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I think #GorhamME needs to fire their town government officials! WTF! Also, if Amazon builds their warehouse, you can bet they'll be pushing for the #GorhamConnector as well, which will bring more #UrbanSprawl!!!

Gorham residents push back against #AmazonWarehouse proposal

by Bonnie Bishop, Feb 26, 2026

GORHAM, #Maine — "Gorham residents are trying to prevent Amazon from becoming their new neighbor as a proposal to build a warehouse in the town continues to loom.

"The backlash comes despite the town already giving the company the green light to build a nearly 160,000 square foot warehouse. An Amazon spokesperson said the new facility would create economic growth in Gorham. [BULLSHIT!!!]

"Dozens of Gorham residents gathered Thursday to air their concerns about the project.

" 'I think that this deal is a bad deal for Gorham. It is going to create a lot of negative impacts for the town,' Gorham resident Josh Trombley said. 'We're not going to see a lot of benefit in terms of tax revenue.'

"Anne Bilodeau lives on Shamrock Drive, right up against where the project is set to be developed. She said she worries about more traffic and noise surrounding the neighborhood she's lived in for over 20 years.

" 'I can't imagine opening a window in the summertime anymore with that back there,' Bilodeau said.

"The Gorham Town Council said yes to Amazon's proposal to buy roughly 94 acres for about $4 million over the summer. The citizens' group, #GorhamUnited, said Amazon hasn't finalized the sale and they see why an opportunity to stop it."

Read more:
https://www.wmtw.com/article/gorham-residents-push-back-against-amazon-warehouse-proposal/70525740

#MainePol #TrafficPollution #NoisePollution #ResistBigTech #ResistAmazon

I think #GorhamME needs to fire their town government officials! WTF! Also, if Amazon builds their warehouse, you can bet they'll be pushing for the #GorhamConnector as well, which will bring more #UrbanSprawl!!!

Gorham residents push back against #AmazonWarehouse proposal

by Bonnie Bishop, Feb 26, 2026

GORHAM, #Maine — "Gorham residents are trying to prevent Amazon from becoming their new neighbor as a proposal to build a warehouse in the town continues to loom.

"The backlash comes despite the town already giving the company the green light to build a nearly 160,000 square foot warehouse. An Amazon spokesperson said the new facility would create economic growth in Gorham. [BULLSHIT!!!]

"Dozens of Gorham residents gathered Thursday to air their concerns about the project.

" 'I think that this deal is a bad deal for Gorham. It is going to create a lot of negative impacts for the town,' Gorham resident Josh Trombley said. 'We're not going to see a lot of benefit in terms of tax revenue.'

"Anne Bilodeau lives on Shamrock Drive, right up against where the project is set to be developed. She said she worries about more traffic and noise surrounding the neighborhood she's lived in for over 20 years.

" 'I can't imagine opening a window in the summertime anymore with that back there,' Bilodeau said.

"The Gorham Town Council said yes to Amazon's proposal to buy roughly 94 acres for about $4 million over the summer. The citizens' group, #GorhamUnited, said Amazon hasn't finalized the sale and they see why an opportunity to stop it."

Read more:
https://www.wmtw.com/article/gorham-residents-push-back-against-amazon-warehouse-proposal/70525740

#MainePol #TrafficPollution #NoisePollution #ResistBigTech #ResistAmazon

I think #GorhamME needs to fire their town government officials! WTF! Also, if Amazon builds their warehouse, you can bet they'll be pushing for the #GorhamConnector as well, which will bring more #UrbanSprawl!!!

Gorham residents push back against #AmazonWarehouse proposal

by Bonnie Bishop, Feb 26, 2026

GORHAM, #Maine — "Gorham residents are trying to prevent Amazon from becoming their new neighbor as a proposal to build a warehouse in the town continues to loom.

"The backlash comes despite the town already giving the company the green light to build a nearly 160,000 square foot warehouse. An Amazon spokesperson said the new facility would create economic growth in Gorham. [BULLSHIT!!!]

"Dozens of Gorham residents gathered Thursday to air their concerns about the project.

" 'I think that this deal is a bad deal for Gorham. It is going to create a lot of negative impacts for the town,' Gorham resident Josh Trombley said. 'We're not going to see a lot of benefit in terms of tax revenue.'

