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Transit Riders Union Gets Some Airtime
In the form of an opinion piece on the Oregonian’s online opinion page (and reference in the print edition) which also got linked from the Oregonian’s commuting blog. The four key points of the manifesto: The Transit Riders Union advocates four things: Save Fareless Square, halt the cuts to bus service, elect the TriMet board…
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Metro Council Approves 30-year Vision for High Capacity Transit
Yesterday the Metro Council approved a plan that ranks 16 potential High Capacity Transit corridors. Included in the ‘near term’ category are corridors on Barbur, Powell and paralleling Highway 217.
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A “MegaBus” for Oregon?
We’ve always heard that the Celts were thrifty. Apparently what Ryannair did for air travel in Europe the Mega Bus enterprise has started doing likewise for surface travel. And now it is also operating in three major population centers in the United States with internet fares for inter-city travel. They even offer lottery type promotions…
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TriMet Lays Out Fareless Square, Cuts Strategy
Frequent commenter Jason McHuff left this over on the open thread: –Fareless Square Change Proposed: limiting it to rail only, with Green and Yellow Line replacing free bus service on the mall –Bus Frequency Reductions Proposed (details): Many main lines go from every 15 minutes to every 17 minutes Open Houses/Public Hearings regarding those July…
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Transit Equity Coming?
Congressman (and Transportation Chair) Jim Oberstar will release a white paper on Thursday outlining his plan for the next surface transportation reauthorization bill. One issue that many transit advocates are hoping for is ‘transit equity’, the idea that the disparity between Federal match for highways (80-90%) and match for transit projects (50-60%, usually 50%) might…