(No local paper made an accurate headline on that vote)
The ballot measure also requires Tigard to send an annual letter to Oregon's governor, the state Department of Transportation, TriMet, Washington County, and the Federal Transit Administration, among other authorities, reiterating Tigard's opposition to high-capacity transit projects.
Tigard's action is not unprecedented. In 1991, the California legislature, urged by anti-rail voices and some labor unions, passed a law banning light rail in parts of Los Angeles County (unless LRT was placed completely underground), which led to implementation of the 14-mile Orange Line busway. But last January, the State Assembly unanimously passed a bill that would repeal the ban on above-ground rail. The bill, AB 577, has moved on to the State Senate for consideration.
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