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The (Almost) Ides of March Madness Open Thread
It’s mid-March! Which means that this weekend Caesar will be stabbed, brackets will be filled out, and the weather starts to look like spring. Recently, PT has been focusing on the Columbia River Crossing, but there has been plenty of other transit related news, good and bad of late. Two stories on TriMet ridership. Joseph…
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Life After the CRC, What Now?
The Columbia River Crossing in its current form is dead (maybe). What happens now? The 2015 Legislative Session has been touted to be the next opportunity for a big transportation package. What might that look like absent the CRC? Here are a few possibilities: An urban transportation agenda. Mayor Hales has suggested that perhaps now…
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Passing the Streetcar Baton
Yesterday Willamette Week announced the retirement of Rick Gustafson as the Executive Director of Portland Streetcar, Inc. This morning, as a member of the PSI Board, I had the chance to vote for his successor, Dan Bower, who for the last several years has been the leader of PBOT’s Active Transportation group. Streetcar has many…