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TriMet Finalizes Service Cuts
According to the release, the cuts are essentially the same as the proposal at the open hours, with 5 exceptions: The proposal remains the same as presented at the April public hearings, except five lines (31, 63, 89, 152, 157) were changed to respond to rider concerns about connections to jobs, schools and other services.
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6.7 Miles Per Day Per Person
That’s the plan. That’s how many passenger-car miles per person we have to average in 2050 to meet the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 80%. Today’s number is 18.5, up from 17.4 in 1990. That’s just one metric from the new Climate Action Plan issued Friday by the City of Portland and Multnomah…
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MAX Derailment Footage
I happened to be in the area shortly after todays MAX derailment. (So was our own Jason McHuff, as coincidence would have it). As derailments go, it was both not serious and very serious. Not serious, thankfully, because there were no injuries or collisions, but very serious in that at least three trucks (wheel assemblies)…