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Comments (10)
Ask us native PDX residents whether we like the added stress of trying to drive the streets of inner PDX with inflexible trains coming into and out of traffic. Ask if the money invested in streetcars wouldn't have been better invested in new facilities to separate cars and bicycles (which are and always have been great, liberating forms of transport). Most of us rarely use streetcars preferring car, bus, taxi or bicycle transport instead. So for most of us, transport has become very stressful of late. NO THANKS TO THE STREETCAR BOONDOGLES.
Posted by Bob Clark | July 3, 2009 8:37 AM
"$3.5 billion in new construction, 10,000 residential units, more than 5,000,000 square feet of office and hotel space."
Because of the STREETCAR? How do officials even keep a straight face around here?
Posted by Snards | July 3, 2009 9:15 AM
BoJack says: Suckers. It's all about the tax dollars for the apartment towers, baby.
Remember when we built streetcars to support condo towers?
It seems like yesterday.
Posted by Garage Wine | July 3, 2009 11:20 AM
For NOT 'asking us' anything, the blame goes on the massmedia. reporters who don't ask, and don't tell. End them.
Not politicians, so much, only.
Or, as we used to not say: Reporters will get you through times of no politicians, better than politicians will get you through times of no reporters. So much these days is riding on blogging -- good blogging (like bojack). Actually, the entire future depends on it.
Destroy established massmedia. Then do our civic stuff.
Posted by Tenskwatawa | July 3, 2009 11:34 AM
PDX Bless The Developer (apologies to Billie Holiday and Arthur Herzog, Jr.)
Them thats got the campaign cash shall get
Them thats not got influence shall lose
So our history says and it still is news
Randy may have, Sammy may have
But PDX bless the developer thats got his own
Thats got his own
Yes, big business gets more
While the poor ones fade
Empty pockets dont ever make the front page
Randy may have, Sammy may have
But PDX bless the developer thats got his own
Thats got his own
Money, you open lots of doors
Holding council by the Willamette's shores
When you're gone, the influence buying ends
Politicians don't come round no more
Rich corporations give
Bits of charity and such
You might help yourself
But dont take too much
Randy may have, Sammy may have
But PDX bless the developer thats got his own
Thats got his own
Posted by LucsAdvo | July 3, 2009 11:34 AM
the "3.5 billion" represents the Pearl and the South Waterfront.
that's right, folks--the streetcar caused the Pearl and South Waterfront development to happen.
if you can say that out loud without collapsing into fits of laughter, you've got a future in local politics. just ask Vera Katz.
Posted by ecohuman | July 3, 2009 12:22 PM
I couldn't bear to read the entire article.
Posted by Cynthia | July 3, 2009 3:30 PM
So when do those tax abatements down in the Pearl come to an end anyway ? I wonder what the vacancy rates are gonna be like when people who own $500,000 plus lofts are required to pay normal property taxes on them...
Posted by Cabbie | July 3, 2009 7:14 PM
How is it that the grand poobahs keep getting away with this?
Some people genuinely seem to be in love with the street car thing.
It's sounds bizarre, but I am pretty sure its an actual syndrome.
Posted by al m | July 5, 2009 7:23 PM
Streetcars worked great 100 years ago when few people owned and drove cars. Now, we're stuck with inflexible infrastructure, and of course, after it's built, there won't be near enough money to operate our various transit systems. So, buses and Max and street cars will cannabalize each other in order to cut operating budgets every time Tri-met lifts the curtain on revenues.
And, I'm curious - how will the streetcar tracks be laid out so that bicyclists won't end up getting stuck in the tracks?
Posted by umpire | July 6, 2009 6:13 PM