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J.K. – PBS Star!
Last year, a production company was in town making a documentary on the Portland metro area’s land use, planning, and public involvement processes. The program, titled “Portland: Quest for the Livable City” (Press Release) is now complete and is set to air on OPB (not OPB HD), Sunday, May 10, at 1pm. (Look for “Making…
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MAX Derailment Footage
I happened to be in the area shortly after todays MAX derailment. (So was our own Jason McHuff, as coincidence would have it). As derailments go, it was both not serious and very serious. Not serious, thankfully, because there were no injuries or collisions, but very serious in that at least three trucks (wheel assemblies)…
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General Motors Sold to Consortium of Transit Agencies, including TriMet
Big news today: As published in both today’s Wall Street Journal and Oregonian [Update, this news first broke due to investigative reporting by Willamette Week.], as part of the recently announced federal bailout package for automakers, control of General Motors has been transferred via receivership to a group of government agencies with expertise in transportation…
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TriMet Updates Service Cut Proposals
TriMet has a new press release out today outlining changes to the service cut proposal. They received over 1,500 comments. Check out the press release for details. In summary: Fewer cuts than originaly proposed to buses (5 lines cut instead of 12, but the “spared” 7 face other changes/consolidations.) MAX cuts stay basically the same…
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Major Sports Facilities – Land Use and Transportation
In another thread here, and on blogs all over town, people were just itching to talk about the new Major League Soccer proposal, the future of baseball in Portland, the fate of Memorial Coliseum, a stadium for Lents, etc… Please consider this thread the place to talk about the transportation and land use impacts of…