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What’s Going On with Streetcar Fares?
There’s been a bit of buzz about Streetcar fares lately, usually framed as “Streetcar is about to drop out of Free Rail Zone.” That may happen (in fact it probably will), but I’d suggest it’s the wrong way to frame the question. The real question is “what’s an appropriate fare structure for the Streetcar Loop?”…
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KBOO Bike Show: Streetcar Tracks, Mayoral Candidate Jefferson Smith
Listen to the show (mp3, 25.7MB) AROW‘s Steve Bozzone discusses the challenges integrating streetcars and bikeways. Mayoral candidate Jefferson Smith is interviewed by Michelle and Steph.
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Apparently, We’re Going to Have Competition in the NW for Building Streetcars
Seattle is striking up a manufacturing partnership for its next streetcar line. The partnership is with Inekon, the lead partner in the manufacturing of Portland’s first ten streetcars (partnered with Skoda for the first seven cars, then Dopravní Podnik Ostrava for the next three). I was part of a delegation to the Czech Republic in…
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A Little Streetcar Music
Here’s a bit of an entertainment diversion for the weekend. Just over a month ago, several groups came together to produce an event called “Portland’s Streetcar Mobile Music Fest”, which featured eight different bands or performers on a series of streetcars over a three-hour period. The event was quite well-received, and many riders turned out…
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Is TriMet Getting Some Hybrid Lift Vehicles?
via Streetsblog: I haven’t heard anything about this locally, but this DOT document (PDF) contains a fairly cryptic item: Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon (TriMet) Project: Transit Vehicle Replacement (Mini-Hybrid) Amount: $5,000,000 TriMet will use funds to replace buses in its fleet that are beyond their useful lives with minihybrid technology buses. Or am…