Comments on: Your thoughts on Portland’s Streetcar http://www.pdxtransit.com/index.php/2007/10/30/your-thoughts-on-portland%e2%80%99s-streetcar/ Transit, commuting, and mobility in Portland Oregon Metropolitan vicinity Wed, 30 Mar 2011 21:41:30 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Dave http://www.pdxtransit.com/index.php/2007/10/30/your-thoughts-on-portland%e2%80%99s-streetcar/comment-page-1/#comment-889 Dave Wed, 31 Oct 2007 04:40:42 +0000 http://pdxtransit.com/wordpress/2007/10/30/your-thoughts-on-portland%e2%80%99s-streetcar/#comment-889 I lived downtown for three years, up until this summer, and worked downtown and in the South Waterfront area. The streetcar was useful some times, in particular when the weather was especially inclement, or I had stuff to carry, or I just happened to be lucky enough to be at the stop when it arrived. As Bob R of <a href="http://www.hawthornestreetcar.org/" rel="nofollow">HawthorneStreetcar.org</a>points out <a href="http://portland.daveknows.org/2007/10/30/portlands-streetcar-future-is-its-streetcar-past/#comment-144" rel="nofollow">here</a>, the current downtown streetcar is a local circulator, not a commuter or interurban line. I hope that future streetcars in Portland will replace busy bus lines and make commuting easier, in addition to helping neighborhoods increase density and entice businesses. But we need city planners, politicians, business interests, and neighborhood groups to come together to make the best decisions on how to implement this . . . we'll see how that works out. I lived downtown for three years, up until this summer, and worked downtown and in the South Waterfront area. The streetcar was useful some times, in particular when the weather was especially inclement, or I had stuff to carry, or I just happened to be lucky enough to be at the stop when it arrived.

As Bob R of HawthorneStreetcar.orgpoints out here, the current downtown streetcar is a local circulator, not a commuter or interurban line.

I hope that future streetcars in Portland will replace busy bus lines and make commuting easier, in addition to helping neighborhoods increase density and entice businesses. But we need city planners, politicians, business interests, and neighborhood groups to come together to make the best decisions on how to implement this . . . we’ll see how that works out.

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