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Patience Not Always a Virtue
The cover article in today’s Trib (“Streetcar planning calls for patience”) seems to suggest that Streetcar is going too fast! For the record, I don’t think we need to slow down, all I’m concerned about is that our Streetcar lines are well-planned and that every potential community has the opportunity to make their case for…
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An Intriguing Bus Idea
Hat tip to reader Elly Blue who pointed us to this essay on an interesting plan for integrating intercity buses and urban transit from the UK. Maybe we should move the bus station to the Rose Quarter to be near the intersection of I-5 and I-84?
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Can we get a Hawthorne Streetcar group going?
In a number of recent discussions, the idea of a Hawthorne Streetcar has come up. This was especially the case in Tuesday’s “Burnside-Couch Couplet” thread. I think there is sufficient interest to get local interested parties together (transportation advocates, Hawthorne-area businesses, residents, taxpayers, bicycle and pedestrian activists, and even pure motorists (Hi, Terry)) to try…
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Anticipation…
Apparently there are rail buffs in the Czech Republic as well as in Portland. Some of them are snapping pictures of our next three Streetcars as they travel around the streets of Ostrava during their burn-in. (More photos here.) They’ve come a long way since I first saw them, but the cars are badly overdue.…
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KBOO Bike Show: See and Be Seen
Listen to the show (mp3, 12.3M) Linda Ginenthal from Transportation Options talks about the new See & Be Seen campaign. Plus some of the theme song contest entries and talk about tips for winter riding, including how to keep your spirits up.