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WES Side Arrivals

I noticed the Oregonian as well as other sources have made mention of the arrival of the Colorado Car and DMU in Wilsonville. Mentioned by the Tribune and The Times (publications of the same parent, same articles) that the vehicles had arrived. I'm really Read More
posted Sunday, June 22, 2008 11:42 PM by adron | 0 Comments
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Will The Streetcar Improve It?

So I've got a new office location I'm commuting to these days.  It is an interesting commute, which takes me through the city center and down Macadam. Eventually I suppose this route will be much easier with the Streetcar.  Maybe. It will also Read More
posted Saturday, June 07, 2008 6:58 PM by adron | 0 Comments
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The Official Steel Bridge Closure

June 1–August 30: TriMet buses will not use Steel Bridge; detours in place June 10–August 24: Bridge closed to all vehicles August 2–24: TriMet MAX will not cross Steel Bridge; shuttle buses provided I'm still curious, if anyone knows, what exactly Read More
posted Wednesday, May 28, 2008 2:41 PM by adron | 0 Comments
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Amtrak Adds Some Roll-Up Reports to Scheduling

I was navigating around Amtrak's web site today and found a new little feature in relation to on time performance.  A roll up report based on the host networks on-time performance and interruptions.  Here's a quick screen shot, to find out more Read More
posted Sunday, May 18, 2008 8:29 AM by adron | 0 Comments
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Beaverton Transit Center, Where is the Center?

Contemplation #1 I took this photo recently while on a photo spree out west of downtown Portland.  The Beaverton Transit Center stop is a great stop, for transit, but not so much else.  Contemplation #2 So the Beaverton Transit Center is just Read More
posted Friday, May 16, 2008 10:28 AM by adron | 0 Comments
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California High Speed Rail Authority Interactive Map - AWESOME!!!

http://www.cahighspeedrail.ca.gov/map.htm Just go check it out, very nice job they did.  Thanks to Nick for posting the link via comment.  Technorati Tags: HSR,High Speed Rail,California High Speed Rail Authority,California,Map del.icio.us Read More
posted Wednesday, May 14, 2008 2:09 PM by adron | 0 Comments
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HR 1650 - Re-regulation and Increased Burdens for Freight Rail

A Fix for Something that isn't Broken First off, there are a ton of other Bloggers hitting this topic.  So I'll stick some links at the bottom of this write up.  There are also links to this bill and other information to track the status of Read More
posted Wednesday, May 07, 2008 11:01 PM by adron | 6 Comments
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HOLY !*#$ TRANSIT DOLLARS

"The Urban Land Institute (ULI) reported Tuesday that a survey of 23 large metropolitan regions indicates that their combined transit spending over the next 25-to-30 years "will actually exceed that spent on highways, a shift of historic proportions." Read More
posted Tuesday, April 29, 2008 9:56 PM by adron | 4 Comments
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GPS Track Images

When I quote speeds in blog entries these days, I'm usually detailed to the specific mile per hour.  The reason is because I got this nifty Sprint PCS Wireless card that has a ton of GPS related info, which it then uses to derive the speed.  Read More
posted Saturday, April 26, 2008 1:50 PM by adron | 0 Comments
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Arrival Time Awesome-ness!

I was waiting last night for my brother's Continental Flight #553 from Houston and knew it was late.  I went digging around on the Continental Site to figure out where their time tracking for arrivals is, and thought, I gotta do a quick collection Read More
posted Thursday, April 03, 2008 4:49 PM by adron | 0 Comments
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Improving Transit

I'm starting a new category.  Simply called "Improving Transit" which will include everything from how to take a better trip aboard multi-day train to better ideas for buses, light rail, or daily flight from point A to point B. If anyone has any Read More
posted Monday, November 26, 2007 7:56 PM by adron | 0 Comments
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