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How We Pay for Rail Expansion Matters
I’m looking forward to the Milwaukie Light Rail project opening around 2015. It’s an important expansion of our regional LRT network and will improve connectivity across the river dramatically for transit, bikes and pedestrians at the south end of the Central City. But I’m disappointed by one element of the funding strategy. TriMet will issue…
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CRC “Independent Review” Panel Rolls Out Schedule
The Independent Review Panel for the Columbia River Crossing project (appointed by the same folks who have been ramming this project through) has its own web site and this schedule of all-day meetings: 5/19 – kickoff 5/20 – design review 6/1 – planning/environmental 6/2 – project management 6/17 – financial/project management continued 6/18 – operational…
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Seattle to Ditch its Trolleybuses?
Via Planetizen: The Seattle Times is reporting that Seattle is considering replacing its electric trolleybuses with hybrid buses to save money, although this perspective is not universally supported. Human Transit has an analysis of factors that might cause cities to curtail or replace trolleybus systems.