"Anne Bilodeau lives on Shamrock Drive, right up against where the project is set to be developed. She said she worries about more traffic and noise surrounding the neighborhood she's lived in for over 20 years.

" 'I can't imagine opening a window in the summertime anymore with that back there,' Bilodeau said.

"The Gorham Town Council said yes to Amazon's proposal to buy roughly 94 acres for about $4 million over the summer. The citizens' group, #GorhamUnited, said Amazon hasn't finalized the sale and they see why an opportunity to stop it."

Read more:
https://www.wmtw.com/article/gorham-residents-push-back-against-amazon-warehouse-proposal/70525740

#MainePol #TrafficPollution #NoisePollution #ResistBigTech #ResistAmazon

I think #GorhamME needs to fire their town government officials! WTF! Also, if Amazon builds their warehouse, you can bet they'll be pushing for the #GorhamConnector as well, which will bring more #UrbanSprawl!!!

Gorham residents push back against #AmazonWarehouse proposal

by Bonnie Bishop, Feb 26, 2026

GORHAM, #Maine — "Gorham residents are trying to prevent Amazon from becoming their new neighbor as a proposal to build a warehouse in the town continues to loom.

"The backlash comes despite the town already giving the company the green light to build a nearly 160,000 square foot warehouse. An Amazon spokesperson said the new facility would create economic growth in Gorham. [BULLSHIT!!!]

"Dozens of Gorham residents gathered Thursday to air their concerns about the project.

" 'I think that this deal is a bad deal for Gorham. It is going to create a lot of negative impacts for the town,' Gorham resident Josh Trombley said. 'We're not going to see a lot of benefit in terms of tax revenue.'

"Anne Bilodeau lives on Shamrock Drive, right up against where the project is set to be developed. She said she worries about more traffic and noise surrounding the neighborhood she's lived in for over 20 years.

" 'I can't imagine opening a window in the summertime anymore with that back there,' Bilodeau said.

"The Gorham Town Council said yes to Amazon's proposal to buy roughly 94 acres for about $4 million over the summer. The citizens' group, #GorhamUnited, said Amazon hasn't finalized the sale and they see why an opportunity to stop it."

Read more:
https://www.wmtw.com/article/gorham-residents-push-back-against-amazon-warehouse-proposal/70525740

#MainePol #TrafficPollution #NoisePollution #ResistBigTech #ResistAmazon

I think #GorhamME needs to fire their town government officials! WTF! Also, if Amazon builds their warehouse, you can bet they'll be pushing for the #GorhamConnector as well, which will bring more #UrbanSprawl!!!

Gorham residents push back against #AmazonWarehouse proposal

by Bonnie Bishop, Feb 26, 2026

GORHAM, #Maine — "Gorham residents are trying to prevent Amazon from becoming their new neighbor as a proposal to build a warehouse in the town continues to loom.

"The backlash comes despite the town already giving the company the green light to build a nearly 160,000 square foot warehouse. An Amazon spokesperson said the new facility would create economic growth in Gorham. [BULLSHIT!!!]

"Dozens of Gorham residents gathered Thursday to air their concerns about the project.

" 'I think that this deal is a bad deal for Gorham. It is going to create a lot of negative impacts for the town,' Gorham resident Josh Trombley said. 'We're not going to see a lot of benefit in terms of tax revenue.'

"Anne Bilodeau lives on Shamrock Drive, right up against where the project is set to be developed. She said she worries about more traffic and noise surrounding the neighborhood she's lived in for over 20 years.

" 'I can't imagine opening a window in the summertime anymore with that back there,' Bilodeau said.

"The Gorham Town Council said yes to Amazon's proposal to buy roughly 94 acres for about $4 million over the summer. The citizens' group, #GorhamUnited, said Amazon hasn't finalized the sale and they see why an opportunity to stop it."

Read more:
https://www.wmtw.com/article/gorham-residents-push-back-against-amazon-warehouse-proposal/70525740

#MainePol #TrafficPollution #NoisePollution #ResistBigTech #ResistAmazon

Microparticulates. WHO says their THE LEADING CAUSE of Lung Cancer, and most of those highways are where POOR BLACK PEOPLE live. Think on that. It's #InstitutionalRacism BY #IndustrialSociety DESIGN.

