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Because of work rules you can't just have peak headways for a handful of hours. The better frequency is created by adding a third car. No one is going to come in for a 2 hour lunch shift then leave.

Id rather have the regions first urban Outback. Gotta love those oil cans.

Actually, it's more complicated than that. 1177 WAS supposed to be the next one, but car 1176 leapfrogged 1177 in the production line in late October/early November (despite being behind previously).

Streetcar #2 arrives tomorrow at 4:30PM.

This is how idiotic the fear and misinformation in this thread is. The US resettles nearly 100,000 refugees every year. We're talking about taking 15,000 out of the 4 million Syrian refugees. Since 2007 we have resettled 87,000 IRAQI refugees. guess what? ISIL actually calls Iraq home and has more land amassed in Iraq than in Syria. Why didn't they try sneaking in that way last year or the year before? Why would you even TRY to be a refugee considering it takes over a year, when you could just get a short term visa to go on vacation in the US and blow shit up. This entire fear of Refugees is 100% baseless and hilarious. If wecan't get enough info on someone to feel safe... we'll move on! There are 4,000,000 people to pick 15,000 out of.

I bolded what I think that's the key word. How can you really vet a refugee who might turn up with no identification? You can't even really confirm who they are, let alone whether or not they've been in contact with known ISIS members (or share the ideology). Even if they manage to get their passport before fleeing, all you have is a single picture to confirm identity, and even if you confirm the identity, there's no way to fully prove someone isn't a threat. There are millions of refugees. We plan to accept 50,000 a year. If you seriously believe the statement you just made you have no knowledge of the US Department of State refugee resettlement program. Since 2007 205,000 Iraqi's have applied to the US for resettlement. We interviewed 145,000. We accepted 100,000, and 85,000 of those people are now in America living as refugees. They are an amazing part of the United States and should be welcomed. So tell me again how there's no way to verify anyone?

Everyone seems to be forgetting we own 5 cars. We will never ever ever ever operate 5 and almost never operate 4. At any given time 3 are in service (peak hour), one is available to immediately be brought into service, and one is getting maintenance work done.

If this proposal reduces the amount of office space or residential units in the plan, it should be opposed by everyone. If it replaces retail space... then it's fine

If this is the case, why do all the proposed schedules stop at just 3 cars running simultaneously? During morning rush, lunch, evenings and special events couldn't we get the fourth out on the loop as well to cut down headways? They don't. When they say Peak Hour that means 3 cars. non-peak is 2 cars.

Kroger also owns Fred Meyer. Their new Portland store is perfection. The idea that they couldn't do an urban store until now is a bit silly.

You can see in this video that only the front door (near the driver) and the middle two doors will open when the streetcars stop at each platform. I had always assumed that all four doors would be used at each station but instead the streetcars will operate as if the rear door is not there. All four doors will board at all other platforms. This is the only one where only 3 doors can be used.

A loop isn't needed, and it is very likely that a loop wouldn't have occurred if the streetcar were to reach the Zoo. In OTR's case, the loop is very very convenient. In other locations it won't be. The designers and engineers will choose what is best at each location.

If it's converted to two way that parking will be reverse angle, which is much better anyway. Everyone wins.

Here's one of the biggest lessons to learn. You can't go to the voters for a tax increase without having the progressive wing of the democratic party and the black community at your side. If you try solely to rely on moderates at the exclusion of everyone else, you lose. Conservatives who may still like Cranley over any other dem will vote no on the tax increase. The progressive and black majorities you need to pass a tax increase you lost by not engaging them, and in some ways, actively cutting them out.

Maybe they were.

Putting a station at the new Hopple St. overpass could make a lot of sense if the City sells the maintenance garage property and encourages a high-density development on the site something like what exists at I-71 and Dorchester/Eden Park. The site has great visibility and access from the interstate and combined with transit access it could make for a valuable office/hotel site. Also, the county (I believe) owns the old Workhouse property across the highway, which is now the site of the salt dome and Camp Washington Urban Farm. Assuming a transit line on the east side of I-75, development of that property on the west side would be helped with a pedestrian bridge over the interstate, since the new Monmouth St. overpass is a bit too far north. There are also a lot of people living in the Clifton Colony and Forum apartment complexes east of Central Parkway. Currently those complexes, which have several hundred units each, have no convenient bus access. Ehhhhhhhhhh. I'm gonna say yes to his first idea, which was Monmouth and that I don't think Hopple would work. Hopple is a HORRENDOUS pedestrian experience. Monmouth is a nice easy walk to Camp Washington. Hopple is 100% for cars only now. The Camp has some room for growth and I feel that a station there would be easily accessble to that area.

5 cars will never ever run at the same time.

2 cars is roughly 15 minute service, 3 cars is roughly 12 minute service. 4 cars would be roughly 8 minute service. Like thebillshark just said, all times vary slightly due to the mixed-traffic nature of streetcars.

In SF, Uber & Lyft each have carpooling services which are pretty convenient to use there (the 4 days I was in SF both services were at surge pricing the entire time). Lyft Line & Uber Pool each pick up two different requests (you can request the service for 1 or 2 people) from generally the same area, then drop them off in generally the same area (you put your destination in with the request). It was great to use in SF as a cheaper way to move around.

David Mann was also there. Yvette was out of the state. PG was likely campaigning somewhere else in Ohio.

2AM service is this silly idea, mostly being recommended by people who are not out at 2AM every friday and saturday. 1AM is plenty. There is such little benefit to moving people around at 1:55 in the morning vs. the negatives that can attach to that. Now, long distance? Yes I would want a light rail line to operate 5AM to 3AM, but for a circulator it doesn't make sense when compared to the costs/downsides. Also, downtown at 6AM is a ghost town. Even 7AM barely has folks. 6AM on a sunday in OTR is a joke almost. My proposed schedule: 7AM-11PM Monday - Thurs 7AM-1AM Friday 8AM - 1AM Saturday 8AM-10PM Sunday

Everyone knows Jake loves the years 1991 to 1996.

How many folks on here ride to work at least 2 days a week?

I see what you did there...

Main street is horrible right now from a pedestrian perspective. People speed like crazy, they stop in the middle of the street, then other cars whip around them ,etc. This has nothing to do with the Mayor or any negative intentions on the streetcar. The conversion is supported by Main Street OTR (formerly Merchants of Main) and would be tied in with some bumpouts, etc.