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July 28. 2010 ^ìnrtlnnò (Dhserner Streetcar Build Blocks Traffic Page 17 To Place Your Classified Advertisement Contact: Phone: 503-288-0033 Fax: 503-288-0015 e-mail: classifieds@portlandobserver.com East side line first of long term plans J ake T homas T he P ortland O bserver by People trying to get across the Broadway Bridge have found their efforts thwarted. The bridge has been blocked for construction o f a streetcar line in what could be just the beginning o f a long term project that could change how people get around the city. T he C ity o f P o rtla n d and Multnomah County are operating under a plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent by the year 2050. Part o f achieving that ambitious goal will require chang ing how people get around. Last year, Portland was awarded $45 million in federal funds for a 3.3- mile extension of the Westside street photo by D rew D akessian /T he P ortland O bserver car line to the east side. The new line Construction of the first modern streetcar line coming to the east will snake across the Broadway side of the Willamette River along Broadway and across the Bridge and then extend south along the Martin Luther King Jr. Boule Broadway Bridge closes the bridge to traffic through Sept. 3. vard and Grand Avenue corridors. “It’s caused a lot o f nightmares vacation and taking time o ff from Portlanders will be able to take for businesses,” said Terry Taylor, work, questioning how useful it their first trips on the street car be the executive director o f Central might be for someone who wants to ginning in 2012. And there could be Eastside Industrial Council, o f the grab a bite on the central eastside more on the way. construction along the corridors. during their lunch hour, and since it According to the Portland Street The streetcar has been touted as will run fairly infrequently. car System Concept Plan, the city is a way to draw foot traffic, and bring Taylor also questions how much also eyeing corridors including more customers to nearby busi benefit the streetcar will be for busi Lombard, Hawthorne, Belmont, nesses. It’s also attracted invest nesses along the MLK and Grand 82nd Avenue, and other places. ment along the existing streetcar corridors who aren’t a retail busi The Obama administration is line. According to a study con ness and don’t rely on foot traffic; helping make streetcar dreams pos ducted by the City o f Portland Bu or businesses that sell goods that sible across the country. Earlier this reau o f Transportation, $3.5 billion aren’t easy to take home on the month, the U.S. Departm ent o f in new development has been in streetcar. Transportation announced it was vested within two blocks o f the “It’s kind o f hard to put a kayak awarding $290 million in funding for Westside streetcar since plans were in a street car,” he said. projects "that will enhance the qual finalized in 1997, which accounts for ity o f life in communities across nearly two-thirds o f all development Am erica," including m oney for in the downtown central city. streetcars. Taylor said that the new line uneral M ore cities could be taking could be a boon for business. He Portland's lead. At least 20 other also anticipate that future commer ome cities have expressed interest in cial development at the foot o f the getting their own streetcar. 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