Portland Transport

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  • Reader Calls for Gorge Train

    This comment showed up on our discussion of a possible Wine Train: I live in Mt Hood, Oregon and would like to work with folks interested in getting rail transport between Hood River (maybe also the Dalles) and Portland, who is working on this? How can I help? It seems that a total overhaul of…

  • Auditor to PDOT: Fix Road Fixes

    Yesterday’s Oregonian reports that the City Auditor has told PDOT it’s not spending its road maintence dollars as effectively as possible. It’s the old adage: an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Apparently PDOT is spending so much resource rebuilding the really bad roads that it underspends keeping the new ones from…

  • Momentum

    It’s been a great week for Portland Streetcar: On Wednesday the Oregon Transportation Commission awarded $2.1M of Connect Oregon funds to cap off the funding plan for the Lowell Extension. On Thursday the Metro Council unanimously adopted the Locally Preferred Alternative for the Eastside Streetcar, completing a sweep of unanimous votes from local governments and…

  • Post Peak Oil Family (of 6) Car

    Just because it made me smile. Hat tip to Miles for the pointer. http://www.portlandground.com/archives/2006/07/family_in_irvington_out_f_1.php

  • Another Reason for Streetcar to Celebrate

    Just in time for the fifth birthday celebration for Portland Streetcar, word just in that the Oregon Transportation Commission has awarded $2.1M from Connect Oregon to the Lowell St. extension. This should cap the funding plan for the extension and insure the opening of another segment in about a year. Connect Oregon is a $100M…