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My (non-)Trip on Streetcar
I had a first last night. The Streetcar was too full to get on board. It was about 5:30 at 10th and Couch, trying to get back to Northwest. The train was shoulder-to-shoulder and about three people got off. About 15 people were waiting to get on, and about six of us wouldn’t fit (I…
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I-5 to 99W Connector Project Steering Committee studies ways to improve traffic movement in the area
Excerpted from Rex’s April newsletter: Regional and local transportation officials have recognized the need for a connection between I-5 and Hwy. 99W for more than a decade. Traffic demand in the southwestern portion of the region has grown substantially, leading to increasingly congested conditions. Metro Councilor Carl Hosticka serves on the I 5 to 99W…
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Another Marker for Platinum
So you have to be either really compulsive or a political junkie (I hope I’m just the latter) to make a point of reading Willamette Week’s “web only” murmers every Wednesday, but the reward this week was to discover that three of Portland’s very own are among the top 100 bike retailers in the counry.
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Streetcar Comes to Transit Board(tm)
We’re delighted to announce that Transit Board™ Real Time Info now includes information from Portland Streetcar. We recently received permission to use data from NextBus, Streetcar’s provider for next arrival information. We’re busily integrating this data into our tools, and it should show up on Transit Surfer soon as well. Remember, we’re happy to build…
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Sellwood Slighted?
Unfortunately, I was not able to recruit a correspondent for Wednesday’s meeting on the Sellwood Bridge. It was competing with MPAC and the Columbia Crossing meetings the same night. But I’m a little surprised that I haven’t see any coverage in the Oregonian or Tribune. Did I miss it? The only coverage I’ve heard so…