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The Oregon gubernatorial election and transit
PortlandTransport.com looks at the Oregon gubernatorial election between Democrat John Kitzhaber, and Republican Chris Dudley, and its potential affect on transit in the Portland area.
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Feds approve Milwaukie LRT EIS (Updated)
A quickie: Michael Anderson at Portland Afoot tweets: “Feds have approved enviro impact statement for MAX line to OMSI, Sellwood, @trimet GM Neil McFarlane says. Will be published Friday.” More to come, certainly, on Friday.
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TriMet Safety & Service Excellence Task Force report released
The TriMet Safety and Service Excellence Task Force, formed after the April crash where a bus struck a group of pedestrians, killing two of them, has released its report.
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TriMet and the Trust Gap, Part 2
Tuesday morning’s article, Under New Management: TriMet and the Trust Gap, sparked a lot of discussion–so much so that a followup article is in order. While it would be foolish to pretend that portlandtransport.com’s readers are representative sample of the wider community–the contributors here are self-selected for an interest in transit, whether pro or con–quite…
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Tiger II grant winners in Oregon and SW Washington.
The USDOT has just announced the winners of the Tiger II Discretionary Grant program; and four projects in Oregon and SW Washington will receive funding.