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Southwest Corridor BRT?
In the previous post, we noted that Metro had approved study for the Powell/Division corridor. A Metro planner indicated that the region in the future would be pursuing a less capital intensive strategy in the future, and hinted that the Southwest Corridor might just not be light rail. The Southwest Corridor stretches roughly from downtown…
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Metro green-lights study of Powell/Division corridor, hints at broader BRT future.
At it’s recent Thursday meeting, the Metro board voted 7-0 to move forward with a study of the Powell/Division Transit Corridor. The corridor in question stretches from Portland State University out to Gresham, centered on SE Powell Boulevard and SE Division Street, ending around Mount Hood Community College. (A full-size pdf of the above map…
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How do we define “success”?
I’ve harped quite a bit on the importance of understanding TriMet’s mission, and so will now ask a related question: How do we define “success”? Cascade Policy Institute recently wrote an article claiming that only 7% of attendees at a recent performance of a Cirque du Soleil show at the Expo Center arrived via MAX.…
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Digging Into TriMet’s Proposed Service Changes: Washington County Edition
Last month, Zef covered in detail TriMet’s proposed service changes to both NE and NW Portland. (He also had some additional thoughts on the cuts as a whole over at Portland Afoot, see also here). Zef is unfamiliar with Washington County, so we agreed that I would do the article about the proposed changes affecting…
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Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Modeling, but Were Afraid to Ask
Portland State University Center for Transportation Studies Spring 2012 Transportation Seminar Series Speaker: Ben Stabler (Parsons Brinckerhoff) Topic: Activity & Transportation Models: An Introduction for Non-Modelers When: Friday, April 13, 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Where: PSU Urban Center Building, SW 6th and Mill, Room 204 Note: This seminar is part of a thematic series this…