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Transit Ridership at Historic Levels
Via Planetizen: The American Public Transportation Association reported that transit ridership on US systems is at its highest levels since 1957, having increased for the last three consecutive years. Light, heavy, and commuter rail, respectively, led the increase.
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The Howell Line
A picture is worth a thousand words.
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Transit Safety Poll at the Business Journal
This week, the Business Journal’s poll is about how safe (crime safe – not traffic safe) you feel on TriMet: Total crime dropped in 2006 on MAX and TriMet — to a total of 886 crimes from 988 in 2005. But there were still 88 robberies last year, and 156 simple assaults. Do you think…
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Royce Pollard on the CRC and Transit
Update: 1/27/07 The Oregonian gets behind Royce with an editorial in support of Light Rail to Clark County. Original Post: 1/25/07 Vancouver (USA) Mayor Royce Pollard called for bringing Light Rail to Vancouver on the Columbia River Crossing in his State of the City address, according to yesterday’s Oregonian. “I’ve said it before, but it…
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Betting on Lottery Dollars for Milwaukie LRT?
Metro is floating its proposed legislative agenda past MPAC and JPACT. Included in the transportation plank is this phrase: “Providing lottery dollars to support the next leg of the region’s high-capacity transit system…” (this means Milwaukie Light Rail). Could this be the boost to get that corridor off the ground? The accompanying report notes that…