Paga 8 Portland Obsarvar May 28.1981
Tri-Met proposes new 'grid' system
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The s ta ff o f T ri-M e t has re
commended a major change in bus
service that would change the
current “ ra d ia l” pattern to a
“ g rid ”
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“ radial” pattern send most busses
downtown, where riders must trans
fer to other points. The “ g rid ”
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system w ill allo w cross to w n trans
fers that do not necessitate riding
downtown.
O f the l .5 million daily trips from
the north and east area o f Portland,
(including cars) only ten percent go
dow ntow n, yet 80 percent o f the
busses go downtown. Almost half
o f the bus riders go downtown and
then transfer elsewhere. About 17
percent o f the eastside riders go
downtown and then transfer back to
other eastside destinations. Many
do not ride the busses because o f the
inconvenience and time involved.
The eastside, which w ill receive
the major benefit o f the new system,
has the highest potential fo r bus
ridership. It has a population den
sity o f 6,000 persons per square mile
compared to 1300 on the west side;
66 percent o f the families have only
one car; it has the highest percen
tage o f elderly and low-income per
sons; it has a large student
population dependent on bus tran
sportation.
Although this area has the highest
percentage o f T ri-M e t riders per
capita, Tri-Met still only carries 5.5
percent o f the total trips made.
The new “ g rid ” system w ill be
comprised o f 25 routes going down
town and ten crosstown busses. The
to ta l number o f lines w ill be
reduced, but trips w ill be added.
C urrently there are 3700 weekday
bus hours on 40 routes - 33 radial
and 7 crosstown.
The goal is to provide good
frequency on key routes, seven days
a week. There w ill be no transfer
wait longer than 15 minutes and the
average w ill be 7'/j minutes. The
result will be shorter, quicker rides,
with space freed for an additional
15,000 riders.
The key routes w ill be: #14 -
Sandy Boulevard; #12 - Hawthorne,
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Foster; #5 - interstate; and #28 -
W oodstock. These routes would
operate every 15 minutes, with more
frequent service during rush hours.
Several cross-town buses would
form the basic gridwork:
#75-39th Avenue/Lombard which
would operate between St. Johns
and M ilwaukee and connects
N orth P ortland w ith all eastside
destination with no more than one
transfer generally.
#84 - 6th Avenue/52nd Avenue;
#7/ - K illin g sw o rth line; #70 -
Milwaukie/Swan Island; #72 - 82nd
Avenue.
New routes include:
- Two new lines across the St.
Johns Bridge connecting N orm
Portland with Northwest Portland.
- A new line on NE Fremont.
- A connection from Northwest to
the south part o f downtown.
- Direct east-west service on Burn
side from NW 23rd Avenue to Mall
205.
Some existing lines w ill be altered
or dropped.
T ri-M e t w ill hold a series o f
public workshops to get the public’s
reaction to the plan:
- June 24th, 7:30 p.m. - Concor
dia College, Hagen Campus Center,
2811 N.E. Holman.
- June 29th, 7:30 p.m . - St.
Igratius School, 3400 SE 43rd
Avenue at Powell.
- July 1st, 7:30 p.m. - St. Johns’
Com m unity Center, 8427 N. Cen
tral.
July 23rd, 7:30 p.m . - Temple
Beth Isral, 1931 N.W. Flanders.
A public hearing w ill be held in
September to solicit comment on the
final draft and the T ri-M e t Board
w ill take action in O ctober. The
plan is to initiated in January, 1982.
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Clairol Council names Smith
Cora Smith, owner o f Cora Smith
Hair Design, Portland, Oregon, has
been appointed to the 1981 Clairol
Presidential Haircolorists’ Council.
Robert Oppenheim, President o f
C lairol’ s Salon Division announced
Ms. Smith is one o f twelve
professional haircolorists in the
country selected to serve on the
distinguished industry council.
M r. Oppenheim explained that
Ms. Smith was chosen as a member
o f the C lairol Presidential hair
colorists’ Council because o f her
professional
experience
and
creativity as a haircolorist, and
because o f the high standards of ex
cellence she maintains as a colorist,
and as a professional hairdresser
and cosmetologist. The first Council
was appointed in 1977 and twelve
professionals are added each year to
the roster o f this elite group.
