Wrong from the get-go
There are so many reasons not to like Portland's streetcars. Extravagant, slow... plus, they don't have a cool name.
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"There was a meeting with representatives from the city several years ago," Johnson recalled. "They asked us what we could do for you. Most people raised their hands and said 'affordable housing,' " he said. "Then the people from the city huddled together -- 'whisper, whisper, whisper,' -- and they said, 'How about a trolley?' "
Linchpin!
Posted by Dave J. | September 18, 2007 2:47 PM
Let's you put on a show!
I mean a naming contest...
Posted by rr | September 18, 2007 2:59 PM
Slow Moving Useless Transport
Posted by butch | September 18, 2007 3:02 PM
Shiny Hungarian Innercity Trolley
Posted by rr | September 18, 2007 3:09 PM
I don't know. I think, once again, Seattle's ahead of the curve on this one; they already have the coolest name imaginable.
That's just my view, of course.
Posted by Samuel John klein | September 18, 2007 3:44 PM
Sorry Sam, I disagree. Seattle is deffinately in trouble with their light rail. Last night I saw a news piece on NWCN that interviewed the head of Seattle Transit. She admitted that they have overspent on their light rail by a factor of 3 from original projections, and that they can't make any accurate projections on how much the proposed extention of Tacoma will end up costing. However, they plan on steaming all ahead full into what could be a $80-100 billion project. (Yes, that was billion.)
Not my idea of "ahead of the curve."
Posted by HMLA267 | September 18, 2007 3:55 PM
Rename portlands streetcar
Portland's Environmentally Neutral Innermetro Streetcar
I have more... so many more... but I want to keep it PG
Posted by travis b | September 18, 2007 4:38 PM
HMLA267:
Well, I was referring to strictly the name issue, myself.
Interesting fact you posted there though, no doubt about that.
Posted by Samuel John klein | September 18, 2007 5:53 PM
Let's make the PHART t-shirts anyway!
It's a start...
Posted by Anne K | September 18, 2007 6:14 PM
whenever we take the streetcar/trolley from one part of PDX to another we always look at each other and say:
"So slow escargot" I cannot think of an ancronym for it...but let's just call it the "SNAIL RAIL"
Posted by kathe w. | September 18, 2007 6:45 PM
Transit for the Urban Renewal District?
Posted by Jack Bog | September 18, 2007 7:43 PM
Lots of people will come onto the SLUT, because a SLUT gets ridden by everyone. It's a perfect name!
Portland should be so lucky.
Posted by Tasteless Tattler | September 18, 2007 8:05 PM
Portland Area Transit On Our Innercity Easements
Posted by Tenskwatawa | September 18, 2007 8:16 PM
I's unfortunate that we can't use Fast And Rapid Transportation.
Posted by David E Gilmore | September 19, 2007 11:38 AM
Streetcar Quietly Undermining All Transit
Posted by rr | September 19, 2007 12:02 PM
Some one should rework it to apply to the trimet name that train contest.
http://www.trimet.org/promotions/namethattrain.htm
Posted by NS | September 19, 2007 12:45 PM
Hey, bojack sycophants, quit whining. The streetcars are fantastic on a number of levels.
Posted by Odenfruede | September 19, 2007 2:43 PM
As a former Portlander, the naming brings back memories of the naming contest for Portland's zoo, the best of which of course were not used. They included: Zippity Do Zoo, Tri-County Taxpayer's Zoo, and Center for Containment without Consent.
Posted by david | September 22, 2007 12:56 PM
I've always called it Maxine.
Posted by Kari Chisholm | September 23, 2007 11:06 PM