Video shows clash between reporter and State Department spokesman irate at request to prove US claims about Russia fake-video plot" by Sinéad Baker.

Article: "Hoffa critic elected to succeed him as Teamster president" by Chris Isidore.

Book: "Threshold: The Progressive Plan to Pull America Back from the Brink" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "What Vermont learned when it tried (and failed) to launch a single-payer health system" by Advisory Board.

Article: "Universal health care bill dies in California" by AP.

Article: "Ro Khanna Introduces Bill Allowing States to Carve Path Toward Medicare for All" by Kenny Stancil.

Article: "The Hayes-Tilden Electoral Commission" by James Monroe.

Article: "Bannon vows a daily fight for 'deconstruction of the administrative state'" by Philip Rucker and Robert Costa.

Book: Caste by Isabel Wilkerson.

Book: The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson.

Article: "Republicans rebuke Liz Cheney in unprecedented moves" by Josh Dawsey.

Article: "Murkowski maintains significant fundraising lead over Tshibaka in U.S. Senate race" by Iris Samuels.

Article: "Hillary Scholten jumping into Democratic primary to replace Rep. Peter Meijer in Congress" by Brian McVica.

Article: "Katie Britt leads fundraising in Alabama Senate race with $5 million in contributions" by Mike Cason.

Article: "Turns Out Mo Brooks Was Wearing Body Armor to Trump's Very Peaceful Jan. 6 Rally" by Jim Newell.

Article: "Trump team announces $122 million war chest" by Gabby Orr and Fredreka Schouten.

Article: "At RNC gathering, rift emerges between Trump's interests and the GOP's" by Peter Nicholas and Allan Smith.

Article: "RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel says January 6 committee is a 'Democrat-led persecution of ordinary citizens who engaged in legitimate political discourse'" by Bryan Metzger.

Article: "Michael Cohen Ends Prison Term After Trump-Related Crimes" by AP.

Article: "2022 State Primary Election Dates and Filing Deadlines" by NCSL.

Article: "Shootings, Arrest, Trial and More: The Kyle Rittenhouse Story Explained" by NBC5.

Article: "Mae Brussell" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Operation Paperclip" by Wikipedia.

Article: "House Un-American Activities Committee" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Joseph McCarthy" by Wikipedia.

Article: "CEO of CNN's new owner calls network 'leader in news to the left'" by Thomas Barrabi.

Article: "Cancer eating the heart of Australian democracy" by Kevin Rudd.

Article: "Rawhide (TV series)" by Wikipedia.

Article: "The Rifleman" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Wagon Train" by Wikipedia.

Tweet: "This woman calling out Glenn Youngkin for not wearing a mask is today's hero!" by Jack Cocchiarella.

Article: "US workforce grows by just 199,000 in disappointing December" by Edward Helmore.

Article: "January's strong jobs report says more people have come off the sidelines to go to work " by Mitchell Hartman.

Article: "Subscribers Ditch Penzeys After Spicy Anti-Republican Sale" by Karen Pilarski.

Article: "Purdue Pharma Is Dissolved and Sacklers Pay $4.5 Billion to Settle Opioid Claims" by Jan Hoffman.

Book: "The Federalist Papers" by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay.

Article: "Articles of Confederation".

Article: "Constitution of the United States".

Case: "Common Cause v. Biden".

Article: "Constitution of the United States", article 4 section 4. "The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion; and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature cannot be convened) against domestic Violence....".

Article: "Threads (1984 film)" by Wikipedia.

Article: "What is — and isn't — in the joint statement by Putin and Xi" by Eva Dou.

Article: "Constitution of the United States" Article 1 Section 3. "The Vice President of the United States shall be President of the Senate, but shall have no Vote, unless they be equally divided."

Article: "Electoral Count Act of 1887" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Atlas (mythology)" by Wikipedia.

Book: "Atlas Shrugged" by Ayn Rand.

Article: "Alabama schools accused of teaching 'critical race theory' by recognizing Black History Month" by Brad Reed.

Article: "Alabama officials receive complaints about Black History Month as state debates CRT legislation

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