In-water work for Portland-Milwaukie light-rail bridge to begin Friday
This summer, construction crews on the Portland-Milwaukie light-rail bridge project need to build four in-water structures. Meanwhile, crews working to clean up the Zidell site need to remove and “cap”...
View ArticleClackamas County residents try to stop Portland-Milwaukie light rail
Clackamas County is facing opposition to its plan to create an urban renewal area that would help fund its $25 million contribution to the Portland-Milwaukie Light-Rail project.
View ArticleProposed federal transportation cuts would be ‘catastrophic’
Transportation project funding in Oregon would take a hit if a congressman's proposal for federal cuts were passed. The proposal recommends a 35 percent decrease in allocations, to between $215 and...
View ArticleHistoric locomotive house gets OK from Portland City Council
Portland City Council unanimously passed the package of ordinances restructuring the loan and securing the new site for the Oregon Rail Heritage Foundation engine house to be built near OMSI.
View ArticleConstruction to start on Portland-Milwaukie light rail with tree removal
Construction work will start Monday at 7 a.m. on a portion of the Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail Project on Southwest Lincoln Street between First and Fourth avenues.
View ArticlePortland transit mall project wins national ASLA award
Portland’s ZGF-designed Mall Revitalization Project was awarded an Award of Excellence in General Design from the American Society of Landscape Architects this week.
View ArticleGroundbreaking set for Oregon Enginehouse and Rail Heritage Center
Crews from Lorentz Bruun Construction will break ground Oct. 21 for the Oregon Rail Heritage Foundation’s Enginehouse and heritage center. The new center, when it opens late next spring, will house...
View ArticleIn-water work window closing for light-rail bridge
Monday marks the end of the window that allows crews to work in the Willamette River on the Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail Bridge. The deadline also marks the beginning of the project’s next phase, when...
View ArticleTriMet prepares to renovate Center Street Building
TriMet has called for bids for construction manager/general contractor services to renovate the agency’s Center Street Administration Building. The renovated building will include a new, expanded...
View ArticleTriMet to launch mobile ticketing app
TriMet has signed a contract with local software company GlobeSherpa to pilot a mobile ticket system on buses, MAX lines and the WES Commuter Rail. TransitSherpa would be an app for iPhone and Android...
View ArticleSLIDESHOW: Crews begin construction of PMLR bridge deck
The Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail Bridge is poised to start taking shape now that crews from Kiewit Infrastructure West have begun pouring the concrete segments of the bridge deck. Two concrete form...
View ArticleLight-rail project just started and has already won award
This is a press release I wasn't expecting: TriMet and Metro were honored with what appears to be an invisible national award (see below) for the Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail project this week. Yes,...
View ArticleTriMet’s solar panel project gets under way
TriMet starts today (Nov. 29) on installing 253 solar modules that will reap $3,680 in annual energy savings.
View ArticlePrep work under way for TriMet substation solar panels
Crews are installing racking for solar panels at TriMet’s south terminus substation and signal-communications building near Portland State University. The array will include 253 solar panels, which...
View ArticleTriMet releases ‘close call’ videos of people crossing tracks
TriMet on Monday released its “close call” videos of dumb pedestrians and bicyclists crossing the tracks just in front of accelerating WES trains. They’re mildly entertaining and I have to admit the...
View ArticlePhotos: Light rail bridge reaches land on east side
A small concrete pour Monday morning made for a major milestone in TriMet’s Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail Bridge project. The 45-cubic yard pour closed the gap between the structure’s deck and the...
View ArticleNew bridge’s name has Native American roots
Portland's new transit bridge isn't finished yet, but it does have a name: Tilikum Crossing, Bridge of the People.
View ArticleA transportation quandary
Central Eastside stakeholders are wary of city staffers’ proposed changes to their district.
View ArticleEyes on the orange line
Developers see potential in the transit corridor being built between Southeast Portland and Milwaukie.
View ArticleFirst section of waterfront path wrapping up
Major construction on the first segment of the planned South Waterfront Greenway is scheduled to finish this month, in anticipation of the pedestrian and bicycle path opening next spring.
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