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Streetcar Ridership Survey
Regular readers will know that one of the transportation hats I wear is chair of the Citizens Advisory Committee for Portland Streetcar. Following up on the spot-check fare inspections we’ve been doing, we’re looking at fare policy for the Streetcar. As part of that exercise, we want to understand ridership and fare purchase patterns. We’ve…
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Conservative Reappraisal
Hat tip to Roland who posted this report over at CommissionerSam.com. I’ve just finished reading the report (“Does Transit Work? A Conservative Reappraisal”). The main idea is to assess the success of transit in not in terms of total trips, but rather in terms of those categories of trips for which it is competitive (the…
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Lloyd Meter Rates to Rise
I recently received a press release from PDOT indicating that in September, the long-term rate for parking on-street in the Lloyd District will go from 50 cents to 75 cents per hour (the short-term spaces are already 75 cents). I imagine this is intended to get more employees into TMA programs (not to mention more…
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Gas Tax and Ballot Measures
Rob Zako sends word that a new ballot measure being proposed for the 2008 election would dedicate 1% of gas tax revenues to the State Police and County patrols. Today the state gas tax is dedicated (by constitutional amendment) to exclusive use on roads. There seem to be several schools of thought around this kind…