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A Little Streetcar Music
Here’s a bit of an entertainment diversion for the weekend. Just over a month ago, several groups came together to produce an event called “Portland’s Streetcar Mobile Music Fest”, which featured eight different bands or performers on a series of streetcars over a three-hour period. The event was quite well-received, and many riders turned out…
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Metro Survey on Active Transportation
Earlier this year Metro launched an interesting approach to public input in the form of their “Opt In Panel” program, an opportunity to voluntarily register to take surveys on topics of interest/action by the Metro Council. The current survey is on Active Transportation. If you haven’t already joined the program, this might be your moment.
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TriMet to study OPAL’s Campaign for a Fair Transfer
The TriMet board today, before a packed house, considered a proposal from OPAL, the “Campaign for a Fair Transfer”, which would extend the validity of single-ride tickets to address equity issues in public transit. OPAL, an advocacy group which focuses on environmental and economic justice issues, claims that the reductions in service over the past…
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Petitioning for Bus Service Restorations
OPAL (Organizing People, Activating Leaders) is running an online petition drive requesting that TriMet General Manager Neil McFarlane prioritize discretionary funds toward restoration of bus service over other uses: TriMet has cut 200,000 hours (over 15%) of transit service in the last two years. These cuts result in a heavier burden on the growing number…
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Call to Action on Transportation Re-authorization
Transportation for America has an action page to encourage the Senate to take a different path on the 6-year transportation re-authorization: Late last week the House released the outline of their transportation bill, which would cut total transportation funding by one-third, kill the tiny slice of dedicated funding for safer walking and biking, slash transit…