Libby Tucker of the Daily Journal of Commerce was on the same preview ride with the Streetcar CAC on Tuesday. Her (positive) report appeared in the paper (and online) today. Bob will be frustrated with the same ambiguity about who’s allowed to ride this week :-)

Watching from inside where it’s warm Cable cross section Everything has rules Waiting at the bottom Down from the tower Coming in for a landing Touchdown Our friendly operator The control panel – although everything can also be controlled from the ground I-5 Barbur Blvd SoWa from above Downtown from the top This is what…

I’m excited. Along with my fellow members of the Streetcar Citizens Advisory Committee, I’m going to get a ‘preview’ ride on the OHSU Tram this week. Look for pictures here afterwards. Meanwhile, over at Commissioner Sam, there’s a question about whether the Tram fare should be seamlessly part of the TriMet/Streetcar pricing and transfer system,…

I had some free time yesterday afternoon (12/19/2006), so I visited both endpoints of the tram to check it out in operation. (I am not an OHSU employee, so I did not try to board.) The first thing I noticed was just how quiet the Tram actually is… you could not hear the cables or…