Ms. Smith recently travelled to
the company’ s New York headquar
ters to participate in various ac
tivities that included meetings with
C la iro l management on salon in
dustry issues, touring the company’ s
test center and its research and
development laboratories in Stam
ford, Connecticut, interviews with
consumer and trade magazine
beauty editors, and attending the In
ternational Beauty Show, the major
trade show fo r the profession o f
cosmetology.
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REM CO, a rental management
company, founded in 1970 by A l
and Lucy Shah, is experiencing
tremendous growth in the Portland
Metropolitan Area.
REMCO moved to P ortland in
1976, and at that time had the
responsbility for managing 12 rental
units. In three years, the company
has grown to 1000 units, 60 percent
o f which are single-fam ily resi
dences. The rest are duplexes, t r i
plexes, four-plexes, large apartment
units, commercial and office space
rentals. At this time, its boundaries
are the Columbia River to the Nor
th, Oregon C ity to the South, Cor
nelius to the West, and Gresham to
the East.
REMCO stands for Real Equities
Management Company. According
to Bob Dawson, "T h e rental agent
is the life line o f the company.
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From the Front Door
By Tom Boothe
From the Front Door, I was reading an article written by Ullysses Tucker, Jr.
The article appeared in the May 14, 1981, Volume XI Number (30) edition of
the Portland Observer. The article was written under the title "A Special
Spot For Malcolm," the article was supportive of the Black Educational Cen
ter.
I found the article interesting and informative, so much so that I am going to
quote a paragraph from that article to make a point. The paragraph reads:
CORA SMITH
REM CO offers rental property
fl.v Nyewusi Askari
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W ithout their professionalism and
hard work, we would cease to exist.
Recently, we have an average o f 60
to 80 units to fill per month, and as
we continue to grow , we plan to
open regional offices. The areas
designated at this time are Eugne
and Bend, Oregon.
“ What we do is manage property
(rentals) fo r the owners. To help
those who rent through our com
pany, we have a complete,
professional s ta ff, a 24-hour an
swering service to catch all the calls,
and a maintenance crew to take care
of all repairs. The REMCO concept
encourages greater efficiency and
competence. REM CO agents are
friendly, courteous and willing to go
out o f their way to see that all the
potential tenants needs are met.
Clients and agents enjoy the pride of
being associated with us.
“ Being a fu ll service property
management firm , REM CO can
meet all the requirements tenants or
owners m ight have regarding
housing. We are well aware o f
many o f the problems people are
experiencing as they seek rental
space, whether it be fo r livin g or
business, therefore, each transac
tion is handled w ith the highest
degree of integrity and honesty. The
result being top flight service to all
o f our clients whether they are
owners or tenants."
As property manager fo r homes
throughout the P ortland M etro
politan area, REMCO have taken
the time to prepare. This includes
cleaning, painting and in some cases
refurbishing. “ We ask a potential
tenant to fill out an application and
qualify for any home, but we do not
charge a rental fee to the potential
tenent, just the customary deposits
most o f which are refundable if the
home is left in the similar condition
on move out as it was on move in ,"
concluded Bob Dawson.
"In the name of Malcolm, the Black man in the ghettoes has to start correct
ing his own moral, educational, material and spiritual evils. The Black man
needs to start his own programs to inhance his education, rid drug addiction,
prostitution, drunkeness, and Black-on-Black crimes. The Black man must
lift up his own sense of values.
"One thing that legislation can never do for Blacks is to give us self respect;
it starts from the heart. The sooner the better."
With that, I am proposing that every Black man and woman who read this ar
ticle donate one half of the money they spend on dope, booze and games of
chance to the Black Educational Center.
Principles of good morals, wholesomeness, cleanliness and respectfulness
are the very values of our community needs today; these are the qualities we
need to see in our children. My point is, we get what we pay for; we have
dope, booze and crime running rampant in our community because that's
where too much of our money is going. In other words, that's what we are
paying for. Let's spend some of our money to pay for better educaiton and
understanding of our young people by supporting the 6lack Educational
Center.
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