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Streetcar Gets Musical on Friday!
The second annual Streetcar Mobile Musicfest happens tomorrow. It’s a great opportunity to check out the new ‘CL’ Loop line. The musical groups will be on the vehicles between the Leftbank building and OMSI. Here’s the schedule: 5:50 – 6:50 Sassparilla 6:05 – 7:05 MC Rose 6:20 – 7:20 The Ocean Floor 6:40 – 7:40…
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What Happens Now When a Streetcar Goes Out of Service?
As I’ve mentioned here before, because the cars from United Streetcar/Oregon Iron Works are a bit behind schedule (the first car is on the test track at OIW now! but it will still be there a while) to support the new east side line, we have to run every car in our 11 car fleet…
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On the Impending Transformation of Transportation
Brian Davis is Portland Transport’s newest contributor. Brian is a Transportation Analyst at Lancaster Engineering, a MS Candidate at PSU where his research involves strategies for increasing sustainability in urban freight, and a carfree resident of downtown Portland. Welcome, Brian! – Chris I’m excited to be joining the discussion at Portland Transport at the onset…
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October 2012 Open Thread
Time for another open thread: Metro has a new fact sheet up for the Southwest Corridor. There’s more bad blood between TriMet and ATU757. Three month’s ago, TriMet won the arbitration case which allows it to impose its last, best offer on the union–the main financial effect of which is requiring union members to contribute…