Blurb: "More than 49 million Americans live within a mile of a highway and face startling health risks from #trafficpollution, according to an ABC News data analysis."

Lede: Highway traffic pollution puts communities of color at greater health risk, data analysis shows
https://abcnews.go.com/US/highway-traffic-pollution-puts-communities-color-greater-health/story?id=103340992

@mbonsma

I distinctly remember when the 405 freeway in Los Angeles was shut down to build a bridge over it. The newspapers predicted "carmaggaedon", but in practice nothing happened–lots of rerouteing, consolidation of trips, car pooling, and more: traffic evaporation indeed.

"For the City of Angels, Carmageddon — the closure of a 10-mi. segment of major north-south freeway I-405 — was pretty much a non-event in terms of the catastrophic traffic issues and gridlock predicted last weekend."
https://www.fleetowner.com/news/article/21677744/carmageddon-was-stuck-in-the-breakdown-lane

And: "Rather than creating chaos, the first closure greatly reduced traffic congestion. Most people chose to cancel trips rather than to reschedule them, but the reductions in travel diminished over the course of the weekend closure as people learned that congestion levels were far below the dire forecasts."
https://www.accessmagazine.org/spring-2014/carmageddon-los-angeles-sizzle-fizzle/

What it do is reduce air pollution very significantly:

"UCLA also did a study on air quality and air pollution during the 2011 Carmageddon. What they found is an immediate drop in the really really bad particulate matter -- the kind of pollution that is directly attributed to cars"
https://www.kcrw.com/news/shows/greater-la/how-to-alleviate-las-congested-freeways-2019-08-06/remembering-when-the-405-freeway-was-shut-down

#TrafficEvaporation #Carmaggaedon #LosAngeles #Freeway405 #TrafficPollution

@mbonsma

I distinctly remember when the 405 freeway in Los Angeles was shut down to build a bridge over it. The newspapers predicted "carmaggaedon", but in practice nothing happened–lots of rerouteing, consolidation of trips, car pooling, and more: traffic evaporation indeed.

"For the City of Angels, Carmageddon — the closure of a 10-mi. segment of major north-south freeway I-405 — was pretty much a non-event in terms of the catastrophic traffic issues and gridlock predicted last weekend."
https://www.fleetowner.com/news/article/21677744/carmageddon-was-stuck-in-the-breakdown-lane

And: "Rather than creating chaos, the first closure greatly reduced traffic congestion. Most people chose to cancel trips rather than to reschedule them, but the reductions in travel diminished over the course of the weekend closure as people learned that congestion levels were far below the dire forecasts."
https://www.accessmagazine.org/spring-2014/carmageddon-los-angeles-sizzle-fizzle/

What it do is reduce air pollution very significantly:

"UCLA also did a study on air quality and air pollution during the 2011 Carmageddon. What they found is an immediate drop in the really really bad particulate matter -- the kind of pollution that is directly attributed to cars"
https://www.kcrw.com/news/shows/greater-la/how-to-alleviate-las-congested-freeways-2019-08-06/remembering-when-the-405-freeway-was-shut-down

#TrafficEvaporation #Carmaggaedon #LosAngeles #Freeway405 #TrafficPollution

@mbonsma

I distinctly remember when the 405 freeway in Los Angeles was shut down to build a bridge over it. The newspapers predicted "carmaggaedon", but in practice nothing happened–lots of rerouteing, consolidation of trips, car pooling, and more: traffic evaporation indeed.

"For the City of Angels, Carmageddon — the closure of a 10-mi. segment of major north-south freeway I-405 — was pretty much a non-event in terms of the catastrophic traffic issues and gridlock predicted last weekend."
https://www.fleetowner.com/news/article/21677744/carmageddon-was-stuck-in-the-breakdown-lane

And: "Rather than creating chaos, the first closure greatly reduced traffic congestion. Most people chose to cancel trips rather than to reschedule them, but the reductions in travel diminished over the course of the weekend closure as people learned that congestion levels were far below the dire forecasts."
https://www.accessmagazine.org/spring-2014/carmageddon-los-angeles-sizzle-fizzle/

What it do is reduce air pollution very significantly:

"UCLA also did a study on air quality and air pollution during the 2011 Carmageddon. What they found is an immediate drop in the really really bad particulate matter -- the kind of pollution that is directly attributed to cars"
https://www.kcrw.com/news/shows/greater-la/how-to-alleviate-las-congested-freeways-2019-08-06/remembering-when-the-405-freeway-was-shut-down

#TrafficEvaporation #Carmaggaedon #LosAngeles #Freeway405 #TrafficPollution

@mbonsma

I distinctly remember when the 405 freeway in Los Angeles was shut down to build a bridge over it. The newspapers predicted "carmaggaedon", but in practice nothing happened–lots of rerouteing, consolidation of trips, car pooling, and more: traffic evaporation indeed.

