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Bus and streetcar options studied for Lake Oswego to South Waterfront route
A streetcar route or enhanced bus service from downtown to Lake Oswego were the options selected for further study and the BRT option was officially eliminated. The Oregonian reports: Though years away, a streetcar linking South Waterfront to Lake Oswego took another step closer to reality this afternoon when Metro councilors approved an environmental impact…
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Amtrak: Maybe Now?
In stark contrast to the Bush administration’s efforts to pull the plug on Amtrak funding, a post on Planetizen links to a Washington Post column encouraging investment in the nation’s rail systems. “America’s train advocates are mildly optimistic. And for some good reasons. Amtrak is reporting impressive ridership gains. Oil is pushing $100 a barrel,…
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Sorting Out Fareless Square
We’ve had plenty of opinion about fareless square, and/or it’s curtailment. I’d like to try to back up a little bit and take this out of the realm of opinion, and get into a more structured analysis. So I’m going to pose this question: If you were asked to conduct an objective analysis of costs/benefits…
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Deeper Dive on Nextbus
Following up on our initial questions about cases in which the Nextbus arrival information system used by Portland Streetcar might be not entirely accurate, two PSU class project teams took their own look. I had a chance to sit in on the team project presentations, which are now posted online. The headline is that while…