Riders deprived of bus schedules are making due with their own Scotch tape. Here’s the number 12 stop at 20th and Sandy:
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RailVolution in Portland: The Video!
This week Portland hosted hundreds of urban planners and transit luminaries for the RailVolution national transpo-geek conference. There were dozens of workshops crammed into a couple days in downtown Portland, but Streetfilms summed up the entire conference in this little four minute video. Check it out:
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Five Interesting Findings in TriMet’s Final Safety Report
After the worst crash in TriMet history, the April incident where a bus downtown killed two young people in a crosswalk, the public transit agency hired a consultant to do a head-to-toe safety analysis. We reported on the firm’s initial findings over the summer, but the big final report came out this week with a […]
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This Morning in PDX: A Bad Day to Drive
This wreck occurred on I-84 Powell Ave. westbound just under the SE 18th street walk-over path, blocking off westbound traffic all the way back to god knows how far. Traffic has been redirected through the neighborhoods and down SE Division—so if you’re biking today, be careful! The angry, freaked out drivers are out in full […]
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Go Read This Study About How the CRC Could Cost $10 Billion
Joe Cortright, the local economist who also chairs the Governor’s Council of Economic Advisors, recently released a study of the Columbia River Crossing’s finances (at the behest of, surprisingly, the president of Plaid Pantry). I asked Cortright to explain his study in plain English and here’s the full Q&A, but here’s the big question: MERCURY: […]
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With Much (Apparent) Love, Council Accepts Sellwood Deal
A bridge that might actually get built. Fight? What fight? The Portland City Council this morning formally approved contributing $100 million to the $330 million rebuild of the crumbling Sellwood Bridge—putting what appeared to be, at least on the surface, a smiling, shining stamp of approval on a deal worked out last week between Adams […]
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Today in HOLY SHIT! Now That’s a Car Chase!
You simply MUST watch this amazing video of a driver fleeing police in Brazil, who manages to smash into multiple vehicles, run over more than a few motorcycle cops, and STILL not get shot. WOW. (And to make things even more exciting, there’s a Brazilian news anchor screaming the entire time in Portuguese! My heart… […]
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BREAKING: Sam Adams Details Sellwood Bridge Funding Deal
The impasse over how to pay for a $330 million rebuild of the dangerously decrepit Sellwood Bridge—a battle that flared between Mayor Sam Adams and Multnomah County Chairman Jeff Cogen—has been resolved. The deal was struck tonight at a summit including Adams, Cogen, TriMet boss Neil McFarlane, Clackamas County Commissioner Bob Austin and a representative […]
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Conan’s Blimp: It’s No Oscar Meyer Weinermobile
Well, I’m sorry… but it’s not. You be the judge. Conan blimp. Oscar Meyer Weinermobile. That shit’s just magical.
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Feds Kick Down to Help TriMet Buy New Buses
Illustration by Harry Lau TriMet received some good news from Uncle Sam this morning: $6 million in grant money to help the cash-strapped agency replace a handful of its aging buses. The award, announced by the Federal Transit Administration this morning, comes less than a month before voters decide on a $125 million tax measure […]
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These are the Flight Attendants I Want to Die With
The flight attendants for Cebu Pacific out of the Philippines have finally figured out how to make you watch and listen to the plane’s safety instructions: by adding a little Lady Gaga, a dash of Katy Perry, some ass-smackin’ dance moves and a shit-ton of KA-UTE! (Now let’s see, take the oxygen mask down, put […]
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Your Morning Chant
On Saturday night, Delta flight 4591 had to make an emergency landing at JFK when one of its landing wheels refused to come down. (It’s so hard to find good help these days.) ANYWAY! Check out this passenger’s cell phone footage of the harrowing landing. (SPOILER ALERT! Everyone lived.) OH, and this is also your […]