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Mafioso
Yesterday’s Willamette Week identified my as part of the local transportation mafia. So be it. I’ll be happy to take some small credit for the wonderful alternative transportation options we have here in the region. But it went on to paint the following picture: Local transit industry makes contributions to Earl Blumenaur’s PAC Earl’s PAC…
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Streetcar Planning Open Houses Scheduled
From the PDOT press release: Get Involved in Portland’s Streetcar Future! City launches planning for Portland’s streetcar system with three public open houses Outer East Parkrose High School Community Room 12003 NE Shaver St (at NE 122nd) 4:30 to 7:00 pm October 29 Downtown Lincoln High School Cafeteria 1600 SW Salmon St. 4:30 to 7:00…
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Congressional Leaders Love Streetcar
According to Willamette Week, Nancy Pelosi loves our Streetcar, and this morning’s O has Jim Oberstar waxing poetic about our transit. Can we translate this love into cash?
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Bridge To Be
Yesterday I had the pleasure of spending two hours out on the Willamette and Columbia Rivers on a jet board tour of the ‘working waterfront’ (it included the fastest trip I have ever made between the Hawthorne and Steel bridges). The purpose was to remind regional decision makers (I got on by virtue of my…
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The I-5 Slog
Hat tip to the reader who forwarded a link to the “I-5 Slog” web site set up by Horizon Air. The site describes the trip from Portland to Seattle on I-5 as the “the longest 3-hour drive in American History”. What a great ad for high-speed rail :-)