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Metro seeking TPAC applicants
It’s fall, which means that Metro is seeking citizen applicants to serve on the Transportation Policy Advisory Committee. There are four openings. According to Metro: TPAC is an advisory committee that reviews regional plans and federally funded transportation projects across the three-county Portland area. It advises local and regional leaders on transportation spending priorities as…
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A Tale of Two Streetcars
Disclaimer: Zef Wagner is currently a Service Planning and Scheduling Intern at TriMet. The views expressed on this website are his own and do not necessarily reflect the views, plans, or policies of TriMet. On this opening week of the new Portland Streetcar Central Loop comes news from Seattle, where their South Lake Union Streetcar…
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The OTHER Streetcar Milestone This Weekend
Lest this get lost in the hoopla surrounding the opening of the Streetcar Loop, please note that the Oregon Iron Works/United Streetcar prototype vehicle is now certified for revenue service and in operation on the streets of Portland! For those who have forgotten the history of this vehicle, it was procured with a grant from…
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New Line, New Display, New Restaurant
I honor of the opening of the Streetcar Loop line today, Portland Transport has created a new version of our Transit Board display application that is intended for locations that are on one or both of our streetcar lines, and where streetcar would be the primary transit option (this app does not show MAX or…