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A Number for Jim (at long last)
I finally had a chance to catch the video of Charlie Hales addressing a PSU transportation seminar about Streetcar. You can find the stream and download here. First, for Jim Karlock, Charlie quoted an average trip length for Streetcar (no, I don’t know his source): 3/4 of a mile. So go run your numbers, Jim!…
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Burnside, Prudent Streetcars at Planning Commission
Planning Commission took testimony for about 4 hours on the Burnside Couplet plan last night. Proponents and opponents were relatively balanced (a few more opponents). As one Planning Commissioner noted, about half the opponents referenced Couch from 15th to 19th specifically, which indicates that the Cathedral and school were effective in mobilizing their constituents. The…
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Factors Affecting Bicycle Demand
Portland State University Center for Transportation Studies Winter 2007 Transportation Seminar Series Speaker: Dr. Jennifer Dill and Kim Voros, Portland State University Topic: Factors Affecting Bicycling Demand: Initial Survey Findings from the Portland Region When: Friday, January 26, 2007, 12:00-1:30 pm Where: 204 Urban Center
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United Streetcar
United Streetcar is the subsidiary that Oregon Iron Works has formed to construct a prototype domestic streetcar (in partnership with Skoda). Here’s the big press event with a long list of VIPs: United Streetcar, LLC, a subsidiary of Oregon Iron Works, Inc. (OIW), has been selected to produce the nation’s first modern, domestically-produced streetcar. OIW…
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Get Your Streetcar Passes Now
Sam Adams has decided that transit passes will indeed be honored on the Tram so that regular commuters don’t get soaked with the $4 single-ticket price. As reader Frank Dufay notes, I’m sitting pretty because Sam has included Streetcar Annual Passes on the list of honored fare instruments: So now, Chris, your $100.00 a year…