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Series of video clips to demonstrate what a modern streetcar looks and feels like.


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Everyone bemoans ... ( 7 months ago by dpjaexp)
Everyone bemoans the state of the American auto industry and the price of oil. When will people ask themselves where the American railcar and locomotive manufacturing industries are? Auto manufacturing plants could be retooled into rail equipment manufacturing hubs. I apologize to cmfsharp and everyone else in advance for my rant, but there's no reason Americans couldn't reinvent a rail manufacturing sector on a par with Canada, Germany, France or Japan. That would create loads of jobs!!!
Trimet just ... ( 7 months ago by auntyv)
Trimet just announced two more express lines will be added to the westside lightrail lines coming from the suburbs into downtown Portland. This should increase ridership and lessen the amount of cars coming downtown. It doesn't make sense to drive into downtown anymore - light rail is so much easier and with the streetcar and Fareless square - getting around downtown on foot is easy.
About these ... ( 7 months ago by senatorxbox360dude)
About these expansions, are these on the MAX or streetcar?
From what the news ... ( 7 months ago by auntyv)
From what the news said - they will have two more trains running during the morning commute hours - much needed - because by the time you reach Beaverton - the MAX is crowded.
If anyone's worried ... ( 7 months ago by reluctantpopstar)
If anyone's worried about patriotic considerations, automobiles were NOT invented in the USA, but streetcars WERE. Let's start building streetcars again!
I wish the trolleys ... ( 6 months ago by 1flygeo)
I wish the trolleys here in Philadelphia were this cool!
indeed it would. As ... ( 6 months ago by adderbrain5)
indeed it would. As a matter of fact every 1 billion reallocated from highway to transit spending creates 7000...it takes 15 lanes of highway to compete with one rail line, freight rail is 50x more efficient than trucking the list goes on.
In many cities ... ( 5 months ago by adderbrain5)
In many cities those who ride the bus are usually poor minorites. It is interesting to me that the streetcar has an appeal to all people seemingly regardless of class or race. In fact i see few minorities in this video at all. Could just be portland demographics i really dont know
yes they definately ... ( 5 months ago by adderbrain5)
yes they definately create a greater sense of place than the bus.
Autos generate ... ( 5 months ago by WestFloridaRepublic)
Autos generate storage, maneuvering space problems. Their noise, pollution and other negative externalities generate anti-density zoning spreading towns out even more creating a dog chasing its tail problem. * The end of legal segregation in the U.S. meant Whites started to use private vehicles to avoid the integrated equipment. * High quality street cars/light rail that allow some privacy and facilitate use of laptops, cell phones electronic multi-tasking may lure busy people out of their cars.
some good points. ( 5 months ago by adderbrain5)
some good points.
"In many cities ... ( 4 months ago by LMB222)
"In many cities those who ride the bus are usually poor minorities." - you must be referring to "the best country in the world" only. All over the world lawyers, surgeons and even prime ministers take public transport to work. It's, of course, a way better than in "the best country in the world".
It depends on the ... ( 4 months ago by LMB222)
It depends on the price of oil ;)
Mostly because ... ( 4 months ago by joahsays)
Mostly because where the Max goes, crime follows. It is so bad, the police (well the one cop that I know) call it the 'CrimeTram'
In many *US cities* ... ( 4 months ago by dnlr)
In many *US cities* you mean... it's not the case at all in Europe and other parts of the world. But then again, people there usually don't see public transportation as a whole as a thing for so-called lower classes, poor people, and/or minorities. They also pay like $7+/gallon of gasoline.
I loved Portland. ... ( 4 months ago by schlepinsky)
I loved Portland. It's my home town. However, the transp resources have been horribly managed for 20 years. Too much $ was diverted to low ROI projects like this. 90% folks still commute in cars, even in PDX. It's time we stopped denying it. How much fuel has been wasted all these years due to congestion at i5 S. at Delta Park? Or I5 exit north to 84 E? Or in pm gridlock on 26 E. at 185th, and on and on... We need to make smarter use of our $ and fix the glaring transp problems first.
Support the ... ( 4 months ago by Cubbies27)
Support the Cincinnati Streetcar!!!!!
Public ... ( 3 months ago by dpjaexp)
Public transportation is not about turning a profit - it's about getting the most people from A to B in the fastest, most efficient, environmentally sane way. You don't drive a car to profit anyone but the auto industry and Big Oil. Cars have all kinds of things inside of them that constantly break down and cost the average American thousands of dollars to maintain, to say nothing of car insurance.
Then there is the ... ( 3 months ago by dpjaexp)
Then there is the matter of gasoline prices which will only continue to climb higher and higher. I think your rhetoric has a lot more to do with the fact that you simply do not want to share a vehicle with others going in the same direction.
Like millions of ... ( 3 months ago by dpjaexp)
Like millions of Americans, you're happy in your air-conditioned mobile living room, with its lighted beverage holders, TV, stereo system and AC. We're just saying that we're sick and tired of sending our soldiers to the deserts of Arabia to die for that paradigm. We want the options that our forefathers had available to them and which were destroyed by Big Auto and Big Oil. We want diversified transit infrastructure on a par with what the Europeans and Japanese enjoy.
This is "Made in ... ( 3 months ago by Matujtutujka)
This is "Made in Czech Republic" - Europe.
Producer:
Škoda, Plzeň (Pilsen) Sign: Škoda 10T Built 7 streetcars for Portland (USA) and 3 streetcars for Tacoma (USA) Vyrobené v České Republice, Evropa Výrobce: Škoda, Plzeň Označení: Škoda 10T Vyrobeno 7 vozů pro Portland (Spojené státy Americké) a 3 vozy pro Tacomu (-//-)
Only 1 line - in ... ( 3 months ago by Matujtutujka)
Only 1 line - in Prague (Capital town of CZ) are 26 day lines and 9 night lines -> good luck in evolution
streetcars are ... ( 2 months ago by tyronewright64)
streetcars are becoming really popular
We now have ... ( 1 week ago by mikemmlj)
We now have commuter rail in Albuquerque and the Mayor wants to put in streetcars, this video is a great selling point for them!



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