Portland - Milwaukie Light Rail (PMLR) | Completed

[dubu]

most of oak grove its over a 20 minute walk

but i forgot about the river rd bus

[philopdx]

Hey folks, do my eyes deceive me, or is that rebar for the pylons for the west tower?

http://trimet.org/pm/construction/bridgecam-ohsu.htm

[Shilo Rune 96]

I spoke with a Milwaukie resident today. The topic is very sensitive and this person had been very much mislead. She argued the lightrail would clog up McLoughlin Blvd, because it would run down the middle! I was shocked and very much excited to share this is not the case... it seems the town is being polluted with anti-lightrail folks and fake facts. Just pathetic.

After I explained how this is our future transportation, she straight up told me she doesn't care, "I will be dead when we need lightrail." Where's these people's logic? Seriously?!

[Derek]

Originally Posted by Shilo Rune 96

I spoke with a Milwaukie resident today. The topic is very sensitive and this person had been very much mislead. She argued the lightrail would clog up McLoughlin Blvd, because it would run down the middle! I was shocked and very much excited to share this is not the case... it seems the town is being polluted with anti-lightrail folks and fake facts. Just pathetic.

After I explained how this is our future transportation, she straight up told me she doesn't care, "I will be dead when we need lightrail." Where's these people's logic? Seriously?!

The world is better off without people like her...

[bvpcvm]

Originally Posted by Shilo Rune 96

the town is being polluted with anti-lightrail folks and fake facts. Just pathetic.

You're surprised by this? That's been the right's modus operandi for years.

What is it about old people? Is it just inevitable - does everyone? - just turn into a cold tight asshole who thinks of nothing other than themselves?

[2oh1]

Originally Posted by bvpcvm

You're surprised by this? That's been the right's modus operandi for years.

What is it about old peole?

It's not just old people. It's... well... it's a surprisingly large slice of the population. People like what they know and they fear change. Fear causes people to do some strange and sometimes awful things.

[NJD]

More stuff from Trimet: Public art presentation

is that rebar for the pylons for the west tower?

...and a Construction update

[MarkDaMan]

^I get occasional updates and pictures from their Facebook page.

http://www.facebook.com/portlandmilwaukie

[zilfondel]

No kidding.

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fb...type=1&theater

[tworivers]

Wow, some of those pictures and renderings are cool. That's the first time I've seen that bridge rendering, I think. This looks like a world-class project -- seems like Trimet has matured nicely .

[MarkDaMan]

Downtown Portland's newest bridge to start looking like a bridge
Published: Thursday, April 19, 2012, 6:01 PM Updated: Friday, April 20, 2012, 6:06 AM
By Joseph Rose, The Oregonian

http://blog.oregonlive.com/commuting..._bridge_n.html

It's time for downtown Portland's newest bridge to rise up and look like, well, a bridge...

...TriMet's "Big Pour" is set to begin Friday night. Here's the plan by the numbers:

1,720. Cubic yards of concrete that will be poured to create the 55-by-95-foot pile cap.

20. Hours of steady concrete pouring.

180. Number of Ross Island Sand and Gravel trucks delivering concrete.

6.5. Average number of minutes between concrete trucks.

60. Construction workers scheduled for the weekend.

[MarkDaMan]

TriMet's 'Big Pour' in Portland: Watch the bridge work, impress your friends with knowledge of big dirt pile
Published: Friday, April 20, 2012, 3:38 PM Updated: Friday, April 20, 2012, 4:18 PM
By Joseph Rose, The Oregonian

http://blog.oregonlive.com/commuting...ortland_w.html

One thing that didn't make it into the story: "Surcharge."
No, that's not the fee that TriMet plans to charge to spectators trying to get a good look at the pour.
It's the engineering term used to describe a huge pile of dirt being used to compress the earth at the future location of the west-end abutment, where the cable-stayed bridge will essentially begin its reach from the South Waterfront.
"We're compressing the earth and driving out any problems with the settlement," said Robert Barnard, the Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail project's director.

[philopdx]

Milwaukie MAX Update 4-21-2012:

[dubu]

Originally Posted by 2oh1

I wish we could rethink some of our light rail priorities. If other counties and cities don't want MAX... fine. Let's use the dollars to expand the streetcar instead. We really should be connecting more of our own Portland neighborhoods.

this would be nice rout. if it was elevated or underground

[davehogan]

dabom: Most likely the next segments will be 99-W and Powell. Maybe the Sunrise Corridor will sneak in, but I doubt it.

[Derek]

Why does I-84 say "US Route 30 in Nebraska"?

[maccoinnich]

Google maps seems to have problems deciding where that road is.

[Derek]

That's awesome.

[dubu]

so if they build a max line on powell they might extend the green line to oregon city?

[NJD]

^ Both the Green and under-construction Orange lines are proposed as potential links to Oregon City, but there is no current timeline for a decision on which and when. Only three lines are being looked at by various politicians and government bodies including the potential Barbur corridor, Blue line extension to Forest Grove, and the CRC. Of those three only the Barbur corridor is being studied (with a budget) for potential rail, bus or highway improvements (Forest Grove is proposed by a local leader, and the CRC is post-study-ish). The Powell line is in position to be studied after Barbur by Metro, but that doesn't guarantee it will be... nor, does it guarantee a light rail extension (much like how Barbur is being studied). Quite a few people involved in transit planning have dropped hints that Powell will be studied as BRT and not LRT, but who knows... it may be 2017, 2020, or later before a study even starts.