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	world.nycsubway.org/United States/Portland, Oregon/Portland Streetcar
		Streetcar operations and construction are funded by fares, an annual contribution from TriMet, a special taxation zone along the route, car and station sponsorship, and parking meter revenues.
		Portland Streetcar is now studying the route, which would continue south from the Gibbs extension.
		Before Portland State University added funds to the Portland Streetcar construction project, the system was to end on this loop, with tracks later to be extended to the university added as part of the RiverPlace extension.
	world.nycsubway.org /us/portland/streetcar.html (4220 words)

	The Dispatch - Serving the Lexington, NC - News
		Portland Streetcar, started with a 4.8-mile (7.7 km) loop of single track that opened on July 20, 2001, running from the campus of Portland State University (PSU), north through the Pearl District west to NW 23rd Avenue and then back to PSU on adjacent streets.
		Streetcar tracks in Portland are the same gauge as MAX tracks, but of a lighter and shallower construction (the rail bed is only one foot, or 30 cm, deep).
		Because of this, a streetcar could run on MAX tracks (for example, if it had to go to another location for maintenance), but a MAX train would be too heavy to operate on the streetcar's tracks and too wide for portions of its right of way.
	www.the-dispatch.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Portland_Streetcar (1202 words)

	Portland's Transportation - Portland Oregon Visitors Association
		Portland has long been known as a clean, green and friendly metropolis, with lots to do and even more to see.
		Like all Portland buses and MAX light rail trains, there is no fee to ride the streetcar in Portland's "Fareless Square" district.
		Portland Union Station is served by three scheduled Amtrak intercity passenger trains.
	www.travelportland.com /visitors/transportation.html (961 words)

	Portland Streetcar (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Portland Streetcar is a tram system in Portland, Oregon.
		The streetcar vehicles are a Czech design, built by Skoda-Inekon in Plzen.
		Because of this, a streetcar could run on MAX tracks (for example, if it had to go to another location for maintenance); but a MAX train would be too heavy and too wide to operate on the streetcar's tracks.
	www.guajara.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/p/po/portland_streetcar.html (203 words)

	The Streetcar Hoax
		Portland's streetcar line extends from the Pearl District, north of downtown, to the South Waterfront District, south of downtown.
		Portland taxpayers have paid or are shelling out more than a quarter of a billion in subsidies to these districts, not counting the cost of the streetcar or the ten years of property tax waivers that the city routinely grants to new construction along the streetcar line.
		One reason for this is that the large subsidies required for the streetcar and the developments along the streetcar line led to budget and service cuts in Portland's bus and light-rail schedules.
	www.ti.org /vaupdate67.html (806 words)

	Portland Aerial Tram Now Open To Public
		The city of Portland owns the tram and OHSU operates it under a unique city-university partnership arrangement.
		The district is rapidly taking shape as a dynamic new neighborhood of high-rise condominiums, a greenway along the river, a park and extension of the Portland Streetcar.
		The Tram links seamlessly to the energy-efficient Streetcar which, in turn, provides a connection to the rest of the city and other mass transit alternatives.
	www.ohsu.edu /ohsuedu/newspub/releases/013007tram.cfm (687 words)

	Suburban News Publications, Columbus, Ohio
		Portland State University also paid a significant portion of the capital cost for the streetcar line, he said.
		Thanks to the streetcar line, the area along Portland's streetcar line has seen about $2.28 billion worth of private investment, including the development of 7,295 new housing units, Carroll said.
		Portland's streetcar system is fully integrated with the bus system, which pays for about two-thirds the operating cost, said Carroll.
	www.snponline.com /NEWS5-10/5-10_allstreetcars.htm (734 words)

	Portland Streetcar - Efficient Mobility for Central City
		Portland's currently operating streetcar vehicles (7 in all, manufactured by Skoda-Inekon in Plzen of the Czech Republic) are 2.46 meters (about 8 feet) wide and 20 meters long (about 66 feet) – thus, about 10 inches narrower and one-third the length of a double-car train on the MAX system (TriMet’s interurban-type, higher-capacity LRT system).
		While the streetcars can use the MAX tracks on occasion to access special maintenance facilities of the larger system, joint scheduled operations over the same tracks are not currently envisioned, mainly because of the streetcars' slower speeds and narrower profiles (resulting in wider gaps at srarions between streetcar doorways and boarding platforms).
		And as we report in Portland Streetcar (Light Rail Transit) – Latest Extension Project To SW Gibbs Is Incremental Step Towards Lake Oswego, the extension to Gibbs currently under way is budgeted at $15.8 million, including the purchase of three additional streetcars – calculating to about $26 million per mile ($16 million/km).
	www.lightrailnow.org /news/n_por-stc-photoessay_2005-02.htm (1401 words)

