Portland Light Rail Works Just Fine, Thank You
7 August 2003 - 4:00am
A transportation planner pokes fun at Cascade Policy Institute's charges of how light rail doesn't work in Portalnd.
"Well, Mr. Charles, if MAX is your definition of "failure," I'll take it over your definition of "success" any time. Let's see how MAX "doesn't work": MAX patronage has increased from fewer than 30,000 daily trips in the mid-1990s to more than 80,000 daily trips in 2002."
Source:
The Oregonian, August 5, 2003
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