1.0Sightline Institutehttps://www.sightline.orgClark Williams-Derryhttps://www.sightline.org/profile/clark-williams-derry/Yet Another Crummy Traffic Forecast - Sightline Instituterich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="ST0SpxW48t"><a href="https://www.sightline.org/2012/12/12/yet-another-crummy-traffic-forecast/">Yet Another Crummy Traffic Forecast</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.sightline.org/2012/12/12/yet-another-crummy-traffic-forecast/embed/#?secret=ST0SpxW48t" width="600" height="338" title="“Yet Another Crummy Traffic Forecast” — Sightline Institute" data-secret="ST0SpxW48t" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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https://www.sightline.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/ErroneousGrowthFor2015sw.jpg460334From a Willamette Live article, this chart virtually speaks for itself: According to the article, the blue bars represents the combined traffic on two different bridges crossing the Willamette River in Salem, OR. The data shows that traffic across the river has essentially flatlined for the last decade; there's simply no evidence of growth. If anything, the numbers show a very slight decline, given that traffic reached a ten-year low in 2011. Yet as recently as 2006, the state projected that traffic volumes would grow by 20 percent by 2015---as represented by the red line.