“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” -Martin Luther King, Jr

Thursday, April 7, 2011

Just Love the Streetcar!

One opponent recently declared at a TriMet board meeting that we’ll owe $32 million for our share of the streetcar project. That figure is not accurate. Preliminary estimates have Lake Oswego’s share at $10 to $20 million, but design, engineering and a funding plan aren’t completed. It is also claimed that we will divert dollars we ought to use for infrastructure needs to pay for streetcar costs. This is another distortion. Nobody has proposed tapping the general fund for the streetcar. That will not be the way the streetcar is financed. Decisions about financing will be made by our elected officials, after listening to the public.
Wanna guess what side she is on? Ain't too hard just by reading the paragraph above. Blind to the flaws in the idea of a LO streetcar.

Bike commuters stranded when I-5 bridge gates malfunction

A very dangerous malfunction...

Outsource the CRC?

Portland Transport

Can't trust anybody these days...

Former Transit Authority Director Charged with Embezzlement | 9&10 News

No Words Necessary

Who wants to try this against the Portland Streetcar?

Manhattan's 42nd Street crosstown bus is notoriously slow, and one New Yorker has proved just how slow — by racing the bus for one mile while riding a child's tricycle. Comedian Mark Malkoff pulled alongside the bus at 10th Avenue. The bus jumped out to a lead, but Malkoff chased it down and pedaled to an easy win at Madison Avenue, beating the bus by 2 minutes and 38 seconds.
Man on Tricycle Wins Race Against N.Y. Bus | NPR

Portland AFoot

Our latest ranking: downtown Portland's best employers for low-car commuters
A surprise in your Zipcar

An intense aftershock

BoJack

and apparently there was one in Mexico, too.

When a Punch Line Is No Longer a Lifeline for Egyptians

NY Times