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Osborn Out, Brandman in at CRC – Sea Change?
From Willamette Week: Metro’s Transit Program director, Richard Brandman, is taking a top job at the Columbia River Crossing project. While Brandman might not be a household name, the move may signal that the project’s two sponsor agencies–the Washington and Oregon departments of transportation–want to make the proposed $4.2 billion bridge to the ‘Couv more…
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WES: Fall opening falls behind.
TriMet has delayed the opening of WES until February 2nd, primarily due to problems with the railcar vendor. From the press release: TriMet purchased three self-propelled Diesel Multiple Unit (DMU) cars and one trailer from Colorado Railcar Manufacturing (CRM). TriMet contracted with CRM, the only U.S. firm that builds DMUs that meets federal safety standards…
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CRC Federal Funding Questioned
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Buses to return to transit mall; Public input on routes sought.
As mentioned in the open thread, TriMet has now released it’s preliminary plans for returning buses to the Transit Mall. A series of public meetings will be held to gather input from riders. For full details, visit: http://www.trimet.org/meetings/portlandmall/index.htm A compilation of the comments from the open thread follows the break:
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“Hybrid” I-5/99W Connector
Apparently the reality of transportation funding constraints has started to sink in. The steering committee for this project has directed staff to develop a concept that does not involve creating a new road (I assume that means expansion of existing roads and things like new signalization, etc.). This is being called the ‘hybrid’ concept: “We…