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Portland to Host Regional Streetcar Conference
Click image for full size graphic Portland is hosting one of a series of regional conferences on Streetcars organized by Reconnecting America on Friday, July 27th. This will be the first of four such conferences, the others being in Denver, Madison and Charlotte. But even more exciting, we’re planning to hold a session on local…
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Three Line Streetcar Service
Jim Howell has an alternate notion of how to operate the Streetcar Loop. He’s paired it with a Hawthorne Bridge crossing, but I don’t know why it couldn’t work with a more southernly crossing, or indeed, before the crossing is created. If streetcars were routed over the Hawthorne Bridge and south to Harrison, as I…
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Platinum Bicycle Master Plan Process Goes Public
The first round of public meetings for the update to the Bicycle Master Plan (the one that’s going to take us to Platinum) has been announced (you’ll also find them on our calendar): What Daily Portland Activity… Saves money? Reduces air, noise, and water pollution? Improves health and fitness? Makes Portland a better place to…
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Suburb to Suburb
Jim Mayer has a stark piece in Sunday’s O about the difficulty of moving between suburbs on transit (with accompanying map [PDF, 2.5M] and analysis of potential solutions). There’s no denying the problem, but how do we make the economics work for relatively lower-density/ridership routes (or are there high-ridership potential routes)? I was struck by…
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Streetcar Loop Starting to Feel Real
The project advisory committee weighed in on potential stop locations yesterday (indicated on image – click on the image for a larger version). Biggest debate was where to locate one between the Max crossing, Convention Center and State Office Building for maximum effect.