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Is Portland Light Rail a Success?

Is Portland Light Rail a Success?. “High-Capacity Transit”?. “Rapid Transit”?. “Development-Oriented Transit”?. “We have not seen any of the kind of development—of a mid-rise, higher-density, mixed-use, mixed-income type—that we would’ve liked to have seen” along the MAX line.

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Is Portland Light Rail a Success?

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  1. Is Portland Light Rail a Success?

  2. “High-Capacity Transit”?

  3. “Rapid Transit”?

  4. “Development-Oriented Transit”?

  5. “We have not seen any of the kind of development—of a mid-rise, higher-density, mixed-use, mixed-income type—that we would’ve liked to have seen” along the MAX line. —Mike Saba, Portland City Planner, 1996

  6. “We are in the hottest real estate market in the country,” yet “most of those sites [along the MAX line] are still vacant.” —Charles Hales, City Commissioner, 1996

  7. Urban Renewal (TIF) Districts (subsidies in millions) $335.0 $72.6 $167.5 $233.9 $165.0 $164.2 $143.6 $66.3 $288.6 $75.0

  8. “It is a myth to think that the market will take care of development along transit corridors.” —Charles Hales, City Commissioner, 1996

  9. “The $55 million streetcar line has sparked more than $1.5 billion (and growing) in new development.” —Charles Hales, 2006, now with HDR

  10. “Urban rail transit investments rarely ‘create’ new growth, but more typically redistribute growth that would have taken place without the investment.” Cervero & Seskin, FTA Report #TCRP-7

  11. Are TODs Successful?

  12. Is Light Rail “Green”?

  13. Is Light Rail Affordable?

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