Portland Transport

Category: Modes

  • Streetcars to be Unloaded Today

    Update, 10:45am: I am told unloading of the first car has commenced. I am told the 3 new vehicles will be unloaded at the maintenance facility (NW Northrup and 16th) today and tomorrow. I don’t have any word on what time they’ll start today.

  • D-Day

    Here we are: the first commute day with the Transit Mall closed. Yesterday’s O featured a chart with all the new stop locations (PDF, 764K). We just wanted to let you know that our Transit Surfer tool has been updated with all the new route and stop information.

  • Tualatin Bike/Ped Bridge: Medium-Term Gratification

    The Oregonian yesterday had a brief piece on a new bike/ped bridge that will open in a few weeks, crossing the Tualatin river. As a member of TPAC (Metro’s Transportation Policy Alternatives Committee), I had a chance to score and recommend this project as part of the State “Transportation Enhancements” competitive process. I feel a…

  • Streetcar Vehicle Pipeline

    Update: The vehicles are apparently snowed in in Wyoming. Earliest possible arrival is Monday. Two pieces of news on new Streetcar Vehicles: Cars 8, 9 and 10 are almost here from the Czech Republic! Cars 8 and 9 landed in Baltimore just after Christmas and car 10 cleared customs in NJ on New Year’s Eve…

  • Streetcar Makes USA Today

    We’ve gone mass media. And they got the image wrong :-)