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Business Journal Polls on Light Rail Future
The Business Journal would like to know if you support Light Rail on Powell and Barbur. Let them know how you feel.
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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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Video: Green Line First Ride Event, Part 2 of 2
Part 2 features excerpts of speeches by TriMet General Manager Fred Hansen, Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR), and Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR-3), as well as a rare cab-view while the train is in motion.
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Video: Green Line First Ride Event, Part 1 of 2
The Green Line expansion of the MAX Light Rail system from Downtown Portland to Clackamas Town Center will open later this summer. On June 30th, a “First Ride” preview event occurred where a couple of hundred individuals including a number of public officials rode the route. Part 1 features interviews with TriMet General Manager Fred…
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Impressions from the Green Line
Today was the first VIP ride on the Green Line and I had the chance to join anybody and everybody involved in transportation in the region to ride out to Clackamas Town Center. My biggest overall impression was probably looking at the system map and reflecting on how much of the region is now connected…