steve_relei
Lead Service Attendant
- Joined
- Feb 6, 2003
- Messages
- 306
On Saturday, May 1, the new Interstate MAX line will officially open for business in Portland, Oregon. The line runs from the Coliseum and Rose Quarter all the way out to the Expo Center (about 5.8 miles). Unfortunately, it will stop there, as Vancouver/Clark County voted against light-rail in their neck of the woods.
The new line will have several new stations, each one having art work and designs representing the various neighborhoods and ethnic mixes along the line. The artwork will pay tribute to industry, health (at a stop near a hospital), ships, Native-Americans, African-Americans, etc. I took a pre-aug run today out and back and it goes pretty fast (fast than the buses). I am volunteering at one of the station stops. I'd like to see someone come up with a tribute/memorial to Portland's railroad history (especially since the MAX line parallels the UP mainline and Albina Yards) and the trolleys, interurbans and streetcars.
It should be noted the line was finished 4 months ahead of schedule and below budget.
The new line will have several new stations, each one having art work and designs representing the various neighborhoods and ethnic mixes along the line. The artwork will pay tribute to industry, health (at a stop near a hospital), ships, Native-Americans, African-Americans, etc. I took a pre-aug run today out and back and it goes pretty fast (fast than the buses). I am volunteering at one of the station stops. I'd like to see someone come up with a tribute/memorial to Portland's railroad history (especially since the MAX line parallels the UP mainline and Albina Yards) and the trolleys, interurbans and streetcars.
It should be noted the line was finished 4 months ahead of schedule and below budget.