Update: Jim Karlock has posted a video of the meeting (Real Media). My sources tell me the Downtown Neighborhood Association just voted to oppose the Transit Mall plan, but I don’t have any specific details about their opposition. Were any of our readers there? Can you fill us in?

I just received an e-mail notice that TriMet is convening the Transit Mall Steering Committee tomorrow (Thursday, 2/22) from 1:30-3pm. The meeting will be in the Pettygrove Room of City Hall. The agenda includes a review of the operations plan and opportunity for public testimony.

So I’ve been musing about the Transit Mall over the weekend, reading all the comments on the prior posts, and have a few questions turning over in my mind, which I’d like to throw out to readers. But first, I want to thank Jim Karlock. While I generally don’t agree with Jim’s take on transportation,…

Update: Saturday: TriMet was kind enough to pass along a link to the APTA peer review report (PDF, 974K). I’ve read it, and the key message seems to be “nobody’s done this before, but you seem to have thought out what you were doing”. In addition there are plenty of constructive suggestions about how to…