Talk:Portland Streetcar

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According to the August 10th, 2005 Citizen Advisory Committee minutes[1], the Gibbs extension is also planned to be continued south to Lowell Dr.

Street, not Drive. Basically, this will serve the southern part of the South Waterfront redevlopment area and end near the Willamette Shore Trolley. Actually, the WST used to go up to RiverPlace; some of the present extension uses the former trolley ROW. The long term hope is to use the rest of the trolley line for an extension to Lake Oswego

Also, aren't streetcar operators TriMet employees and doesn't TriMet help pay for operations? If so, the only real difference from MAX is who owns it.--67.160.146.193 22:10, 8 September 2005 (UTC)

According to page 18 of this PDF, the answer is yes. --Jason McHuff 03:02, 22 September 2005 (UTC)

I am not sure but I think that Vintage Trolley service has resumed. For example, see [2]. I am pretty sure though that they cannot run on part of the RiverPlace extension (too steep a grade)--67.160.146.193 05:27, 9 September 2005 (UTC)

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[edit] Coupling

I was informed that and was shown that Portland Streetcars can be coupled on a visit to the Portland Streetcar yards in the summer of 2004. The couplers are hidden under the cabs at each end behing the "bumper" skirts. The only time that streetcars are coupled is when a crippled streetcar needs to be towed back to the yard. This is done by dispatching a rescue train and copling it to the stricken vehicle.


Some pictures I found of such an instance:

-Ajbenj

[edit] Eastside

I've started a section on the eastside extension on my user page. --Mattmcc 00:38, 5 August 2005 (UTC)

...And imported it.

[edit] Situations in which MAX can't handle some areas serviced by street cars

  • Steepnees of the area. The street cars might as well be mountain goats next to a MAX train.
  • Manueverability. MAX trains can't turn as sharp. However, most street car turns are broader than that required by cars.
  • Width. As noted in the article, MAX trains are much wider.
  • Length. It would take two street cars coupled, as shown here, to equal the length of one MAX car.--Will 05:37, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Was it a new route or did it replace buses?

Was the route of the streetcar once a bus route, or was it an all-new route? --NE2 16:55, 19 May 2007 (UTC)

I know this is REAL late but...It is a new route that serves some new (highly-redeveloped) neighborhoods, but ridership on some bus lines that serve the area the streetcar serves has gone down. According to a TriMet document I have, the percent change in ridership on Line 15 (which passes the NW end of the streetcar) between 1999-2004 is -25.1%. Jason McHuff (talk) 03:50, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Screechcar

The "Portland Screechcar" bit seems like POV. It claims it to be a common epithet, but it seems fairly esoteric. A search for "Portland Screechcar" returns only 11 results on Google. I even find the voice soothing, myself, but maybe the current voice is different from the one that was used initially? Thoughts? 69.3.70.190 (talk) 08:13, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

I'm taking it out. 69.3.70.247 (talk) 01:15, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
Good job. Much as I love seeing my pal Becky quoted on the ol' 'Pedia, you're right -- not encyclopedic by any stretch. -Pete (talk) 04:28, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Comments wanted on Streetcar, MAX maps

I have made maps of the Portland Streetcar and MAX Light Rail systems and submitted them to Picture Peer Review. If anyone would like to, feel free to comment on them there. Thanks, Jason McHuff (talk) 01:25, 12 June 2008 (UTC)