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Surf the Streetcar
After adding the Streetcar to Transit Board last week, it’s now available on Transit Surfer. Check it out.
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Speaking of the Mall
TriMet e-mailed their list yesterday with a message about a new visualization of the combined bus/LRT operation on the Transit Mall. Check it our here.
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A Better Alternative to Light Rail on the Mall
The primary arguments for putting light rail on the mall are that it is has been planned for a long time, is needed to increase capacity, provides access to Portland State and enables a connection to a future light rail corridor to Milwaukie. All of these arguments are flawed. Unlike the OHSU Tram project, there…
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Cost of Congestion Program
You can download an MP3 (20.5M) of last Friday’s City Club program on the Cost of Congestion Report, including the first question from yours truly.
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Why Don’t We Ride?
Why don’t more people ride the bus? That’s a question Otis White took up in this week’s episode of Smart City, for which he is a regular contributor. You can find the piece about 22 minutes into the show (MP3, 19.3M). White covers some of the class issues (middle class people ride rail but not…