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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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Metro Survey on Active Transportation
Earlier this year Metro launched an interesting approach to public input in the form of their “Opt In Panel” program, an opportunity to voluntarily register to take surveys on topics of interest/action by the Metro Council. The current survey is on Active Transportation. If you haven’t already joined the program, this might be your moment.
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Better Trips, Transformational Leadership
There was a flurry of news on Friday, describing TriMet’s new multi-modal trip planner. There is no question the planner is very cool. The ability to integrate bike and transit trip planning, better pedestrian routing to transit stops, and a myriad a bells and whistles (check out the ‘bike triangle’!) are a great step forward.…
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Boom Times for Streetcar Builders
Via Planetizen I think most of the 80 cities have had representatives tromp through the Pearl and ride our Streetcar…