Mark Gamba and Sarah Iannarone

For The Oregonian/OregonLive

Gamba is a Democrat representing House District 41-Milwaukie in the Oregon Legislature and serves on the Joint Committee on Transportation. Iannarone is executive director of The Street Trust and chairs Oregon’s Jurisdictional Transfer Advisory Committee.

This week, the Oregon Legislature passed a stopgap transportation budget fix intended to prevent layoffs at the Oregon Department of Transportation and buy time for a more permanent solution. It is temporary in every sense. While we are relieved that the bill’s passage will preserve critical agency jobs and some transit service for now, it does little to prepare Oregon for the mounting challenges ahead: deep federal cuts, revenue shortfalls, economic stagnation, rising costs,

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