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Tram on a Hot Summer Day
Over at CommissionerSam.com, a new post is up about the high level of ridership on the Portland Aerial Tram. Last December, in another conversation over there, a number of critics made dire predictions about the future of the Tram, not only in terms of ridership but also about hot weather. With those criticisms in mind,…
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FFGA Party
It was party time on Tuesday at FTA Administrator James Simpson was in town to sign the Full Funding Grant Agreement for the Green Line Light Rail (I-205 and Transit Mall). A party tent was erected at the end of the construction zone. More after the break…
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Aspirations
At last Thursday’s JPACT meeting, ODOT and TriMet presented their thinking about projects for the RTP update (PDF, 559K). ODOT expects about $710M to be available for highway modernization projects (in the period from 2011 through 2035) and sorted out their priorities for those funds. They also presented ‘Ilustrative’ and ‘Refinement’ project lists for what…
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I-5 Delta Park Open House
Here comes construction… ODOT’s Delta Park Project to widen portions of I-5 between Victory Blvd. and Lombard St. is moving towards the construction phase — scheduled to begin Spring 2008. A June 20th Open House will provide an update on the final project design and the upcoming construction traffic impacts and possible detours. Please join…
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CRC Updates Web Site
The Columbia River Crossing project has refreshed the look of their web site. The press release indicates that they are trying to make material easier to find. Having looked at the reorganized document library, I’m not sure they’re there yet (maybe a subject index of some kind would help!). There is a search engine, so…