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Financing Public Transportation
Portland State University Center for Transportation Studies Spring 2009 Transportation Seminar Series Speaker: Michael Ward Public Transit Division Administrator, Oregon Department of Transportation Topic: How Public Transportation is Financed in Oregon When: Friday, May 22, 2009, 12:00 – 1:00pm Where: PSU Urban Center Building, SW 6th and Mill, Room 204
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Streetcar Delivery / Unloading Video
Here’s video I shot of this morning’s delivery of the first streetcar from United Streetcar, LLC. The entire process took about two hours, edited here to just six minutes. (Update: A higher-quality version hosted by Vimeo is available after the break.)
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Special Delivery
At about 6:40 this morning the first made-in-USA modern streetcar in a half century was being lined up on the wash track at the Portland Streetcar maintenance facility, and was being positioned under a portable crane for unloading! More photos after the jump…
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Streetcar Podcast
“Tuesdays at APA” is a lecture series run out of the American Planning Association’s Chicago office, and this week’s podcast of the series features a great discussion of Streetcars (mp3, 15.8M), both vintage and modern types and the role they play in shaping communities. There’s a great description of the experience in Portland, with a…
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Expecting a Shiny New Streetcar
Today’s Trib has an article about ramping up Streetcar manufacturing at Oregon Iron Works. But the more immediate news is that the first prototype vehicle is due to be delivered to Portland Streetcar’s maintenance facility (NW 16th and Northrup) TOMORROW MORNING at about 6AM. I hope to be there to get some photos. Don’t expect…