Here's a story we'll be seeing a lot of in Portland in the years ahead.
Posted by Jack Bogdanski at July 22, 2006 03:29 PM | TrackBack (0)Good time to become a State Certified Rope Ladder
Instructor!
Wait 'til it's stopped dead and a tram car is over I-5. Maybe there will be some people on board with serious medical conditions. There will be accidents below as confused drivers slow down to take a look. Can't wait.
Posted by: Jack Bog at July 22, 2006 04:25 PMHey, Jack... You forgot the psych patient who loses it on that same ride.
Posted by: godfry at July 22, 2006 04:49 PMPeople dropping out of the skyride was not unheard of when I worked at unnamed Virginia amusement park for a couple of summers in the eighties. See http://www.themeparkinsider.com/accidents/list.cfm for names of rides that sound fun but turn deadly.
Posted by: Alan Bluehole at July 22, 2006 05:21 PMGotta believe this is already in the budget. If not somebody fax NMI a purchase order for tram cams covering the following:
(1) tram cam on board each tram car
(2) cam from SoWa station looking up at OHSU
(3) cam from OHSU looking down to SoWa station
(4) cam feeds (w 5 min refresh) to newsrooms katu, kgw, koin, kptv, cnn, bojack.org
Triple team coverage of stormdrain overflow days just won't carry the same cachet they used to.
Note that Spokane's tram only cost $2.5 million. Any bets that the extra $55 million Portland's tram is costing will guarantee that no passengers will ever be stranded?
Posted by: Steve Buckstein at July 24, 2006 12:32 PM