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This is a very good pretense to get Portlanders seriously thinking about a subway. I'm pretty sure anybody who takes MAX downtown or through downtown would like something faster. I for one am very much in favor of this.
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So many opportunities to improve service through downtown.
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My understanding from a previous media interview with GM Doug Kelsey is that TriMet is starting to evaluate removal of 3-4 MAX stations on the surface alignment and look at tunnel options.
A new bridge seems like a loser due to required grades to get a acceptable navigational clearance since bridges upstream lift. This would cause some awful elevated ramps on both sides of the river. Or they could build a lift span bridge, but that doesn't sound like much of a winner compared to existing and expensive to operate! |
portland needs longer trains so a tunnel is would be the best thing to happen there.
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As for Portland, this would be a great time to look into the idea of a subway line through downtown and potentially creating a more complex rail system in the process. Plus a tunnel under the river would open up tunneling under the Rose Quarter and potentially building an underground transportation hub that could remove trains and even buses from the street side that has made that interchange so complicated. |
If they decide a tunnel is the best option, wouldn't it make more sense to just keep tunneling under OHSU rather than come up with some complicated tunnel portal configuration in such a dense part of inner SW?
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https://www.oregonlive.com/commuting...ncart_breaking
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Biketown down
Antone else notice Biketown was down most of the day yesterday?
There was never a message that went out and no one replied to the support emails. I finally got through to support on the 800 number after it dropped my call on hold a few times. They confirmed it was down and that they were working on it, but I never got a reply that it was back up. |
https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2018...ike-lanes.html
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https://www.oregonlive.com/commuting...e-the-mac.html
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I don't see why Skidmore can't just be open during Saturday Market hours on Saturday and Sunday and closed the rest. I've seen that in other transit systems. |
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Good point about the Skidmore stop, that would be easy to have that listed as a Saturday/Sunday only stop. |
Or, leave Skidmore and eliminate Oak St and Old Town.
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1. Whatever argument the MAC has, it's useless considering that the Providence Park stop is literally 1-2 blocks away. 2. I get the weekend only stop at Skidmore, but I'm not sure that TriMet's signal system can accomplish that? I recall that the MAX Red Line had to stop (even though the doors would not open) at the Mt. Hood Ave station before it opened because of the signal system. I also think that happened when one of the Lloyd stops (NE 7th?) was closed for a while due to construction. I think it may have something to do with how the train calls through to the next series of signals to turn green in sequence from certain points. You'd think that could be changed, but those signal engineers literally scream when faced with a complication due to the age of that section of track. |
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