Haines Street residents escape the juggernaut

Residents of a quiet Southwest Portland neighborhood got welcome news last week, when they found that Haines Street was all but off the table for a possible high capacity transit route.
The Haines Street transit route was one of several – including a transit tunnel under Multnomah Village and a line through the South Waterfront – that Metro and TriMet staff are suggesting to table as possible routes for a transit line between Portland and Tualatin.
A number of routes between Tigard and Tualatin are also likely to be cut off from consideration for either light rail or bus rapid transit. A decision on whether to use trains or buses in the corridor – if the project proceeds forward at all – is still years away. Haines Street, other routes likely to be pulled from Southwest Corridor study | Metro News