Portland – SkyTrain for Surrey

7+ hour shut-down after Portland streetcar hit by truck

By SkyTrain for Surrey press teamPosted on 2018-09-09Posted in Commuter ChaosTagged LRT accident, Portland, vehicle-train collision

COMMUTER CHAOS STORY 7+ hour shut-down after Portland streetcar hit by truck FROM: Portland, Oregon – September 5, 2018 For the second time this year, a Portland

Crash shuts down Portland MAX LRT during PM rush hour

By SkyTrain for Surrey press teamPosted on 2018-07-19Posted in Commuter ChaosTagged Portland

COMMUTER CHAOS STORY Crash shuts down Portland MAX LRT during PM rush hour FROM: Portland, Oregon – July 19, 2018 Just yesterday, Portland’s MAX light rail system was disrupted during the afternoon rush hour after a collision between a MAX LRT train and a truck on the Portland’s Steel Bridge. If a similar incident had […]

Commuter chaos: Portland streetcar shut down for entire day after streetcar derails in crash

By SkyTrain for Surrey press teamPosted on 2018-05-25Posted in Commuter Chaos, In The NewsTagged Guildford, King George Boulevard, LRT, Newton, Portland, Rapid Transit, SkyTrain, SkyTrain vs LRT, Surrey, Surrey LRT, Surrey transit, Surrey transportation, Surrey-Newton-Guildford LRT, TransLink

COMMUTER CHAOS STORY Portland streetcar lines shut down for entire day after streetcar derails in crash FROM: Portland, Oregon – May 25, 2018 Portland’s streetcar system was put through a full-day shutdown after a collision knocked a streetcar off of the tracks and into multiple other vehicles. If a similar incident had occurred along one of […]

Poor fare revenue and LRT ridership cause free fare zone removal in Portland

By SkyTrain for Surrey press teamPosted on 2012-06-18Posted in Reality CheckTagged light rail, Light Rail Transit, LRT, Metro Vancouver, Portland, Rapid Transit, SkyTrain, SkyTrain for Surrey, Surrey, Surrey transit, Surrey transportation, TransLink

MEDIA RELEASE – SKYTRAIN FOR SURREY ORIGINAL WRITTEN CONTENT Poor revenue and ridership cause free fare zone removal in Portland FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – June 18, 2012 – Surrey, BC Light Rail advocates in Surrey love to triumph Portland as a successful example of North American Light Rail Transit implementation. However, there is a side […]

Portland, OR: LRT is so cost-ineffective, unable to operate at promised frequencies

By SkyTrain for Surrey press teamPosted on 2012-05-28Posted in Reality CheckTagged light rail, Light Rail Transit, LRT, Metro Vancouver, Portland, Rapid Transit, TransLink

There were a number of interesting facts pointed out by The Cascade Policy’s John A. Charles, whose research we have cited before (see references #39 and #79), about the Portland MAX in his latest article, called: Transit Hypocrisy. It is notable that he points out that that it has been said that there is a […]