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Needed: A Few Good Superheroes
Our next “Sunday Parkways” event is coming up in NE Portland on Sunday and I’m looking forward to riding the 7-mile loop with my partner (who almost never cycles, but enjoyed the last event) and my step-daughter, who is back from college for the summer. But… The event is still looking for volunteers, specifically “Intersection…
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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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Ordering Ahead
We’re still waiting for the check from the Federal Transit Administration (amazing how the bureaucrats can keeping you hanging even after the Secretary says he’s giving you $75M), but City Council today authorized contracts for the two long lead-time items for the Streetcar Loop. Now on order: 6 shiny new streetcar vehicles from Oregon Iron…
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Expanded Streetcar Discussion
The release of the City-wide Streetcar System Plan provoked some discussion in other venues in the blogosphere. Here is one of the more interesting ones at Human Transit.