	Portland Streetcar
		This $18 million extension (including the addition of three more streetcars) is one phase of an ongoing plan to serve Portland's South Waterfront development area.
		The streetcar runs in mixed traffic, while the MAX tracks run in a reserved lane.
		In fact, they are the same gauge, but streetcar tracks are of a lighter construction (the rail bed is only one foot, or 30 cm, deep).
	www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/p/po/portland_streetcar.html (349 words)

	Streetcar planning calls for patience
		Portland’s streetcar is seen as more than a transportation tool: Proponents say it has helped spur $2.3 billion in development along its line since it opened in 2001.
		Streetcar supporters say the federal cost-effectiveness formula, which focuses on moving people quickly and efficiently, is unfair to the streetcar – and bad from the perspective of urban planning.
		The streetcar’s status as a development tool is reflected in the nonprofit Portland Streetcar Inc.’s board of directors, which is dominated by landowners and developers who have helped pay for as well as profited from the construction of streetcar lines, including John Carroll, Hank Ashforth and Greg Goodman.
	www.portlandtribune.com /news/story.php?story_id=116553341599968000 (1718 words)

	Portland - April 2004
		Since its 2001 opening, the streetcar has kept a low profile along its 2.4-mile path, not very big and not very fast, a little brother to light rail and an even littler brother to the big Amtrak trains.
		Portland Streetcar officials call the proposal the Ringstrasse Concept, named for the grand boulevard encircling the city center of Vienna, Austria.
		The streetcar is operated by a private, nonprofit company, Portland Streetcar Inc., but was built with public and private money.
	www.heritagetrolley.org /existPortland01.htm (1211 words)

	Portland Streetcar, how to travel to the Pearl
		The Portland Streetcar is designed to fit the scale and traffic patterns of the neighborhoods through which it travels.
		Streetcars run on a 4.8 continuous loop from Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital at NW 23rd Avenue, on Lovejoy and Northrup, through the Pearl District and on 10th and 11th Avenues to Riverplace
		Streetcar vehicles carry a sardine load of up to 140 passengers, are air-conditioned and have a low-floor center section (like the new MAX vehicles) with full handicapped accessibility.
	www.shopthepearl.com /streetcar.htm (286 words)

	Portland Streetcar - TheBestLinks.com - Czech Republic, July 20, Oregon, Tram, ... (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Portland Streetcar - TheBestLinks.com - Czech Republic, July 20, Oregon, Tram,...
		Portland Streetcar, Czech Republic, July 20, Portland, Oregon, Tram, 2001...
		This extension is one phase of an ongoing plan to serve Portland's South Waterfront development area.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Portland_Streetcar.html (316 words)

	Portland Streetcar
		The city streetcar was once the transportation lifeblood of most large American cities, and Portland was no exception.
		The Portland Development Commission subsequently provided an additional $500,000 to extend the line through the campus to an new Urban Center at SW 5th Avenue and Mill Street, where it connected with the existing downtown Transit Mall and also provided a jumping-off point for future expansion.
		There is a short connecting track at SW 10th and Morrison to allow the streetcars and vintage trolleys to access the light rail tracks.
	www.trainweb.org /mccann/streetcar.htm (1790 words)

	Streetcar fares lowered, tram fares undecided - News
		While the Portland Streetcar fare dropped to $1.70 Jan. 1, the fare for Portland's new aerial tram is still under debate among city and transportation officials.
		Streetcar administrators lowered the light rail fare to $1.70 in order to put the cost at the rate of the MAX and Portland buses, said Kay Dannen, sponsorship program manager of the Portland Streetcar.
		Dannen said that fare evasion played only a small part in lowering the streetcar fair, and that the decreased price was to make the cost of a streetcar pass and MAX pass equivalent.
	media.www.dailyvanguard.com /media/storage/paper941/news/2007/01/19/News/Streetcar.Fares.Lowered.Tram.Fares.Undecided-2654768.shtml (761 words)

	The Prague Post Online: Business: Portland's streetcar named Škoda
		The trams in Portland are new, smell nice and are packed primarily with hipsters, not pensioners.
		Portland Streetcar Inc., the public benefit corporation responsible for Portland’s tram, must adhere to the strict federal “Buy America” law, which forces select companies to manufacture at least 60 percent of the trams on American soil.
		According to a recent report by the Office of Transportation and Portland Streetcar, public transportation — especially the streetcar — is at the core of the effort.
	www.praguepost.com /articles/2007/02/21/portlands-streetcar-named-skoda.php (1062 words)

	Metroblogging Portland: A Streetcar on Hawthorne?
		A streetcar line over there would be costly to build, take up too much room and, in the end, do the same thing a few bus lines can while remaining flexible.
		Regarding costs, it is true that streetcars have a high capital cost to install (a pity that they were ripped out in the first place), but this cost is significantly less per track-mile than light rail.
		Beyond that, where streetcars are used a development catalyst (and I realize this is a subject of heated debate), additional revenues can be created in the form of a local improvement district or tax increment financing to offset capital costs further.
	portland.metblogs.com /archives/2007/01/a_streetcar_on.phtml (1674 words)

