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TriMet Adopts Budget
TriMet has adopted a $741M budget for FY2008. In addition to a 5 cent fare increase and continuing construction of the Green Line and Washington County Commuter Rail, here are a few more highlights: $1.7 million to begin replacing the original 20-year old Ticket Vending Machines located along Eastside MAX line with debit/credit-card only machines.…
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Lake Oswego Transit Update
Last Thursday, the steering committee overseeing the Lake Oswego transit alternatives analysis got an update on the evaluation of alternatives. I’ll hit the highlights below, but the full presentation is here (PDF, 3M). There are also some visual simulations that I will post later when I receive them. To get involved in the process, you…
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Sine Die Breathes Life into Streetcar Loop
The final days of the legislative session were very good for Streetcar in Portland. The package of Lottery bonding projects included two key items: $20M for vehicles for the Streetcar Loop About $250M for the bridge for Milwaukie Light Rail That means that not only are we in good shape for the capital side of…
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Guilty as Charged
And damn proud of it. Monday’s Oregonian features a front page story that essentially accuses Peter DeFazio, the City of Portland and Portland Streetcar of working to get Federal dollars to Oregon Iron Works to help jump start a local streetcar manufacturing industry. I believe the official charge should be “conspiracy to create jobs in…
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Wall Street Journal Smarter than FTA?
An article in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal nicely contrasts the transportation benefits versus development benefits of Streetcar. The Federal Transit Administration is having trouble understanding the two sets of benefits, as illustrated by the fact that all the projects funded so far under the new ‘Small Starts’ category have been BRT projects. That should change…