"For the City of Angels, Carmageddon — the closure of a 10-mi. segment of major north-south freeway I-405 — was pretty much a non-event in terms of the catastrophic traffic issues and gridlock predicted last weekend."
https://www.fleetowner.com/news/article/21677744/carmageddon-was-stuck-in-the-breakdown-lane

And: "Rather than creating chaos, the first closure greatly reduced traffic congestion. Most people chose to cancel trips rather than to reschedule them, but the reductions in travel diminished over the course of the weekend closure as people learned that congestion levels were far below the dire forecasts."
https://www.accessmagazine.org/spring-2014/carmageddon-los-angeles-sizzle-fizzle/

What it do is reduce air pollution very significantly:

"UCLA also did a study on air quality and air pollution during the 2011 Carmageddon. What they found is an immediate drop in the really really bad particulate matter -- the kind of pollution that is directly attributed to cars"
https://www.kcrw.com/news/shows/greater-la/how-to-alleviate-las-congested-freeways-2019-08-06/remembering-when-the-405-freeway-was-shut-down

#TrafficEvaporation #Carmaggaedon #LosAngeles #Freeway405 #TrafficPollution

@mbonsma

I distinctly remember when the 405 freeway in Los Angeles was shut down to build a bridge over it. The newspapers predicted "carmaggaedon", but in practice nothing happened–lots of rerouteing, consolidation of trips, car pooling, and more: traffic evaporation indeed.

"For the City of Angels, Carmageddon — the closure of a 10-mi. segment of major north-south freeway I-405 — was pretty much a non-event in terms of the catastrophic traffic issues and gridlock predicted last weekend."
https://www.fleetowner.com/news/article/21677744/carmageddon-was-stuck-in-the-breakdown-lane

And: "Rather than creating chaos, the first closure greatly reduced traffic congestion. Most people chose to cancel trips rather than to reschedule them, but the reductions in travel diminished over the course of the weekend closure as people learned that congestion levels were far below the dire forecasts."
https://www.accessmagazine.org/spring-2014/carmageddon-los-angeles-sizzle-fizzle/

What it do is reduce air pollution very significantly:

"UCLA also did a study on air quality and air pollution during the 2011 Carmageddon. What they found is an immediate drop in the really really bad particulate matter -- the kind of pollution that is directly attributed to cars"
https://www.kcrw.com/news/shows/greater-la/how-to-alleviate-las-congested-freeways-2019-08-06/remembering-when-the-405-freeway-was-shut-down

#TrafficEvaporation #Carmaggaedon #LosAngeles #Freeway405 #TrafficPollution

I suppose everyone could start wearing respirators everywhere. I feel like it’d be unpleasant, but I have been wanting our cyberpunk dystopia to better fit the genre’s aesthetic.

#AirPollution #TrafficPollution #Exhaust #pollution #Brain #Health #Degrowth

https://freethoughtblogs.com/oceanoxia/2023/01/29/common-levels-of-traffic-pollution-impair-human-brain-function/

I suppose everyone could start wearing respirators everywhere. I feel like it’d be unpleasant, but I have been wanting our cyberpunk dystopia to better fit the genre’s aesthetic.

#AirPollution #TrafficPollution #Exhaust #pollution #Brain #Health #Degrowth

https://freethoughtblogs.com/oceanoxia/2023/01/29/common-levels-of-traffic-pollution-impair-human-brain-function/

I suppose everyone could start wearing respirators everywhere. I feel like it’d be unpleasant, but I have been wanting our cyberpunk dystopia to better fit the genre’s aesthetic.

#AirPollution #TrafficPollution #Exhaust #pollution #Brain #Health #Degrowth

https://freethoughtblogs.com/oceanoxia/2023/01/29/common-levels-of-traffic-pollution-impair-human-brain-function/