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Comments (12)
Well, that's one way to get people to ride these things.
Wait a minute... who are these guys?!?
Posted by Steve R. | September 19, 2011 3:01 PM
Did I miss the notice of this Concert?
Posted by dhughes609 | September 19, 2011 3:05 PM
Perhaps this could be my only chance to ride the Portland Streetcar. Please help me to find the music. Where and when can I leave Tigard and enjoy this festival? Is it possible to drive?
Posted by dhughes609 | September 19, 2011 3:10 PM
I'd go for a ride if Storm Large was one of the bands.
Posted by Ben | September 19, 2011 3:36 PM
Is it true Bono is coming to Portland to do a Streetcar concert?
I heard that on OPB at lunch time...
Posted by Harry | September 19, 2011 3:47 PM
Go By Streetcar!
;o)
Posted by Jill-O | September 19, 2011 4:20 PM
Do the entertainers act as fare collectors too?
Posted by pdxjim | September 19, 2011 5:00 PM
I'm soooo confused--I thought downtown was a no-fare (ie, Fareless Square) zone. And aren't regular fares boosted to $2.40 now???
Posted by Michelle | September 19, 2011 8:21 PM
Great. Impotent whining parading as music, with clueless hipsters clapping their hands and exclaiming "Oh, that's so deep!" If I wanted to listen to that noise, I'd stay home and buy a Nickelback album.
Posted by Texas Triffid Ranch | September 20, 2011 7:03 AM
dhughes: Where and when can I leave Tigard and enjoy this festival?
Take the 12 Barbur bus from Tigard to 6th and Market. Walk back one block to the PSU Urban Center and catch the bus there. (That's actually how I get to work, except I use the 94 bus and don't touch the Streetcar.)
Michelle: I thought downtown was a no-fare (ie, Fareless Square) zone.
Only for the losers who have to ride the bus. The elite rail riders still get a free ride downtown - MAX and Streetcar are part of the "Free Rail Zone".
Now you know why bus ridership is down and rail ridership is up. Just as a sidenote, in Seattle they have a "fareless square" zone that is in effect 7 days a week between 7:00 AM and 7:00 PM, but is for buses only. ST Express light rail trains and the Seattle Streetcar (a.k.a. SLUT) are not free; nor is the Seattle Monorail (which is privately operated); and when the Waterfront Streetcar was in operation it too required a fare at all times. When the Streetcar was forced to shut down and it was replaced with a bus, the bus advertised it was a "Fare-Free Ride", but the 99 route was really geared towards tourists visiting the waterfront area and connected with King Street Station and the International District - and that's it.
Posted by Erik H. | September 20, 2011 7:14 AM
"Picture yourself on a train in the city, with cloudy gray skies and transitry fees"
"Somebody calls you, your cell phone is noisy, some guy has those psycho-like eyes"
Posted by Ralph Woods | September 20, 2011 10:26 AM
Took me a minute to get that...
Good one!
Posted by Mr. Grumpy | September 20, 2011 2:11 PM