we only had one day to spend in portland oregon and it was a scorcher.a we decided to do our neighborhood roaming in the morning and then find indoor spots for most of the day.a we then met friends for dinner. portland travels overview a alberta street in the ne section. we drove up and down alberta killingsworth streets and walked about in an area with some interesting looking ......
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following up our previous note about the portland streetcar having record high ridership id also like to mention thanks to a post on the overhead wire that the seattle streetcar has already exceeded its first year ridership projection three months ahead of schedule. between the time the seattle streetcar opened on december 12 2007 and october 1st of this year the street......
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last week the washington business journal ran a q a with metro chairman chris zimmerman and while the majority of the interview was metro needs more funding ad infinitum not that we can argue this one bit did catch our eye transitoriented development is what has made a success out of arlingtons rosslynballston corridor. where else in metros system do you s......
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the downtown austin plan team are evaluating possible rail connections from downtown austin. transportation and congestion are the most important issues to address for the future of central texas in a recent poll of residents . there are several public meetings in the coming weeks to garner input from interested parties. here is the schedule for the meetings the first is tomorrow and some us.....
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ive been studying the upcoming portland city council race that pits a slew of newbies against each other to take over the seat currently being warmed by sam the tram. i see real value in the candidacies of amanda fritz and charles lewis . and above all i think it would be a disaster if chris stre etcarquot smith was elected. in figuring out for whom to vote i cant ......
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i just got a chumby primarily to let me create this widget to run on it its a clock that displays predictions of when the portland streetcar will be passing the stops nearest my home. green dots are northbound red are southbound. armed with this i know exactly when i need to leave the house to avoid a long wait. i wrote this using openlaszlo i started with a clock......
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cities with streetcars astoria issaquah new orleans portland portland trimet vintage trolley official site portland vintage trolleys unofficial site san francisco seattle yakima articles americans discover charms of living near mass transit usa today bring back the streetcars apta history repeats itself railway a......
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