Month: October 2008

  • Streetcar Line Colors Assigned, Amber Line Breaks Ridership Records

    As the Streetcar Loop moves into final engineering TriMet has assigned colors for the system map for our soon-to-be-two-line system. The current alignment from South Waterfront to NW 23rd will be the Amber Line, while the new Loop route (which won’t really be a loop until 2015 or so) will be the Aqua Line. I…

  • Updated: Sorting Out South Portland Transportation

    Updated: Here’s a diagram of all the projects on the table for South Portland. Lot’s of moving pieces! from PDOT: Open House for South Portland Transportation Projects The City of Portland Office of Transportation is hosting an open house focused on transportation projects (and potential funding for the projects) in the South Portland Neighborhood which…

  • Transportation Investment Choices

    As part of the New Look/Regional Transportation Plan process, Metro is examining patterns of public infrastructure investments. A joint TPAC/MTAC (the technocratic advisory committees) workshop will be held on Monday, October 13th from 2-4pm in the Metro Council Chambers (600 NE Grand in Portland) to look at scenarios for transportation investment choices.

  • Opportunity to Hang with National Rail/Transit Geeks

    From a press release I just sent out. I hope the Portland Transport crowd will be well represented! National Transit Passenger Advocates Hold Outreach Meeting in Portland Board Members of Rail Users’ Network to meet with Portland transit users and advocates. October 1, 2008 – RUN – the Rail User’s Network will hold an outreach…

  • WES: Fall opening falls behind.

    TriMet has delayed the opening of WES until February 2nd, primarily due to problems with the railcar vendor. From the press release: TriMet purchased three self-propelled Diesel Multiple Unit (DMU) cars and one trailer from Colorado Railcar Manufacturing (CRM). TriMet contracted with CRM, the only U.S. firm that builds DMUs that meets federal safety standards…