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Burnside, Prudent Streetcars at Planning Commission
Planning Commission took testimony for about 4 hours on the Burnside Couplet plan last night. Proponents and opponents were relatively balanced (a few more opponents). As one Planning Commissioner noted, about half the opponents referenced Couch from 15th to 19th specifically, which indicates that the Cathedral and school were effective in mobilizing their constituents. The…
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United Streetcar
United Streetcar is the subsidiary that Oregon Iron Works has formed to construct a prototype domestic streetcar (in partnership with Skoda). Here’s the big press event with a long list of VIPs: United Streetcar, LLC, a subsidiary of Oregon Iron Works, Inc. (OIW), has been selected to produce the nation’s first modern, domestically-produced streetcar. OIW…
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Get Your Streetcar Passes Now
Sam Adams has decided that transit passes will indeed be honored on the Tram so that regular commuters don’t get soaked with the $4 single-ticket price. As reader Frank Dufay notes, I’m sitting pretty because Sam has included Streetcar Annual Passes on the list of honored fare instruments: So now, Chris, your $100.00 a year…
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New Streetcar Vehicles Officially Premiere on Monday
They’re getting their own press event. Details from PDOT: STREETCAR RECEIVES THREE NEW CARS FROM THE CZECH REPUBLIC (Portland, OR) Three new streetcars have arrived in Portland from the Czech Republic. Join Commissioner Sam Adams on Monday, January 22, at 1:15 pm to see the first of three cars commence testing in preparation for revenue…
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One Down, Two to Go
How do you unload a Streetcar? You erect a temporary crane. Watching a Streetcar get unloaded is a lot like watching paint dry. There’s a lot of waiting. I came back a few hours and they were about to move the car off the wash track into the shop. Yes, Bob, you can link two…