Thursday, October 2, 2014

Rail off the table for Powell/Division

An advisory committee of leaders from Portland, Gresham and East Multnomah County voted Monday to move forward with a bus-only study of high capacity transit on the Powell-Division corridor, dropping streetcar and light rail as an option for further consideration.

The unanimous vote came as committee members said they were focused more on a project that could be built soon and require substantially less private property acquisition and roadway impacts than a rail project.

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2 comments:

  1. Thank god. I think we have enough rail. Actually all Powell Boulevard needs is truly frequent bus service no fancy capital project required

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  2. Capital funding could however buy.......get this....Articulated Buses!!! but with the word "bus" in there they probably think "boring".

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