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Should TriMet consider the MOS for Milwaukie MAX?
Should TriMet consider the MOS for Milwaukie MAX, particularly if funding from Clackamas County is no longer available?
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Community opposition and infrastructure projects
A major issue with large-scale infrastructure projects, such as highways or rail transit lines, is that frequently they face community opposition. Depending on which side of the fence one sits on a particular project, such opposition can either consist of heroic defenders of community values fighting valiantly against vested interests and the desctruction of their…
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Responding to Cascade Policy Institute on the role of transit (and other issues)
Last week, John Charles of the Cascade Policy Institute penned his latest missive against Milwaukie MAX. While I share concerns about the cost of the project, I view a comprehensive rapid transit network throughout the metro region as something which is vitally important–and which will become moreso as gas prices and environmental pressures in the…
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Cascade Policy Institute ?s MAX Light Rail?
Update: The FTA has responded to Cascade’s letter, and disagrees with Cascade’s contention that the MAX Green Line is out of compliance with the Full Funding Grant Agreement. The FTA’s response is here. Quoting from the response: In recent years, TriMet, like many transit agencies across the country, has been impacted by the decline in…
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TriMet board approves start of Milwaukie MAX construction
TriMet board votes to fund construction of first stage of MLR, and authorize bonding of payroll tax revenues to finance project