PORTLAND'S WILLIAMETTE SHORE RAILWAY: A DIFFERENT APPROACH TO RAIL CORRIDOR PRESERVATION

This paper discusses issues ranging from community relations, through finance, insurance and service reliability to the construction of stations, track extensions, and a carbarn. A plan for making incremental improvements to achieve light rail transit (LRT) compatibility is now in preparation. The use of incremental improvement as a technique for "Not In My Back Yard" (NIMBY) control is discussed. The bottom line is that the public acquired a rail line that would have cost hundreds of millions of dollars to construct for just $2 million, has found a way to hang on to it indefinitely for less than $100,000 a year, and gets a popular recreational resource as a bonus.

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  American Public Transportation Association

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• Authors:
  • Fox, G D
• Conference:
  • Proceedings of the 1998 Rapid Transit Conference
  • Location: San Diego, California
  • Date: 1998-6-7 to 1998-6-11
• Publication Date: 1998

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 5p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Communities; Improvements; Light rail transit; Public participation; Recreational trips; Regional transportation; Transportation corridors
• Geographic Terms: Portland (Oregon)
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; Society; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00769729
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: Volume 1
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 18 1999 12:00AM