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Easier Streetcar Tickets
We’ve discussed before that making the fare system for Streetcar easy to use is a challenge. Our fareboxes are somewhat unreliable and are difficult to use. We hope to acquire much better fareboxes when we make the leap across the river. However, until then, we’d at least like to make them easier to understand. Local…
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Streetcar and the RTP
In the draft policy language for the Regional Transportation Plan update, there is a 3-tier classification of transit service: High Capacity Transit (MAX) Regional Transit (connects regional and town centers) Local Transit (bus) Streetcar was initially lumped in Regional Transit (along with TriMet’s frequent bus lines). While the proposed Lake Oswego Line might fit that…
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Streetcar Vision in Print
Reconnecting America has just published Street Smart: Streetcars and Cities in the 21st Century. As you might imagine, it features a lot of material from Portland, and it is also visually beautiful. Every Streetcar fan should have one. You can order it online and it is also available at Powells (it does not have an…
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Hawthorne Streetcar Advocacy Website – Official Launch
In a number of recent discussions here on PortlandTransport, the idea of streetcar service for the Hawthorne Blvd. corridor has been bandied about. At one time I threatened to build a web site to allow for interested parties to organize around this idea. Now, it is time to make good on that threat. :-) I…
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A Number for Jim (at long last)
I finally had a chance to catch the video of Charlie Hales addressing a PSU transportation seminar about Streetcar. You can find the stream and download here. First, for Jim Karlock, Charlie quoted an average trip length for Streetcar (no, I don’t know his source): 3/4 of a mile. So go run your numbers, Jim!…