Transportation

• Upcoming Town Hall with Senator Diane Rosenbaum and others

  TOWN HALL NOTICE: Please join Senator Diane Rosenbaum, Representative Carolyn Tomei, Multnomah County Commissioner Deborah Kafoury and METRO Councilor Carlotta Collette for a joint town hall meeting. Topics include current legislative issues,…

  September 8, 2009

• Please Attend this TriMet SE Corridor Light Rail Open House Tuesday March 10, 5:30-7:30PM

  Title: TriMet Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail Open House Location: St. Philip Neri Church, 2804 SE 16th Ave., Portland Link out: Click here Description: Please join us at this open house for a…

  March 4, 2009

• OREGONIAN: Tualatin May Have to Wait Two Years for MAX Quiet Zone

  Wednesday, March 04, 2009 BRAD SCHMIDT The Oregonian Staff Tualatin policymakers hope to use federal stimulus money as part of a new and cheaper plan to eventually end the use…

  March 4, 2009

• Oregonian Editorial: New Westside Express Train Horn Noise Problematic

  The brand new Westside Express commuter rail gets high marks–except for the unanticipated consequence of a huge increase in horn noise required by federal railroad rules… A rude awakening for…

  February 16, 2009

• TriMet Launches New Milwaukie MAX Website

  photo credit: eyeliam TriMet has launched ther new website for the Portland to Milwaukie MAX light rail project.  This new site can be accessed at http://www.trimet.org/pm/

  November 3, 2008

• Eastside Streetcar to Start Construction in June 2009

  Portland City Commissioners have voted to spend $6.3 million dollars to help jump start the planned eastside extension of the popular Portland Streetcar.  Current plans call for a new line…

  August 21, 2008

• Editorial:Where in the world is Maria Rojo de Steffey?

  Commuters in and around the Brooklyn Neighborhood found an even worse than usual evening commute on Thursday, July 31st.  A large water main at SE 11TH Avenue and Tacoma streets, broke…

  August 1, 2008

• MAX UPDATE: Local Approval Complete

  As of June 24th, the local approval process for the planned MAX light rail extension from Downtown Portland to the City of Miwaukie is complete.  Over a year of planning…

  July 30, 2008

• Breaking News: Portland City Council Approves MAX Extension

  The planned Portland to Milwaukie MAX light rail line cleared another hurdle on July 17th with the adoption of the new locally preferred alignment by Portland City Council. Mayor, and former Brooklyn…

  July 17, 2008

• Oops…Oregonian Gets it Wrong on MAX

  The Wednesday edition of the Oregonian has an article updating the status of the Milwaukie MAX project.  Unfortunately, the graphic that they ran is out of date and inaccurate.

  July 2, 2008