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Southwest Corridor: Transportation “Bundles”
The latest report from the Southwest Corridor steering committee is now available, and it is interesting, to say the least: The committee is considering several project options: Light rail to Tigard Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) to Tigard BRT to Tualatin BRT to Sherwood Something called “hub and spoke”, which appears to involve no major investments…
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Pensions and budgets, and cuts. (Oh my).
On the heels of all the CRC goings-on down in Salem (and in various council chambers in Vancouver and Oregon City), TriMet yesterday tossed a little gasoline in the fire with some dire predictions for transit levels a decade hence. While its outlook for FY14 is essentially flat–no service restorations, no further cuts, depending on…
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More CRC fun and games
In an apparent reversal from campaign promises made to environmentalists, Portland mayor Charlie Hales is now supporting the Columbia River Crossing–albeit with a few reservations (he called it a “work in progress that needs more refinement”). Hales also cautioned the anti-LRT petitioners in Clark County that “The CRC without LRT is DOA”. In related news,…
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Two cities, two different visions for TV Highway
In this morning’s Oregonian (in the West Metro community news section of the paper’s print edition, which does not yet appear to be posted online), Andrew Theen and Nicole Friedman report on differing visions for Tualatin Valley Highway (OR-8), a major east-west thoroughfare connecting the cities of Beaverton and Hillsboro. The highway–the route of TriMet’s…
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February 2013 Open Thread
Is it groundhog day yet? Is it groundhog day yet? Is it groundhog day yet? Is it groundho…. Regardless of whether or not Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow, ’tis time for another open thread. Longtime Portland Transport reader, and former TriMet bus driver Al Margulies is the lead plaintiff in a pending class action suit…