Contribution to the Streetcar is $9.3M, prior contribution was $6M.
Initial planned contribution was $9.6M, the $300k difference has been
portrayed by TriMet as a cut. OPAL seems to regard the Streetcar (and
TriMet's contribution thereto) as a luxury item and a waste of money,
and appears to skeptical of TriMet getting too much involved in getting
into the land-use business, and appears to be opposed to some (if not
all) of this subsidy. The increase is due to the upcoming opening of
the Eastside Streetcar. TriMet's position is that its funding of the
Streetcar is essentially the same amount of money that it would take to
provide equivalent bus service on the route.
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