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Welcome to Streetcar Switch Central
The Streetcar re-opened on Monday after a two-week shutdown to install new track in the Pearl District. A very complicated set of switches, crossovers and merges create the new “Northrup Loop”. I’m celebrating because this represents the culmination of advocacy that I’ve been conducting since the Loop was first proposed shortly after the original alignment…
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The Case for Streetcars
Via Planetizen: Made very eloquently by Professor Patrick Condon.
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CRC Light Rail to Get Stand Alone Vote
Some interesting politics in Clark County played out today as the C-Tran board, over the objections of the City of Vancouver, decided to place two measures on the ballot next year, one for existing bus service and one specifically for light rail. Vancouver Mayor Tim Leavitt had argued for one combined ballot measure.
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Streetcar to Hibernate
The Streetcar is going on vacation! From Sept 13th to 26th, while we build the connection between the existing streetcar tracks in the Pearl to the new tracks coming over the Broadway Bridge, the streetcar will not operate. The problem is there is nowhere to turn around at the north end of the alignment. This…
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KBOO Bike Show: Lose The Training Wheels
Listen to the show (mp3, 25.9MB) Learn about Bike First, a program that works with youngsters and adults who experience difficulty getting past training wheels and onto conventional two-wheelers. And in the second half hour, we talk with Johnny Olivan of Rejuiced Bikes, a Portland-based business that builds pedal-powered vehicles of the most incredible kind.