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News of Other Trams…
Much has been debated about the Portland Aerial Tram project. Yesterday, the City Council, in a close vote, endorsed continuing construction of the tram and committed more city money from various sources to the project. Interestingly, just hours earlier, passengers on a tram in New York were being evacuated from a stalled system via crane…
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CRC Week: Open Thread
I’m about to close comments on the Columbia River Crossing Week posts, so I can bundle them up and submit them for the record. If you’d like to keep discussing the items, do so here.
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Final Chapter in CRC Week: TR-8 to 10, 13 and 14, the Exotic Ideas
Pages 4-7 to 4-10, 4-13 and 4-14 (PDF, 382K) of the screening report (PDF 3.3M) describe some of the more exotic ways of getting people across the river: Ferries Monorails Maglev Trains Personal Rapid Transit People Movers Staff reject them. I’m actually sorry to see Ferries crossed off the list, but I appreciate the argument…
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CRC Week: RC-14 to 18 and 21, the Alternative Corridors
Described on pages 5-14 to 5-23 (PDF, 482K) of the report (PDF 3.3M) these are all some variation on putting the additional traffic somewhere else. In most cases (except for the I-205 improvements scenario), in a new corridor. A new corridor would open up new land for development and quite likely encourage sprawl and more…
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CRC Week: TR-1 to TR-4 the Bus Options
The The report (PDF 3.3M) offers four different configurations of bus options (on pages 4-2 to 4-4, PDF, 134K) and recommends that all four be studied. They basically differ in the amount and configuration of dedicated facilities for the buses. I can’t quibble, they’re all options that should be studied (even if I am a…