	Portland Trolley Chronology
		Portland Railway had built the first electric streetcar line up to Portland Heights running powerful new trolleys over the Ford Street Viaduct when Portland Railway and City and Suburban merged and united remaining city streetcar operations in one company.
		Portland civic leader Bill Naito joined light rail advocate, and past OERHS President, Dr. Lawrence Griffith, radio station owner Bill Failing and others, to begin an effort to bring back trolleys to Portland’s historic districts.
		Portland Vintage Trolleys is dedicated to the history, and continued operation, of streetcars in Portland, Oregon
	mywebpages.comcast.net /dthompso1/Chronology.html (1784 words)

	The Seattle Times: Outdoors: A streetcar to inspire, in Portland
		Portland's streetcar has six miles of track back and forth across the central city.
		Portland's streetcar runs through downtown, from Nob Hill to the Willamette River at RiverPlace, on a loop of track that shares the street with cars and people.
		Portlanders love being spoiled by a transportation system that turns their Seattle neighbors as green with envy as St. Patrick's Day beer.
	seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/outdoors/2002912745_nwwstreetcar06.html?syndication=rss' (1999 words)

	: Portland Praises : Page 1 of 3 :
		Portland is one of the 10 best cities for gay and lesbian people to live in the United States, according to The Advocate newsmagazine.
		In Portland, change is most dramatic where the streetcar meets the Aerial Tram at South Waterfront, and to the north, where the Pearl District is marching block by block towards the Willamette River waterfront.
		Portland and Salem are among the top art destinations of their size in the country, according to American Style Magazine.
	www.portlanddev.org /bus_serv/praises (4683 words)

	Portland Streetcar
		To talk with the Streetcar operator in an emergency, use the blue intercom located near each ramped door.
		Before the Streetcar arrives at your stop, push on the blue ramp request strip located near the grab bar, or push the blue ramp request button next to the doors.
		Streetcar provides information for groups or individuals interested in learning how to access service information and how to board and exit Streetcars using a mobility device.
	www.portlandstreetcar.org /accessibility.php (605 words)

	Portland Streetcar (Site not responding. Last check: )
		At the end of the line the mule had to be unhitched and re-hitched to the other side of the streetcar.
		These streetcars moved people-around the city to their jobs and to do their shopping.
		Portland's history with the streetcar all sadly ended in 1950.
	www.ci.portland.or.us /mayor/speeches/2/streetcar.html (361 words)

	Willamette Week Online \| News \| NEWS STORY \| The Earl of Trolleys • Rep. Blumenauer fights to move streetcars to ...
		The Earl of Trolleys • Rep. Blumenauer fights to move streetcars to the head of the federal gravy train.
		The streetcar's average haul of 5,700 riders a day doubles predictions made before the first trolley rolled in 2001, and weekend ridership nearly equals the line's workday numbers.
		Streetcar proponents say those big-ticket transit options serve different ends than streetcars, and come out looking better in federal number-crunching formulae.
	www.wweek.com /story.php?story=4823 (690 words)

	Travel \| PE.com \| Southern California News \| News for Inland Southern California
		The streetcar line is a relatively painless six-block walk from Union Station (on Portland's blocks that are half the size of most city's).
		"It was great, I could hop on the streetcar, then change to MAX (light rail) and be at the waterfront for a festival in 10 minutes," Brendan said as he sipped a pint of India Pale Ale.
		Hop the streetcar a few more blocks to downtown and get off by Portland's Central Library at 11th and Taylor (the entrance is on 10th).
	www.pe.com /lifestyles/travel/stories/PE_Fea_Travel_D_getaway702.1fc5dd5.html (730 words)

	Streetcar Circulator
		Though Portland operates both light rail and heritage trolleys (on the central part of the light rail system), the new line is distinctly different from both.
		City officials chose modern streetcars, rather than much lower cost buses, as they believed the streetcar would attract more riders, inspire development, and generally make a positive contribution to the urban environment.
		See the description of this project (Portland Streetcar) for a further explanation of the rationale for choosing this mode of transport.
	www.heritagetrolley.org /defStreetcarCirculator.htm (226 words)

	Portland Streetcar
		Streetcar will run every 13 minutes weekdays between 9:30am and 5pm.
		Because Portland Streetcar operates in mixed traffic like a bus, travel times could not be maintained if every designated platform stop was recognized.
		Portland Streetcar has low floors for each boarding of wheelchairs and is air-conditioned.
	www.portlandstreetcar.org /schedule.php (552 words)

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