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Portland WES Opens; BART Signs up for Wi-Fi; L.A. Gold Line Nears Completion;...
Portland’s Westside Express Service Begins Operations Today The Tri-Met WES, which is a 14.7-mile commuter rail line from Beaverton to Wilsonville in Portland’s western suburbs, will open today for its...
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Portland's Seemingly Never-Ending Light Rail Program Keeps Growing
Portland-Milwaukie light rail approved to begin preliminary engineering The Oregonian reports that Portland’s next light rail line – to be its fifth – has been approved for preliminary engineering by...
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LaHood Implies Portland Streetcar Loop Will Receive Stimulus Funds, Points to...
Construction-ready project heralds new federal government interest in promoting streetcar service Portland’s downtown streetcar has become a model for using transit to encourage dense development in...
View ArticlePortland Eastside Streetcar Extension to Get Federal Funds
You’ve got to give me some credit for guessing this eleven whole days ago: Portland’s Eastside Streetcar Loop will get federal funds. The 3.3-mile project, which will cost a total of $127 million, will...
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Portland Studies Streetcar Expansion Citywide
First phase of new routes would concentrate on improving downtown mobility; second phase would extend across the city. This week, Portland released its draft Streetcar System Concept Plan, which will...
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Portland's Regional Planning Agency Highlights Two New Corridors for Light Rail
Second line to Gresham and new path to Sherwood would extend city’s high-capacity network. Portland’s Metro regional planning authority has picked two corridors for future major transit investments,...
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Portland’s New Light Rail Line is Welcome News, But It’s Not Routed as It...
» The Green Line, providing service to Clackamas County, will open Saturday. Portland’s light rail expansion program will complete its most recent phase tomorrow, as trains on the city’s fourth line...
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Controversial Portland Columbia River Crossing Under Pressure to Move...
» Bridge connecting Oregon and Washington planned for construction start in 2012, with light rail link included. But its new road capacity isn’t needed. In most cities, this debate would have ended...
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Citing Competition for Funds, US DOT Limits Commitment to Portland-Milwaukie...
» Facing construction cost increases, project planners asked for a higher federal share than originally planned. But the FTA has now made clear it will only pay so much for the nation’s biggest...
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Don’t Forget the Zoning
» Streetcar projects promise new development along their rights-of-way. But cities must allow new transit-oriented buildings to be built nearby. A look at St. Louis and Portland. In the United States,...
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Portland’s New Light Rail Line is Welcome News, But It’s Not Routed as It...
» The Green Line, providing service to Clackamas County, will open Saturday. Portland’s light rail expansion program will complete its most recent phase tomorrow, as trains on the city’s fourth line...
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Controversial Portland Columbia River Crossing Under Pressure to Move...
» Bridge connecting Oregon and Washington planned for construction start in 2012, with light rail link included. But its new road capacity isn’t needed. In most cities, this debate would have ended...
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Citing Competition for Funds, US DOT Limits Commitment to Portland-Milwaukie...
» Facing construction cost increases, project planners asked for a higher federal share than originally planned. But the FTA has now made clear it will only pay so much for the nation’s biggest...
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Don’t Forget the Zoning
» Streetcar projects promise new development along their rights-of-way. But cities must allow new transit-oriented buildings to be built nearby. A look at St. Louis and Portland. In the United States,...
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